If you have the time, patience its best to leave him on a lead with you as constantly as possible. (for a week is optimal, this was easy for me as I took him to work) and watch him, when he's ready to go get him to the pad and praise the heck out of him when he does go. It really works, but again you need the luxury of continuous commited time. best michelle and henry -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [email protected] Sent: Fri, 19 Jan 2007 11:09 AM Subject: [Chihuahuas] For a "Housebroken" 2YR old MALE CHI- Are accidents at home ever "normal"
I have posted about trying to p-pad train my 2 year old chi. I have only had him for 6 months and have now decided to keep the pads on the floor, but not actively train for their use now ( I won't go into why for now). When I got him they said that they weren't sure if he was housebroken, this is my first dog and I didn't really know the best way to housebreak him. I wasn't employed at the time so we went out quite freqently for walks etc (every 6hours of so at least). I now take him out every 8 hours. My question is this TO THE OWNERS OF MALE DOGS, WHAT FREQUENCY OF ACCIDENTS (PEE ONLY) IN THE HOUSE, IS "NORMAL." My guy has been having one accidnet a month and I've recently begun confining him again (to a gated kitchen not his crate) when I can't watch him or when I'm not home) in an effort to retrain him to go outside....but after talking to some male dog owners at the park, they say their dogs have accidents about 1 time a month as well, and consider their dogs housebroken. I'd like to add that I LIVE IN A CITY, WITHOUT A BACKYARD OR DOGGYDOOR, so it is easiet for me to keep a regular schedule and take my dog out every 6-8 hours... Is my dog houesbroken? When a dog is, do they NEVER have accidents or do they occur,but more like 1-2 a year....? Thanks, as I'm clearly not sure what normal is... ________________________________________________________________________ Check out the new AOL. Most comprehensive set of free safety and security tools, free access to millions of high-quality videos from across the web, free AOL Mail and more.
