First - sorry for the blank message. Second - Alas, we have caved into the wee pad use. We had planned for Raul to use the great out of doors as his bathroom, but when it rains, even in the lovely warm spring weather we are having, he will stand outside (with a rain coat on, and me holding an umbrella over his, not my, head) and do nothing but try to get inside. When he gets inside he finds a place to pee or poop, then eats the poop to hide the evidence. We get to find the pee with our bare feet, or better yet when it is dry and has formed a stain.
I have put the wee pads down in two of his favorite "spots" and hope that he understands what they are for. He is now 9 months old, and this will be reverse training. Sigh.... Barbara & Raul [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, May 16, 2007 8:05 PM Subject: Re: [Chihuahuas] QUESTION; WHIZ DOG!!!!!!!!!! my puppy was raised this way...lucky I was able to take lots of time to train him. It was not a good start after this method of the breeders. I got him when it was snowy cold so we had to start inside. I trained him on wee pads just putting them where he liked to go eventually getting him down to one (he liked one for poop, one for pee at one point LOL). He had no trouble to switch to outdoors in summer and will still look for his wee pad when its rainy or cold. best, michelle and henry in the beautiful Catskill Mountains, NY -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [email protected] Sent: Wed, 16 May 2007 8:58 PM Subject: [Chihuahuas] QUESTION; WHIZ DOG!!!!!!!!!! I brought my 9 week old male Chi home, today. He is 2lbs. and I named him Goliath. What I want to know, is there anybody else using the Wizdog? The breeder had him successfully using puppy pee pads at one end with bedding and water at the other, enclosed by a exercise pen. Goliath has already used the puppy pee pad twice; I put it on the Wizdog (without the grate for a week) as instructed. The old saying "if it works don't fix it" probably applies to me in this situation. I am having a problem with this as it feels totally backwards to my thinking, "it's okay for Goliath to pee in his Backyard Pet Cage instead of housebreaking him to the outdoors." However, after reading and learning more about Chi sensitivity to cold, draft, etc. I am trying to convince myself this is the way to go. I need others support and imput that I am doing right by Goliath and/or any other suggestions would be appreciated. He appears to no problem in drinking his water and eating his food even though both r in the cage. Not sure how to go about (except slowly) eventually moving the Whizdog out of the Backyard Cage. My thinking is when he gets older I will wean him from the cage to a doggie bed/basket and put the Wizdog in the laundry room. Our home is a very small ranch plus I do have 2 other dogs. I have a gate up between my kitchen and living room so the min. pinscher and doxie don't go in there. The bathroom/laundry is off of living room hallway. Thanks. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at AOL.com.
