Remember when I said that she was mostly house broken? I still think this is true. I know that she can go at least 6-7 hours without peeing in the house. I also know that she knows how and when to use piddle pads.
But when she goes into 'brat' mode, she's likely to squat and pee where ever she is. It's like she gets herself so worked up about not getting her way that she can't control her bladder. I guess it's a little like the child that has such bad tantrums they throw up. Bad analogy, but it's the closest I can think of. I think crate training her will help significantly with a number of the problems we're still dealing with. But has anyone here ever dealt with an excessively spoiled dog? I know she can be on her own without freaking out. My midday snooze was spent in another room away from the dog where she couldn't see me. Not a peep. Earlier, I repeated this morning's experiment - I went to another room at lunch time to read/eat for 40 minutes. Again, not a peep out of her. I am in the process of stopping her from jumping up on her hind legs and pawing/scratching at you until you pet her. That has helped already. If nothing else, it means that she's calmer when she does get pet and cuddles. The spoiled/dominant behavior is also why I stopped napping with her on my stomach. Just wish I could fix the random blips in house breaking. And maybe nip the tantrums in the bud since these two things seem to be inter-related. Thoughts, help, advice? Been ignoring the howling. Been ignoring the jumping/pawing. It's not cute. When she gets down, she receives affection - lots and lots of head scritching which seems to a favorite. ------------------------------------ We are now on Facebook! Join today! http://www.facebook.com/groups/chihuahuasclubYahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Chihuahuas/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Chihuahuas/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
