Hi Lynn, I am a new Chi owner as well. My Chi, Trooper, is a little over 6 mos. now and still not quite housetrained. He goes outside most of the time but still has accidents at the kitchen door (where he goes out). What has helped though, it crate training. When you aren't able to watch Gabby, I would recommend putting her in a crate...especially when you are gone from the house. Chi's can be quite destructive! Trooper loves his crate and will rest in it during the day (his bed and blankie is in there) and will go in at night when I say "It's time for night night!"
Small dogs in general hate the rain and do not like having to go outside to potty when it's raining. You may have to pick Gabby up and take her outside and stand there while she does her business. It helps to have an umbrella...Trooper like me to hold it over him so he won't get wet! LOL! Although Trooper isn't as bad as the Maltese I once had...that dog HATED to go outside...PERIOD! Good luck with Gabby...I know you'll find out the source of her fears of the rain and help her to confidently go potty outside once again! --- In [email protected], Lynn Galliano <galliano.gang@...> wrote: > > Greetings, > > I joined this group because in July we adopted a rescued Chi mix > (don't know for sure but we think terrier) who was 4 months old at > the time. She is super smart (her name is Gabby) and funny, > talkative, has very long legs and can jump over our basset hound like > a reindeer, she's wonderful in every way. We potty trained her in > one week's time. Then last week it began raining here (Northern > California). She refused to go outside through the dog door, and > though we still walked her, has now "forgotten" how to go potty > outside. She is going all over the house. She never had other > issues either until the rain, but we came home to our leather sofa > torn up and unstuffed and the kitchen wall chewed and plaster all > over the floor. Has anyone else experienced this? Do I need to > make her "warmer?" My husband hates dogs in clothing, but I need to > do something because she won't go out now even when it's not raining > and 70* outside :-( I notice she shakes a bit when its cold and > loves the sun. All advice welcome, our 6 year old basset hasn't > been as challenging so I'm not up on training as much as I should be. > > Thank you in advance, > > Lynn > ------------------------------------ Yahoo! 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/
