I tell my puppy people to buy a big jingle bell and hang it nose level from the door knob. Everytime you take the puppy out first take his paw and ring the bell. This teachs him a way to let you know he must go out. The problem ususally is not that the dog is stupid but that he does not know how to tell you that he is at the door waiting.
If you go up staires or to another part of the house and want to take the puppy take the bell along with you and hang it from the closed door in the room you are in and let the dog know it is there. You will be surprised how quickly they learn. Thanks Cathy Kris Hassig wrote: > Hi > I am new to the list but not to cavaliers. My last puppy (7months now) was a > really hard pup to train. WE gave up on the create thing and inlisted the > help of my mother. I stayed home from work for two weeks and them my Mom took > over. > WE tried the create thing with exactly what you are describing. > We had to take her every twenty minuets and stay with her until she went for > one whole week. I also started her on amoxicillan( might have been a little > infection going on). We gradually got to stretch out the time frame and > within two weeks she was trained. The bad part is she expects us to read her > mind from another part of the house. She will go sit by the door but not make > a sound and if we don't notice her subtile hints to go out she will go right > in front of the door and then bug us to go see what she did. We never scolded > her for doing this because I didn't need a secret pooper( one that hides > behind the couch and goes and no one can figure out where the smell is coming > from). If we have her sleep in her kennel she will poop but if she sleeps in > our bed she is good as gold. > We now let her out for 20 minuets(no matter how cold) or until she does her > job.WE do this after feeding her breakfast and about 10-15 minuets. WE remove > all other food and water until evening when we repeat the process. > A rigid schedule has worked for us and now for her thank God!! WE were about > 1 day away from giving her a kennel home or putting her down. > I hope this helps but you might talk to your vet about a small run of > antibiotic just to make sure it isn't a little infection going on as well. > Kris > > ========================================================= > "Magic Commands": > to stop receiving mail for awhile, click here and send the email: > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20NOMAIL > to start it up gain click here: > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20MAIL > > E-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] for assistance. > Search the Archives... http://apple.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ckcs-l.html > > All e-mail sent through CKCS-L is Copyright 1999 by its original author. -- http://www.FlyingColorsCavaliers.com ========================================================= "Magic Commands": to stop receiving mail for awhile, click here and send the email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20NOMAIL to start it up gain click here: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20MAIL E-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] for assistance. Search the Archives... http://apple.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ckcs-l.html All e-mail sent through CKCS-L is Copyright 1999 by its original author.
