[nagdu] Do's and Don't's

[Tamara Smith-Kinney]

Katrin,

I have to admit, I had very limited success with Mitzi that way, at least
when she had to go outside of our regular potty times.  Sigh.

She finally learned it from Daisy, who will burst something before she goes
indoors and who doesn't take no for an answer when she wants to go out.  Or
when she wants anything else.  /smile/  You can try to ignore her, but you
won't succeed.

I don't know that Mitzi would "hold it" until I got the door open if she
were sick or if she picked up another UTI, though.  Meanwhile, I plan never
to train a pup from an apartment again (ha!) and, especially if it works out
that I'm able to owner train again, I consider it Mitz's job to pass on the
training she got from Daisy.  /smile/  I might still be struggling with the
issue of off-schedule pottying, although I don't like having to admit to
that.  /grin/

Tami Smith-Kinney

-----Original Message-----
From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
Of Katrin Andberg
Sent: Monday, June 01, 2009 1:37 PM
To: nagdu at nfbnet.org
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Do's and Don't's

I train my dogs to let me know when they have to go out to use the bathroom
and also to go on command when I tell them to.  So during the day if I get
super involved in doing work and don't realize that one or the other
probably needs to go out, then they start to bug me until I get up and take
them out.  I guess it just transferred over to the nighttime, it's not
something I set out to teach them, to wake me up in the middle of the night
to go out if they are sick, it's something they all do and something I
assumed most well house trained dogs did.  And no I don't have an outside
door near my bedroom, I have to get up and walk down the hall, through the
dining area, through the kitchen to the back door.  If they are sick and I
open the bedroom door, the dog rushes to the back door, waits for me to get
there and open it and is sick outside.  The only time accidents happen
inside is if I'm not home and the dog is crated and sick.

 

Katrin & James

 

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