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I was also watching the Calm Settle video after the one you put up for me---Shamas can use it. He wants to police Trixie.
It doesn't help that she's getting bigger, and likes to zoom from one end of the house to the other, shaking things. But she needs to play, and get it out of her system...given that she's still being penned when she can't be watched, and will be until she's fully housebroken. I don't want to go to work and come home to find the dog ate the TV cords, or something else dangerous. She currently fits UNDER all out gates, and through the TV stand...so she can get into a lot if not directly under supervision. Tried blocking off the TV stand with a collection of DVDs...but she's pretty sure those are chew toys
and the wetting in the house is getting out of hand. There's no rythm to it. Hubby's got 4 days off coming up, and he's going to go all the way back to week 1 basic potty training with her. Start over. She's now just squatting anytime she feels like it. Inside, outside, no care in the world. I know they say never to punish a puppy for having an accident....but I have to admit she's getting a firm "No Trixie" when she squats in the house, and moved out of the way so she can't eat my paper towel as I clean it. I actually caved and bought permanent pee pads for the pen....she's peed on every spare blanket I own because I was using spare bedding as dog bedding, until she grew out of accidents. She no longer gets ANY bedding of any type. I know part of this is because her pen is too big. But she could/would not calm down in the crate. She cried the whole first week, on and off. The pen was to simulate the pen she was in when we picked her up, and she settled ok in that...but it's got too much room and she can pee in one end and sleep in the other.
I never had this problem with Angel........
It doesn't help that she's getting bigger, and likes to zoom from one end of the house to the other, shaking things. But she needs to play, and get it out of her system...given that she's still being penned when she can't be watched, and will be until she's fully housebroken. I don't want to go to work and come home to find the dog ate the TV cords, or something else dangerous. She currently fits UNDER all out gates, and through the TV stand...so she can get into a lot if not directly under supervision. Tried blocking off the TV stand with a collection of DVDs...but she's pretty sure those are chew toys
and the wetting in the house is getting out of hand. There's no rythm to it. Hubby's got 4 days off coming up, and he's going to go all the way back to week 1 basic potty training with her. Start over. She's now just squatting anytime she feels like it. Inside, outside, no care in the world. I know they say never to punish a puppy for having an accident....but I have to admit she's getting a firm "No Trixie" when she squats in the house, and moved out of the way so she can't eat my paper towel as I clean it. I actually caved and bought permanent pee pads for the pen....she's peed on every spare blanket I own because I was using spare bedding as dog bedding, until she grew out of accidents. She no longer gets ANY bedding of any type. I know part of this is because her pen is too big. But she could/would not calm down in the crate. She cried the whole first week, on and off. The pen was to simulate the pen she was in when we picked her up, and she settled ok in that...but it's got too much room and she can pee in one end and sleep in the other.
I never had this problem with Angel........
