Not sure Cris... I'd be inclined to get my coat on and go out with her when you think its time for her to go. Mine are both reluctant to go out in the rain but are old enough to hold it for hours.... however when Mable was little we kept a towel by the door for them to walk on to dry their feet when they came in ( we got Mable in Nov) and she often squatted on this to wee .... alot cumfier than cold, wet, frost or snow x
Quick query re accidents
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She's young, you're going to get accidents I'm afraid. Certainly be diligent but definitely take her out every hour. If she doesn't go after a few minutes, take her back indoor.
There's a theory that using puppy pads is counter productive as they end up only going on those. However, I got so fed up with Millie having accidents that I tried puppy pads. She ignored them and still had accidents elsewhere
I was told by my dog trainers that a puppies bladder is late is developing control at 16 weeks, so don't be too hard her or yourself. She's only a baby. I was advised to clear up any accident with a biological cleaner to remove odour that may attract her back to the same spot. Not sure it worked, we still had accidents.
One day she did nothing but accidents and I was in despair. I goggled to see what I was doing wrong and I read a lovely piece by someone which went something like this....
If you puppy has an accident in the house, get a rolled up newspaper and hit yourself with it! When they are very young puppies its not their fault, its yours for not paying attention.
It helped me get my sense for humour back, clean up and get on with the job
As she got older, say 14-16 weeks she had the very odd accident as if she didn't mind going inside or outside!! A police dog trainer said that even if I find the accident some time later, I had to take Millie to it, hold her nose near to the spot and give a firm No and take her straight outside and give the toilet command. And of course give plenty of praise for actually going outside. I felt mean telling her off, but only had to do it a couple of times. She got the message.
I think puppies are like children, good at some bits of development, bit slower at others. Millie never gave us a disturbed nights sleep, but was a nightmare getting the hang of toilet training.
There's a theory that using puppy pads is counter productive as they end up only going on those. However, I got so fed up with Millie having accidents that I tried puppy pads. She ignored them and still had accidents elsewhere
I was told by my dog trainers that a puppies bladder is late is developing control at 16 weeks, so don't be too hard her or yourself. She's only a baby. I was advised to clear up any accident with a biological cleaner to remove odour that may attract her back to the same spot. Not sure it worked, we still had accidents.
One day she did nothing but accidents and I was in despair. I goggled to see what I was doing wrong and I read a lovely piece by someone which went something like this....
If you puppy has an accident in the house, get a rolled up newspaper and hit yourself with it! When they are very young puppies its not their fault, its yours for not paying attention.
It helped me get my sense for humour back, clean up and get on with the job
As she got older, say 14-16 weeks she had the very odd accident as if she didn't mind going inside or outside!! A police dog trainer said that even if I find the accident some time later, I had to take Millie to it, hold her nose near to the spot and give a firm No and take her straight outside and give the toilet command. And of course give plenty of praise for actually going outside. I felt mean telling her off, but only had to do it a couple of times. She got the message.
I think puppies are like children, good at some bits of development, bit slower at others. Millie never gave us a disturbed nights sleep, but was a nightmare getting the hang of toilet training.
You do let your guard down sometimes, don't you? I think that it's not a straightforward road - two steps forward, one step back (just like potty training with kids!) and when you think they've got the hang of it, suddenly you realise that your socks are wet and they clearly have gone backwards somewhat
Rosie is 6 months and I still walk her out morning and night, and every time I let her out of her cage during the day, to make sure she wees. And the door is generally open when we are home during the day. So when the weather turns, we are going to have to be careful and make sure we are letting her out as I'm not convinced she will whine at the back door!
Rosie is 6 months and I still walk her out morning and night, and every time I let her out of her cage during the day, to make sure she wees. And the door is generally open when we are home during the day. So when the weather turns, we are going to have to be careful and make sure we are letting her out as I'm not convinced she will whine at the back door!
We took Beau out every hour too as she wouldn't even use the puppy pads! She then started to run to any door in the house whilst looking at us to let us know she needed to go out. If you don't have any stain and odour remover our trainer said to use biological washing powder/liquid as removes the odour so she wont keep going back to the same spot
Thats a good point. Millie will bark when she loses her ball under the settee, but won't make a sound when she wants to go outside, just stands quiety
How do you teach them to bark at the back door?
We had the same problem with Isla yesterday when it rained, luckily back to normal today
Isla takes herself off to bed at 8.00 every night in her crate and always jumps in it if I am washing up in the kitchen where she can see me. It's good to know she likes it too.
Hi Cris
Apart from a couple of hours on Saturday afternoon and a brief lull this evening it hasn't stopped pouring with rain here since we brought Biscuit home We are getting VERY wet with all the visits to the garden ... after waking up, after play, after drinking, after food etc etc!!!!
She loves the rain and doesn't want to come back in. She's now discovered digging in the soil which is lovely as she is filthy to come back in the house. We've got a towel as a doormat (she's eaten the real doormat) which we make her wait on while we use an easi-dry towel to get the worst of the mud off her paws.
I can't wait for some nice weather - I've never spent so much time in the garden before Best wishes, Karen x
Apart from a couple of hours on Saturday afternoon and a brief lull this evening it hasn't stopped pouring with rain here since we brought Biscuit home
We are getting VERY wet with all the visits to the garden ... after waking up, after play, after drinking, after food etc etc!!!! She loves the rain and doesn't want to come back in. She's now discovered digging in the soil which is lovely as she is filthy to come back in the house. We've got a towel as a doormat (she's eaten the real doormat) which we make her wait on while we use an easi-dry towel to get the worst of the mud off her paws.
I can't wait for some nice weather - I've never spent so much time in the garden before
Best wishes, Karen x
Ah, that made me laugh - puppy owning is such fun! The intervals do get longer, honest. I am not very good at schedules or organisation or anything, and I found that after quite a short time, I had stopped taking her out every hour, I was just picking up on the signs. You'll notice them soon enough. With Rosie, it was a slightly excited sniffing, whilst wandering around the edges of the room.Hi Cris
Apart from a couple of hours on Saturday afternoon and a brief lull this evening it hasn't stopped pouring with rain here since we brought Biscuit home
She loves the rain and doesn't want to come back in. She's now discovered digging in the soil which is lovely as she is filthy to come back in the house. We've got a towel as a doormat (she's eaten the real doormat) which we make her wait on while we use an easi-dry towel to get the worst of the mud off her paws.
I can't wait for some nice weather - I've never spent so much time in the garden before
Luckily for us, Rosie's arrival coincided with that HUGE long dry spell from the end of February onwards!
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