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Housebreaking a new 5yr old shelter dog
Howdy!
We just adopted a 5 yr old shelter dog, a 65 lb shepherd-mix bitch. She's about 10 lbs overweight and her nails are like claws... we figure her previous owner just left her in the yard and rarely walked her. We're still waiting for our first vet appt (first available is this coming thursday). In the meantime, she seems to be only selectively housebroken - altho without having seen the vet yet I guess it could be medical (and that could be why she was given up). She's peeing in the house in several different spots in the early to late evening and in the early morning or overnight. She has no trouble getting from her morning walk to her afternoon walk, but can't seem to wait in between her afternoon and night walk nor btwn her night and morning walk. She has bonded to me, not to my wife, and I almost feel like whenever I ignore her is when she's peeing - early morning when I wake up to go to work and late evening when I play with the baby - but that's just a theory. Does anyone have suggestions as to how I might work around this problem until I see the vet, or perhaps even start working on a solution? thanks in advance for any helpful advice. |
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Housebreaking a new 5yr old shelter dog
thanks, Rocky. I took her out about 2 hrs after her walk and then
again this morning a couple hours before her walk and she made it thru the night. When she needs to pee she comes up the top of the stairs to the baby gate and whines. She also does this when she doesn't need to pee, so I haven't been sure if she needs to pee, wants water or food, or just wants my company. Rocky wrote: said in rec.pets.dogs.behavior: Does anyone have suggestions as to how I might work around this problem until I see the vet, or perhaps even start working on a solution? Take her out more often. Give her better treats when she goes than what you're currently giving her. How does she pee right now? I mean, from the moment you think "Fluffy may need to pee", what happens? I'm not being sarcastic. -- --Matt. Rocky's a Dog. |
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Housebreaking a new 5yr old shelter dog [jerry]
wrote: HOWEDY Elijah, wrote: Howdy! You mean 'HOWEDY Gang Of Pathetic Miserable Stinkin Lyin Animal Murderin Cowards And Active Acute Chronic Long Term Incurable Mental Cases And Professional Training / University Trained Behaviorist FRAUDS an SCAM ARTISTS,' Elija {}: ~ ( DECENT PEOPLE DO NOT POST HERE abHOWETS {}: ~ ( You never answeer a question, do you? So why do YOU post here more than anyone else? Are you calling yourself INDECENT? You should, you child molesting ****, people abusing, wife abusing piece of human ****, who can't train his OWN dogs. You are such a creep it's comical. |
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Housebreaking a new 5yr old shelter dog
On 7 Oct 2006 03:28:23 -0700, , clicked their
heels and said: When she needs to pee she comes up the top of the stairs to the baby gate and whines. She also does this when she doesn't need to pee, so I haven't been sure if she needs to pee, wants water or food, or just wants my company. Why not give her your company? -- Janet Boss www.bestfriendsdogobedience.com |
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