AliceAbbyBellaDaphne
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OK, I do know that potty training should be a breeze for me since I have 4 other dogs, all 4 are 100% housebroken, so I should be an old pro.... It has all seemed to be going pretty well with Alice, as long as we took her out often enough she did fine. She went about 3 weeks or more with no accidents.... Now she has had 3 pee and one poo accident in the last week or so. And she is nearly 6 months!!! We have learned the hard way that if she only poos then we'll have to take her out again in about 20 minutes or so for a pee. Tonight it was barely 10 min after a poo and she peed on the floor! (I do partly blame my daughter - she probably should've stayed outside longer with her!) The worst part is, I didn't see the pee, offered her a small drink, and then walked her aound outside to get her to pee, when she wouldn't go we then came in and saw the pee!!! UUURRRGGGHHHHH!!! Well, there I expressed my anger!
I am just sooo frustrated with her! She doesn't do anything to tell us she has to go out, but we do mostly try to keep her in the same room with us, we take her out often, monitor when and how much she drinks, etc, etc. We do walk her on lead outside to make sure she goes. I guess the next time she'll "only poo" she's just going to have to go in her crate for a bit, or be kept on lead right with us. We did think of the string of bells by the door trick but we have failed at that before since we have cats that like to play with bells! I guess my question for the cavie experts is :
Just how long does it take for them to be potty trained?
Do they ever let you know when they have to go?
I just feel like this is going on FOREVER! Our other dogs were pretty much (at least 90%) housebroken by 5 months of age, although I have heard stories of some small breeds who are NEVER reliably housebroken, which is starting to make me nervous.... I do remember my Westie (our only smalll breed before Alice) having accidents as late as 6 months of age though.... The other really weird thing is that we have walked Alice on a leash in our side yard for so long now that when she goes into the fenced back yard with our other dogs SHE WON'T GO TO THE BATHROOM! It is sooo strange! After she is recovered from her spay we are going to start walking her ONLY in the back yard so she will get used to pottying back there. (There's a flight of steps the dogs have to go down to the backyard, which Alice won't be allowed to do after her surgery, so we haven't bothered to push the backyard too much.) Anyway, I'd love other stories of how long it took your cavs to become 100% potty trained, hopefully Alice will learn this SOON....
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Tawna
I am just sooo frustrated with her! She doesn't do anything to tell us she has to go out, but we do mostly try to keep her in the same room with us, we take her out often, monitor when and how much she drinks, etc, etc. We do walk her on lead outside to make sure she goes. I guess the next time she'll "only poo" she's just going to have to go in her crate for a bit, or be kept on lead right with us. We did think of the string of bells by the door trick but we have failed at that before since we have cats that like to play with bells! I guess my question for the cavie experts is :
Just how long does it take for them to be potty trained?
Do they ever let you know when they have to go?
I just feel like this is going on FOREVER! Our other dogs were pretty much (at least 90%) housebroken by 5 months of age, although I have heard stories of some small breeds who are NEVER reliably housebroken, which is starting to make me nervous.... I do remember my Westie (our only smalll breed before Alice) having accidents as late as 6 months of age though.... The other really weird thing is that we have walked Alice on a leash in our side yard for so long now that when she goes into the fenced back yard with our other dogs SHE WON'T GO TO THE BATHROOM! It is sooo strange! After she is recovered from her spay we are going to start walking her ONLY in the back yard so she will get used to pottying back there. (There's a flight of steps the dogs have to go down to the backyard, which Alice won't be allowed to do after her surgery, so we haven't bothered to push the backyard too much.) Anyway, I'd love other stories of how long it took your cavs to become 100% potty trained, hopefully Alice will learn this SOON....
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Tawna