Puppy Training

[Thunderhawker]

<p><img title="Ollivander" height="334" alt="This is the new pup, Ollie." src="http://thunderhawkerminis.com/images/Ollie/OllieNewAddition.jpg" width="400" border="0" /></p><p>I have a new puppy.&nbsp; His name is Ollivander.&nbsp; He pees every thirty minutes (thats a little extreme but it is often).&nbsp; I am so frustrated with him.&nbsp; He is cute lovable and has a great doggie personality.&nbsp; He seems to be broken of taking a dump where he will, but the the pissing in the dining room is getting to me.&nbsp; Nothing I do seems to work.</p><p>My wife asks me if I spank him when I catch him, and I say &quot;No, I just admonish him sternly.&quot;&nbsp; Well, my wife the nicest, shyest, meekest person ever tells me I gotta spank him.&nbsp; One of the reasons I don't is that he (I think) was abused.&nbsp; The few times he has gotten a disciplinary pop on the nose, he runs away yelping and that breaks my heart.&nbsp; I know, I am a big wuss.</p><p>Its important to realize we have had him only two weeks or so and he is only about&nbsp;8 weeks old.&nbsp; He was found in a ditch and was not in good health.&nbsp; A friend of my sister's found him and took him in.&nbsp; As she already had 9 (yes, 9) dogs they really couldn't have one more.&nbsp; She thought of me because I lost my dog Stormy to bone cancer last November.&nbsp; Stormy was my best friend.&nbsp; She stumbled into my life as a dehydrated puupy at a flea market, and she saved my life.&nbsp; When she died, I was devastated.</p><p>I waited and waited.&nbsp; I was looking for a dog to fall into my lap like she did.&nbsp; And lo and behold here comes Ollie.&nbsp; He has so many of the characteristics that stormy had yet he is still his own dog.&nbsp; I look forward to when he grows up and doesn't pee all over the house anymore.&nbsp; I suppose the good news is he only goes in the dining room on the hardwood and not on the carpet.</p>

 

[wiccanpony]

LOL...... all puppies seem to have tea cup bladders and if his Vet says Ollie is healthy then it’s just a matter of time and training.

The pup will need to “tinkle” right after eating, and I found with my dogs that letting them out every hour until the idea of peeing outdoors is fixed in their mind.

When I’m out for a few hours I put them in the bathroom with a puppy gate up, easier to clean in case of an accident. Also try making the task pleasant for the little guy, when he pees outside reward him with a treat.

When cleaning the mess in the dinning room wipe the spot with a rag dampen with vinegar to break up the smell, because dogs like to wee in the same area thinking it’s their personal bathroom.

8 weeks.....he’s just a baby