Huge accomplishment!!
Sending her straight outside after her accidents and going out with her and praising her for going outside instead of in the house has worked very well for us it seems. We aren't 100% accident free, but we have come a long way from 5 or more a day! Also, in the past Bailey couldn't be left alone inside when we left because she has separation anxiety and would ruin anything she could get her teeth on, plus she'd have accidents even though she's been housebroken completely since before we got her. Now that Eevee is here with her when we leave, she doesn't do any of that. I'm so happy!  |
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Neat how having a friend at home is making such a difference for Bailey!! Hopefully they won't, over time, team up and get into double the trouble!  |
Good news.  Don't be surprised if she relapses, but enjoy the good behavior while it lasts. You still have molar and premolar stages to get through for teething, and they sometimes go crazy and grab something to gnaw on where they never did before. |
You are much braver than I am to leave them out and about on their own while you are gone! There would be a conspiracy to do naughty deeds here--if they were left free to roam when we were gone!  |
sheepiezone wrote: You are much braver than I am to leave them out and about on their own while you are gone! There would be a conspiracy to do naughty deeds here--if they were left free to roam when we were gone! Well, we tried it in short amounts of time at first, and when that went alright we moved up to several hours. We used to leave them outside in the fenced area, but it has rained here every day this week and muddy paws + white carpet = big mess. So I figured it would probably be easier cleaning up anything that happened while we were gone than it would be to get mud out of the carpet. I feel very lucky to have dogs that behave while I'm gone, I think they just sleep and watch tv while I'm gone.  |
got sheep wrote: Good news. Don't be surprised if she relapses, but enjoy the good behavior while it lasts. You still have molar and premolar stages to get through for teething, and they sometimes go crazy and grab something to gnaw on where they never did before. About how old are they usually when they start teething? |
snazzierella wrote: got sheep wrote: Good news. Don't be surprised if she relapses, but enjoy the good behavior while it lasts. You still have molar and premolar stages to get through for teething, and they sometimes go crazy and grab something to gnaw on where they never did before. About how old are they usually when they start teething? For Bond, we were doing molars about 4-5 months old. Now he's a bit over 6 months, and he's been doing the premolars. He has one lower premolar left to come all the way in. You can tell when it's the molars as they start chewing on things way back in their mouths. Also, you may see that they look more wet mouthed, from chewing on things so far back in their mouths. More saliva and look more messy mouthed.  Also, run your fingers over the gums and you can feel the swollen gums and more teeth erupting. |
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