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Hi guys! I've been absent for several months.
just busy. With four children and a boxer I guess that's not surprising. I check in now and then but I usually don't post any messages. :roll:
I have decided to go back to college for a second degree; after 15 years 8O
I dropped by here to say hello again and seek some advice about Ginsy. I also noticed my SIG pic is missing 8O 8O Any ideas what happened to it?? Mastray? HELP!
OK about my question about Ginsy; will you guys help me out here even though I have been gone for so long and seemingly am only back when I need something
I have never had this much trouble house training a dog before. I swear it is almost like she saves it so she can go in the house.
We go for a long walk every morning first thing, she will pee and even poo but not 3 min after coming back inside she will leave a little present in the den. Or she will head upstairs to leave a pile at the top of the stairs and then come back down again. We can't let her come upstairs at all ever! Its like as soon as her feet hit the landing upstairs she has to find a spot to do her business. In any room- it doesn't matter once she gets upstairs she has to pee or poop.
She goes out of her way to poo in the house and is even more deliberate in making sure she does it when you aren't looking. I have never actually caught her in the act- the closest I have come to catching her is when she is sneaking back down the stairs or out of the den. And this is when I am with her, I mean its not like I leave her unattended in the house. No she will go to the kitchen with me to get some water while I start breakfast, and ooh so casually slip into the den when I am looking in the pantry for a box of cereal or something. And she knows she is wrong cause as soon as I find it and start fussing she slumps down on the floor in a little ball. Its really too late by then, I can't spank her for it- I just put her on the back deck. this time of year it is very cold out there.
Honestly, we have gotten to the point that we don't let her in the house anymore. she is either outside or in the crate. EVERY time she is out in the house she pees or poops.
What really gets me is the deliberate nature of the "accidents" Its not like she has to go really really bad and just can't hold it. We take her for several walks throughout the day, many times she JUST CAME IN from outside.
And when we walk its not like I power along and don't give her an opportunity to take care of business. We meander along and wander up the road a bit, there are two empty lots in the cul-de sac so I let her sniff around there for a bit Then we jog home. Even then I give her a min to sniff the bushes around the front walk- i guess to see if there were any intruders in her territory while we were out.
I hate that I can't trust her in the house. The whole point in getting a dog was to have her in the house as part of the family etc. She is almost a year old and this is still going on. My DH is at the point of finding a new home for her because he says he isn't going to have a dog that can't be trusted or he is just going to throw her outside and leave her there permanently. He believes dogs should be outside anyway. And this is just the proof he needs to justify making her an outside dog.
I have decided to go back to college for a second degree; after 15 years 8O
I dropped by here to say hello again and seek some advice about Ginsy. I also noticed my SIG pic is missing 8O 8O Any ideas what happened to it?? Mastray? HELP!
OK about my question about Ginsy; will you guys help me out here even though I have been gone for so long and seemingly am only back when I need something
I have never had this much trouble house training a dog before. I swear it is almost like she saves it so she can go in the house.
We go for a long walk every morning first thing, she will pee and even poo but not 3 min after coming back inside she will leave a little present in the den. Or she will head upstairs to leave a pile at the top of the stairs and then come back down again. We can't let her come upstairs at all ever! Its like as soon as her feet hit the landing upstairs she has to find a spot to do her business. In any room- it doesn't matter once she gets upstairs she has to pee or poop.
She goes out of her way to poo in the house and is even more deliberate in making sure she does it when you aren't looking. I have never actually caught her in the act- the closest I have come to catching her is when she is sneaking back down the stairs or out of the den. And this is when I am with her, I mean its not like I leave her unattended in the house. No she will go to the kitchen with me to get some water while I start breakfast, and ooh so casually slip into the den when I am looking in the pantry for a box of cereal or something. And she knows she is wrong cause as soon as I find it and start fussing she slumps down on the floor in a little ball. Its really too late by then, I can't spank her for it- I just put her on the back deck. this time of year it is very cold out there.
Honestly, we have gotten to the point that we don't let her in the house anymore. she is either outside or in the crate. EVERY time she is out in the house she pees or poops.
What really gets me is the deliberate nature of the "accidents" Its not like she has to go really really bad and just can't hold it. We take her for several walks throughout the day, many times she JUST CAME IN from outside.
And when we walk its not like I power along and don't give her an opportunity to take care of business. We meander along and wander up the road a bit, there are two empty lots in the cul-de sac so I let her sniff around there for a bit Then we jog home. Even then I give her a min to sniff the bushes around the front walk- i guess to see if there were any intruders in her territory while we were out.
I hate that I can't trust her in the house. The whole point in getting a dog was to have her in the house as part of the family etc. She is almost a year old and this is still going on. My DH is at the point of finding a new home for her because he says he isn't going to have a dog that can't be trusted or he is just going to throw her outside and leave her there permanently. He believes dogs should be outside anyway. And this is just the proof he needs to justify making her an outside dog.