BABY steps! but it is encouraging.
Ginsy likes the tie out in the middle of the front yard. I am able to take her for a walk first thing in the AM and bring he back in and crate her for a little while while I make breakfast. then after I make breakfast little DD and I go for another walk. When we are done I leave Ginsy on the tie out for 30 - 45 min, she eats outside. I get some house work done- laundry, dishes, floors......... you know all the drudging chores that drag you down. When we finish that DD and I go for another walk, then she comes back inside and I attach her lead to my belt loop and I go about the rest of my daily routine.
Through out the day I rotate where Ginsy is and when the kids get home, after snack and homework I put her on the tie out when they go out to play. She stays out as long as they are outside playing and my oldest DS brings her in with him at dinner time and puts her in the crate.
pretty much our routine is the same, only now I can leave her out front on the tie out or my belt for some time rather than crating her like we were doing before when I wasn't able to watch her for every second
I also have a piece of lunch meat in a ziplock that I take on walks to give her when she does her business outside along with tons of singsongy sillyness to tell her what a gooood puppy duppy luppy wuppy she is
We all realize that it is going to be a long haul- and we will still have set backs. But...... BABY STEPS and we will eventually get where we are going.
And I got a steam cleaner and I am going to tackle those carpets in the front two rooms today!!
Ginsy likes the tie out in the middle of the front yard. I am able to take her for a walk first thing in the AM and bring he back in and crate her for a little while while I make breakfast. then after I make breakfast little DD and I go for another walk. When we are done I leave Ginsy on the tie out for 30 - 45 min, she eats outside. I get some house work done- laundry, dishes, floors......... you know all the drudging chores that drag you down. When we finish that DD and I go for another walk, then she comes back inside and I attach her lead to my belt loop and I go about the rest of my daily routine.
Through out the day I rotate where Ginsy is and when the kids get home, after snack and homework I put her on the tie out when they go out to play. She stays out as long as they are outside playing and my oldest DS brings her in with him at dinner time and puts her in the crate.
pretty much our routine is the same, only now I can leave her out front on the tie out or my belt for some time rather than crating her like we were doing before when I wasn't able to watch her for every second
I also have a piece of lunch meat in a ziplock that I take on walks to give her when she does her business outside along with tons of singsongy sillyness to tell her what a gooood puppy duppy luppy wuppy she is
We all realize that it is going to be a long haul- and we will still have set backs. But...... BABY STEPS and we will eventually get where we are going.
And I got a steam cleaner and I am going to tackle those carpets in the front two rooms today!!