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"Mom, Kip pooped on the floor."
"^&^%$^ dog."
"Oh, nevermind. He ate it."
Let me just say, I love Kip. But, there's a reason that nature made babies, be it human or canine, so cute. It's so you won't wring their necks when they poop all over your house.
Nobody in our house has ever had their own dog before. We have no idea what we're doing and I've spent hours this week surfing the web in an effort to give myself a crash course in puppy training. I don't think I'm very good at it.
It doesn't help that Kip had diarrhea from the moment we got him home. The vet said this is perfectly normal and is caused by adjusting to a house full of kids, new food and new experiences.
Leash training is going pretty well and it's the one glimmer of hope in knowing that I too can be a good dog mom.
But, housebreaking is a joke.
I've done everything the book of puppy lies suggests. I take him out every hour. I only feed him at set times of the day and am careful not to overfeed. I pick up his water at night. Now, he even has those puppy training pads.
Regardless though, nothing I do seems to be getting through to this dog that pooping and peeing in my house is absolutely unacceptable den behavior.
I've been scrubbing dog poop out of my never-gonna-be-white-again carpet. As if I didn't already hate that carpet enough.
We take him for a walk, he does is biz, then walks in the front door and does it again on top of Soren's coat.
I take him out to pee at 4 a.m., watch him eat grass and chase his own breath, while I freeze my ass off for 20 minutes in my housecoat and slippers. He pees on the front rug.
I'm getting frustrated. It's so much easier to train a toddler. At least they don't eat their own poop.
But for every frustration, Kip has brought a lot of happiness with him. Now, there are three boys and a dog running circles through my kitchen. His barking just adds to the chaos and I can't help but think he got pretty lucky to meet the Ashcrafts. And, when he curls his little body next to mine at night, he makes me feel like the best human in the world.
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Yes, puppies seem like fun until they chew up everything and wreck your carpet. I’d try the crate training or you could always call the Dog Whisperer.
The Dog Whisperer? Is he married to that lady with the GIANT boobies? LOL.
Ha. No, I think his name is Cesar Milan or something. He is some crazy dog svengali.
I really recommend crate training. Puppies may like to eat their own poop, but they generally don’t like to sleep in it or be too trapped with it.
If you’re lucky - the dog will eat the rats and at least you’ll get over that part of it!
I have fostered puppies and raised 5 of my own and the crate really works great. Never use it for punishment and your dog will eventually love it and it will become his sanctuary….from all the Ashcraft commotion. Just give him a treat everytime he goes in..works every time. My 3 yr old Rottie mix still goes in her crate on her own when I get out the treats. Old towels are good for bedding, BTW.