The master bathroom now belongs to him. LOL His bed, toys, chew things, water
and food at appropriate times. There is enough room there for the piddle pad.
He uses it most times, although he misses with poo sometimes. he will be
confined there when we are not watching him until he's consistently using the
pad, then we will let him have free run in our bedroom, once he's consistently
using the piddle pad in the bathroom while having run of the bedroom we will
graduate him to the rest of the house. I just have a feeling that having a
piddle pad in the living room, at the other end of the house is a good idea.
Laura
--- In Chihuahuas@yahoogroups.com, Peggy & The Girls <phrpg5@...> wrote:
>
> I find putting the pads or newspaper on a large tray and putting that in the
> bathroom works out well. It saves my other floors and is easier and faster
> for clean up.
>
> Dogs don't understand ''time out'' like kids do when they misbehave. When
> he nips it is because he is teething. Try this, it usually works.
> When he nips you can let out a loud ''Ouch!'' and pull you hand back and
> then say "No Bite'' Wait a minute for him to grasp that, and then play again
> if he nips again then repeat it. If he nips a third time, again repeat it,
> but this time turn your back to him and walk away. You may have to do that
> exercise several times, but soon he will realize that when he nips you won't
> play with him anymore and it will stop.
>
> Also, crate train him. When you can't watch him, put him into a crate. It
> sounds like you don't have the room to block off an area that could give him
> him enough room for the wee pads and a bed and water dish and toys, so maybe
> a crate would work the best. Dogs naturally like to sleep where we sleep as
> well, so it makes more sense that his bed or crate should be in the bedroom
> and the wee pads in the bathroom. Not only that
> but it is there natural instinct not to mess where they sleep.
>
> Sticking to a rigid schedule of feeding, walking him to the pads is crucial
> to have his built in clock work when it is time to do his business. Or you
> could also block off your bathroom and put his bed and water with the pads
> in there during the night and when you can't watch him. I did that with both
> of my girls and it worked out well for me.
>
> Now that both of my girls are housebroken, and chew broken, they are free
> all the time. I never have to contain them unless there is a lot of company
> and I am concerned about Gigi getting under foot.
>
>
>
>
>
> -------Original Message-------
>
> From: Laura
> Date: 10/25/2012 7:38:48 PM
> To: Chihuahuas@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [Chihuahuas] Hello and piddle pad question
>
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