Her bed should only be large enough for her to lie down in. Cut down a small box.
Tell her once to potty. By repeating the command over and over is like telling a teenager to clean their room five times. They learn that you don't really mean it until you've said it five times and ignore the first four. Find a treat that will work for her and her tummy. A piece of rice cake, popcorn, her food and have it in your hand ready to give to her when she goes. They only need a teeny tiny piece of something they see as the $500 bill (something they really, really like.) I was told that their is 3 seconds to treat. After that they have moved on. If she just looks at you don't look at her, that is a reward in her mind. Walk around slowly without looking at her. You might even have to start out by taking her on a walk and treating her for going. I don't know a dog yet that won't poop/pee on a walk. Kay ________________________________ From: skyforme1970 <skyforme1...@yahoo.com> To: Chihuahuas@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2012 8:06 AM Subject: [Chihuahuas] Re: At my wits end..... Thank you, Gloria. This is the method I am trying too and not having much luck with it. I cannot even get her to use the pottybox - I feel the few times she DID use it was a fluke. When she did go pee in there one day, I was so happy I shouted "Thank you, Jesus!" and my kids and I were nearly dancing with joy. This celebration of course scared her and she ran off and hid somewhere thinking she was busted, so I'm sure that set her back a bit. I know I've made mistakes with her too. I have never had a puppy, a chihuahua, or a female dog before. Always been grown (adopted)male Boston Terriers. Which are WONDERFUL dogs by the way! :) When I take her outside for potty I always tell her "go potty" and if she has to, she will. I thought she understood what "go potty" meant as I say it a LOT when waiting for her to do business so she'd learn the phrase. I tell her this when I have her jump into the pottybox, but she just tilts her head and looks at me like I'm crazy. She has a very "want to please" personality so I'm confused as to why this is so hard for her to get. She has been scolded for peeing and pooping in the house in the past, so I am thinking maybe this is where some of the confusion is coming from. How can I get her to STOP peeing in her bed? Kelly --- In Chihuahuas@yahoogroups.com, twopenns@... wrote: > > > As a baby, I trained Emiliano to use a litter box, lined with newspaper onto > which I had sopped on some of his pee. He used it almost immediately. Then > if I was going to be at home for the day, I started taking him outside, when > he got up, after he ate, and before he went to bed and a few times inbetween. > I would tell him to go potty, stayed and watched him until he did, then > praised him and brought him inside and gave him one of his favorite treats. > Some people told me he was going to be confused using the litter box and > going outside as well but he never was. To this day, he uses the box if I am > going to be gone all day and goes outside when I am at home. At four years of > age, he can hold off having to go for most of the day, often I come home to > find the box has not been used but he runs outside immediately when I get > home and does his business. > > Gloria > > > -----Original Message----- > From: skyforme1970 <skyforme1970@...> > To: Chihuahuas <Chihuahuas@yahoogroups.com> > Sent: Wed, Nov 28, 2012 5:06 am > Subject: [Chihuahuas] At my wits end..... > > > > > Hi, > > I have a nearly 2 year old spayed female chihuahua mix. She is only about 5 > lbs and very sweet. She came toddling up our driveway one rainy afternoon > when she was only about 3 months old. No one claimed her so we took her in > knowing nothing about chihuahuas. From what I heard from the neighbors, she > was a litter mate escapee and the people who had her never let her or the > other pups in the house, so they all stayed outside in the backyard. > > No matter what I do, I cannot seem to house train her. We had to lock her in > her kennel at night so she would not tear the house up as we slept. As a > result, she had gotten used to peeing and sometimes pooping in her bed since > (I assume) she could not hold it all night. This is without fail every single > day. She will pee anywhere she sleeps (her round cloth bed, her kennel bed > and the kid's beanbags). She also has no issue with peeing on tile or rugs or > carpet RIGHT in front of us all while innocently looking us in the eye. It's > like she has NO concept whatsoever that this displeases us greatly even tho > she has been scolded for it more times than I can count. > > It does not matter if we take her outside for potty right before bed or > withhold food and water after 3 pm. She has no problem letting us know when > her water or food bowl has gone dry or to alert us for her other wants and > needs. Just the potty thing. I kept thinking she'd grow out of it, but she > has not at nearly 2 years old. (born in Feb 2011) > > As a result, since she is so tiny (and smart, I think) I got the bright idea > to try and litter box train her. I've tried using kitty litter, then a pee > pad, then even cutting iceplant from outside and putting it into the box for > her to pee on since that is what she usually does on it when we take her out > for a potty break. > > I call the litter box her "pottybox" thinking it was best to give it a name > she might identify it with. She has used it a grand total of twice in the > last 6 weeks of trying to train her. When she has an accident, I take the > soiled towels and put them in her pottybox so she knows/smells/sees what it > is there for. I also tell her "go potty" like I do when she is outside. > > Recently we moved her to the laundry room at night and use a baby gate so she > can still see out into the house. I now leave her kennel bed open so she has > free access to the pottybox, but she still prefers to sleep in her own waste. > > She has no issue with jumping into the potty box, and will do so just by us > telling her to, but she will just sit down and look at me like "what do you > want me to do?" > > She is ruining our house and I've never been closer to giving up after two > years of this constant messing with no end in sight. I cannot keep her > outside as we live in rural area and she would not last an hour out there so > a house dog she must be. > > I am not a quitter, especially when it comes to animals, but this (and her > constant "glee peeing" even when seeing the SAME people over and over but > that is another story) is turning in to a real deal breaker. I have never had > such a high maintenance, and frankly such a PITA dog in my life, but we love > her very much. > > I'm sure this has come up a million times, but if anyone has some suggestions > that might help, I'd appreciate it. We are very low on money so buying yet > more "training aids" is not possible right now. Plus, I feel that I have > spent enough on all this and she has what she needs, except the message I am > trying to get across to her. Breaks my heart to think of giving her up, but > if we can't resolve this, I will have to re-home her to someone who > understands the breed better than I do. Thanks for any help you can give us > for this sweet little girl. >
