I did't mean so small that she couldn't stand up in it just that there was only enough room for her bed. I guess I didn't say that very well. :) I didn't think she wanted her to mess in her kennel. Kay
________________________________ From: Joan <joan_cr...@hotmail.com> To: Chihuahuas@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2012 3:48 PM Subject: [Chihuahuas] Re: At my wits end..... Can your husband make something where the front part is low and small - just big enough for her bed and barely high enough for her to walk. Then make a doorway from that to a bigger box where she can stand up and has enough room to circle before poopy. Then you need to keep her enclosed in that until she goes potty and then a piece of her kibble. She can't potty if she can't stand up and have enough room to move - Right? --- In Chihuahuas@yahoogroups.com, "K. Ritchie" <kkritchie@...> wrote: > > 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 <skyforme1970@...> > 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. > > >
