Nickie is 4 1/2 years old now and she is a genuine peoples' dog. It was really a lot of fun when I house trained her. I don't know how I did it, but I did and it seems like only yesterday when I brought her home. She was housebroken between four and six months. Whem I first brought her home, I put a little bed at the end of my bed, but she cuold not hold it. So in the evening, I put her in a big pen down in the basement. Then during the day time, I let her run around the house. I put some papers down outside that she had already dirtied and she learned by picking up the scent on the paper.
In spite of all this, she was realatively easy to tain and everybody thinks she is a great dog. Tom --- In [email protected], "bjmom008" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi all, > > I'm now the proud owner of a cockapoo and as this is my first dog ever...I'm having trouble > figuring out what is "normal". > > He's a cutie and more on the independent temperment. He was actually the only dog in the > litter - I didn't know that happened. > > Anyways - he isn't very food motivated and is very distractable so it's been hard to train him. > > Is that normal for a puppy to rather look at every leaf than go for the treat? > > Also - I'm trained to let him out every so often, so that's been going decently well so I've let > him out around the house more. But he keeps having accidents as he doesn't remember to > run out to the door to get let out. > > He's just over 4 months - is that normal? I thought they learned a lot sooner? If not, is there > anything I can do to get him to learn to go to the door when he has to go? > > thanks. > Bonnie > Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cockapoo/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cockapoo/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
