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woogiebear · 04-21-2006, 02:12 PM

Yes I did take him out quite frequently when I first got him (6 wks old) and his usual habit was 2 tinkles and then a potty la caca. Then as he got older I spaced out his outings a little just so I could get something else done besides taking him outside. It worked at first. Like I said, I believe he was making quite good progress until the additional house guests arrived. I am pretty sure we can get this back on track once they leave as they will be gone the end of next month and the house will be quiet again and just me and my husband will be there.

I do stay out for awhile with him as he is easily distracted by passing cars and such. He goes out first thing in the morning, first thing when we get home and then a couple of times throughout the evening.

When MilkDud was still with us we had a potty issue with him wanting to go everywhere also and instead of a crate, we have an entry foyer (a good deal roomier than a crate) and we put up a baby gate there. It worked fine with MilkDud but somehow Rotten is a magician dog. I may try that again now that he is a little bigger. Perhaps he will not be able to crawl under it again by now.

I think I bought a different brand of spray but I believe I did see that bitter apple up at the store. Maybe I will give that a shot and see if it works any better. I have been discouraging his eating the caca but he likes to hide what he is doing and once I notice he has not been pestering me for attention for a few minutes, I call for him and he comes running. Unfortunatly by that time he has caca breath. ew. I have been feeding him Pedigree puppy food mixed with a high grade dry puppy food I bought at the vet's office. I found a couple of sites that advised adding a little garlic to his food but then I found another site that said garlic was harmful. So I just nixed that idea all together.

That is a good idea with the coke can. I will have to try that one out. I too have a new issue with the cats. Or one cat in particular. Mallowmar used to like to have MilkDud gnaw on his head. Sounds strange I know but MilkDud did not have many teeth and I guess he knew exactly how Mallowmar liked it. Well, along come Rotten and Mallowmar proceeded to put his head in Rotten's mouth wanting him to gnaw on it and instead, well, you know how puppies teeth are, he would end up biting instead of gently gnawing. Now I can separate these two but each of them will yell or fidget to be with the other one but I am worried about Mallowmars head now as he is an older cat and it looks like the freindly biting is leaving not so freindly marks. Much to both of thier demise I have had to force them apart in an effort to stop this behavior. The loud magazine on my leg has been so far successful in stopping this behavior when I see it happening.

So I guess I will try to keep with the magazine on my leg for the cat issue, I will see to getting some bitter apple for the chewing issue and I will try the coke can for the eating yuckies issue.

Thank you so much for your suggestions!

04-21-2006, 02:12 PM	#3 (permalink)
woogiebear Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 83	Yes I did take him out quite frequently when I first got him (6 wks old) and his usual habit was 2 tinkles and then a potty la caca. Then as he got older I spaced out his outings a little just so I could get something else done besides taking him outside. It worked at first. Like I said, I believe he was making quite good progress until the additional house guests arrived. I am pretty sure we can get this back on track once they leave as they will be gone the end of next month and the house will be quiet again and just me and my husband will be there. I do stay out for awhile with him as he is easily distracted by passing cars and such. He goes out first thing in the morning, first thing when we get home and then a couple of times throughout the evening. When MilkDud was still with us we had a potty issue with him wanting to go everywhere also and instead of a crate, we have an entry foyer (a good deal roomier than a crate) and we put up a baby gate there. It worked fine with MilkDud but somehow Rotten is a magician dog. I may try that again now that he is a little bigger. Perhaps he will not be able to crawl under it again by now. I think I bought a different brand of spray but I believe I did see that bitter apple up at the store. Maybe I will give that a shot and see if it works any better. I have been discouraging his eating the caca but he likes to hide what he is doing and once I notice he has not been pestering me for attention for a few minutes, I call for him and he comes running. Unfortunatly by that time he has caca breath. ew. I have been feeding him Pedigree puppy food mixed with a high grade dry puppy food I bought at the vet's office. I found a couple of sites that advised adding a little garlic to his food but then I found another site that said garlic was harmful. So I just nixed that idea all together. That is a good idea with the coke can. I will have to try that one out. I too have a new issue with the cats. Or one cat in particular. Mallowmar used to like to have MilkDud gnaw on his head. Sounds strange I know but MilkDud did not have many teeth and I guess he knew exactly how Mallowmar liked it. Well, along come Rotten and Mallowmar proceeded to put his head in Rotten's mouth wanting him to gnaw on it and instead, well, you know how puppies teeth are, he would end up biting instead of gently gnawing. Now I can separate these two but each of them will yell or fidget to be with the other one but I am worried about Mallowmars head now as he is an older cat and it looks like the freindly biting is leaving not so freindly marks. Much to both of thier demise I have had to force them apart in an effort to stop this behavior. The loud magazine on my leg has been so far successful in stopping this behavior when I see it happening. So I guess I will try to keep with the magazine on my leg for the cat issue, I will see to getting some bitter apple for the chewing issue and I will try the coke can for the eating yuckies issue. Thank you so much for your suggestions!