Puppies Are . . .

[loracs]

love and sweetness and inquisitiveness and silly and entertaining.  Then there's the other side, confusion, crying, barking, stubbornness and poop, poop, pee, pee and then more poop and pee.  And not in the proper place.  Pippin is smart, but for her entire life she has only gone to the bathroom inside, outside is just not the proper place for her "gifts."   After three days, everyone is a little frustrated.  This morning, as I usually do, I took her out of the crate and straight to the great outdoors.  After 45 minutes and nothing, I tied her up for a few minutes, ran inside and got her pills, a toy, food and water - oh yeah, and something to read for me.  She ate, she drank, she played, she took her pills, she laid down, she tried to eat every little leaf she could get her mouth on, she watched the birds, she listened to other neighborhood dogs barking and finally, finally, finally, she PEED!!!!!!  A first success.  I put her back in the crate while I mopped the kitchen floor.  Once it is dry, I will take her outside again and we will wait and wait and wait and I hope there will be poop!! 

Bathroom Update: It is now 2:30 pm and she still has not pooped and she only peed once.  This 10 week old puppy has the bladder and bowel control of an adult dog. 

Comments

[serenejournal.livejournal.com]

I feel like saying "Good girl!" No, not to her, to you. :-) Puppy training is much more work for the humans. :-)

[loracs.livejournal.com]

Thank you, I need all the encouragement I can get!

*giggles*

[tracytreefrog.livejournal.com]

That reminds me of one of my bosses that had a small dog all her life she had peed or pooped on cement never been on grass. When they first took over the property I worked at there was a patch of grass right outside there door. So the first time they put her out on it I was there. The look on her face was like " you want me to do what where? How rude!" took her forever to get used to the grass.
Sounds like you are on the right track hang in there!

[leback.livejournal.com]

Hooray for progress! I hope it gets easier.

[tracytreefrog.livejournal.com]

Oh boy she sounds like she is going to be a challenge. Hope thigs go better soon.

[katluvschocolat.livejournal.com]

Puppies!!!!!A joy ,em er ,well mostly a joy!