Hi! We have 2 beagles-both tri-colored. Actually they own my husband and I am sort of the walker and feeder when he isn't here! Dad is fun time Charlie and I am the disciplinarian!! Sweetums is 3 years old and she has been with us 2 years. She just had a checkup on Sat and has lost 3 lbs so we are down to 28 lbs with 3 more to go. You never notice how "bodicious" the girl is until we got, Sam, a 6 month old lean and long guy who makes her look pudgy! They were best buds the minute she saw him. We had an animal communicator tell us about Sweetums desire to have a small dog to mother. Now I think Sweetums is thinking, nice dog but he can be a bit too much!! We are going back to the communicator in May to say what both dogs think!!
We are soooo glad to find this site to help us with any needs. Actually we are having a bit of a problem with Sam. He was completely potty trained at his foster parents(he was a rescue who was fostered for 3 weeks). But they had a fenced in back yard when he could go out and potty. Now he has to walk on a leash and no matter how much he has to go, he holds it and then does it in the house. We started crate training but then he spends practically all day and night in it. He never gives any signals he has to go. We have done potty pads with no luck. We are now rewarding on the spot any potty outside. I am sure that people think this will work out but in the first 2 weeks, he has only gone 3 times outside. Now we are up to 1-2 times a day with him in the crate more than I would like. He seems very stubborn. If I take him out and keep him on leash in the house with me, he just goes to sleep and still no potty. Once I was running behind him to the bedroom, his favorite pooping spot. He saw me and just jumped on the bed and laid down and looked innocent! HELP ME!! This is our 3rd week with him. We have tried putting out his poop, taking him out with her and alone, leaving him attached to a tree for a few minutes so he can have privacy, not looking at him etc
Unfortunately, we are going out of town soon so he will be at a kennel with his sister and he will have a large run so I imagine it will be a set back for us at home!
Suggestions??????
We are soooo glad to find this site to help us with any needs. Actually we are having a bit of a problem with Sam. He was completely potty trained at his foster parents(he was a rescue who was fostered for 3 weeks). But they had a fenced in back yard when he could go out and potty. Now he has to walk on a leash and no matter how much he has to go, he holds it and then does it in the house. We started crate training but then he spends practically all day and night in it. He never gives any signals he has to go. We have done potty pads with no luck. We are now rewarding on the spot any potty outside. I am sure that people think this will work out but in the first 2 weeks, he has only gone 3 times outside. Now we are up to 1-2 times a day with him in the crate more than I would like. He seems very stubborn. If I take him out and keep him on leash in the house with me, he just goes to sleep and still no potty. Once I was running behind him to the bedroom, his favorite pooping spot. He saw me and just jumped on the bed and laid down and looked innocent! HELP ME!! This is our 3rd week with him. We have tried putting out his poop, taking him out with her and alone, leaving him attached to a tree for a few minutes so he can have privacy, not looking at him etc
Unfortunately, we are going out of town soon so he will be at a kennel with his sister and he will have a large run so I imagine it will be a set back for us at home!
Suggestions??????
