We are now the house of bowel control training. I am curious who will be done first: Noah or the dog. Noah's issue is with transition. He doesn't want to take a break from whatever he's doing to use the toilet. He'd play for hours in wet or soiled pants if we let him. It's gross.
Our precocious puppy doesn't know that outside is the proper place to "go". We are keeping her in her kennel or tied to one of us by her leash. Yesterday she left Stan for one minute, which is all it took to whiz and crap on Noah's rug. Stan was furious, but paid the price for breaking the rules and letting her run free. She is getting out once an hour and we are taking her on 1 - 4 walks a day. However, she doesn't realize that this is when she needs to go potty. She thinks she's just hanging out.
I was thinking about making a Noah vs. Dodi chart to mark accidents and successes (as well as when they go to see if there's a pattern). Then I had a flash of Noah in counseling years later talking about how fucked up his mom was, "I mean, she put me in a pissing contest against the dog. Literally."
Any tips would be appreciated.
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