We live a few blocks away from a local school. They were holding a tournament of some type, today, and the loudspeaker was going all day, complete with lots and lots of loud cheers.
And every time I'd take the puppy outside, she'd mess around in the yard, hustle for the door, then squat and do her business on the carpet pretty much as soon as she was inside.
The back yard is much quieter. She had not problems squatting to piddle in the midst of her explorations, and we were outside for about half an hour, running around on the leash with no poop. Hopefully, that means she didn't need to. If she poops on the floor, I think I may cry.
18 minutes ago
Do you use positive reinforcement when she poops where you want? That helped me housebreaking mine.
ReplyDeleteYep--praise, scratches, and treats. She's still just so little that she's not physically capable of holding it for very long, and is very easily distracted by things like (what I have now found out was) a local marching band tournament, down at the school a few blocks away.
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