pesky pug

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Vicky RVN — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 21:29:11 GMT

Glad the training is working

Oh dear, def sounds like you need to be on the ball there!

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Mrs Dot Dot — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 18:52:54 GMT

He!He! Not funny really, but she will keep you occupied and in alert mode all the time... it is worse than having children.... they are huge tea leaves...They love it! Very proud of themselves! And you will quickly learn that if things are quiet then they are up to something!!!! I blame the pug part, big time with my little minx!!! Have fun!

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Edwina [Eddie] Norbury — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 18:45:04 GMT

Training update. She is responding very well to the treats and is going outside most of the time.Would not trust her over night so is still caged ,but does not seem to mind.

New problem think she has a death wish. We left her for an hour this morning and came back to find her with her head stuck in the pocket of my coat .There were treats in there in a plastic bag and a couple of poo bags so although it looked hilarious she could have quite easily have died. Also on christmas eve she stole a 400mg ibrobrufin tablet off the coffee table so needed a hasty trip to work for an apomorphine inj. I'm going to have to have eyes in the back off my head!!The little tea leaf.

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Edwina [Eddie] Norbury — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 11:54:21 GMT

thanks for the encouragement guys. She is def food driven so I will try the treats..

She came from a kennels in Lincs and was taken in to a vets up there for pts as she had a prolapsed uterus -nice breeder huh? Anyone here from Kirk vets. Looked after her after her surgery to spey and repair prolapse. Thank you for all the care she got

She a spunky little thing and stands up to Lenny the bulldog who has jealousy issues around food and toys but he has started to allow her in his bed as long as there is no touching! So Fankies from Lola and the old man.xx

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Vicky RVN — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 19:26:10 GMT

Good luck with the training! It will def help you if she is food orientated, a treat after each time she goes outside should help! I was lucky when i got Jack, he was a year old and i knew none of his history. He peed in the house a couple of times, one of us would take him outside while the other cleaned up. I have heard not to clean it up in front of them? For a few weeks he wasn't keen on peeing in the back garden in the evenings (strange boy!), so we'd put his lead on and take him to the grass outside our house and he'd pee there, that stopped the accidents!

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LoveCat — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 19:19:09 GMT

I am currently in the process of toilet training my first puppy - so this whole thing is a new and fascinating world to me!!

I have done a lot of research and most people seem to think that in theory it is easier to train an adult than a puppy - but in this case I think the key will be communicating to her when she has done the right thing.

For me - I found that when my girl woke up from a nap she would immediately need a pee (in your case - first thing in the morning). This was the time that I knew she needed to go so I needed to persevere. It took 20mins once for her to give up and pee outside - she just kept trying to get back in the cat flap and I just keep moving her away again!

I also found that when I started giving her a titbit after she had done anything outside she became a lot keener to go outside and a lot quicker to toilet as she knew she would get a treat after. Is your girl food driven do you think?

Good luck - I have heard it can be hard with ex-breeders. I know one rescue kennel that will only rehome to people that alreadyhave a dog for the ex-breeder to copy. Ultimately though dogs are smart and eager to please so if you just keep going I'm sure she'll pick it up. xx

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Mrs Dot Dot — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 12:37:47 GMT

Hi... I don't think there will be a quick fix.... if she's come from a kennelled enviroment, with limited human contact, no training at all then it will take lots of time, patience and positive reward, with no tellings off.... however frustrating it is......... I don't know whether it is a pug thing, but I've had a pug x from 7 wks of age and I found her alot more difficult than expected to toilet train... she's now 3 and still far from perfect.

Just keep taking her out at every opportunity, staying with her outside, masses of praise/reward eg food, fuss and/or squeaky toy etc after anything is done, lots of exercise so she has the opportunity to do outside, and eventually it will sort itself out but she may well never be perfect! Sorry!