goldenpaws

I wash mine weekly (fortnightly when I'm lazy). Coz they live inside on the couches, my bed etc, being clean and smelling clean is essential. I've never had skin/coat problems from overwashing - I think it comes down to using a good quality shampoo and conditioning too. But their inner health shows on the outside, so if they're fed well and wormed and they're happy and healthy, that gives you the best coat of all, I reckon.

Thanks for your replies. It's reassuring to know that it doesn't go 100% smoothly for everyone else! I was talking about it with Mum this morning and we're starting to wonder whether there's another issue confusing things, because she goes in the right spot perfectly sometimes and then at other times chooses not to use the newspaper and go elsewhere - so, we're thinking, is there some REASON that sometimes she won't use the newspaper? I have a perfectly house-trained middle-aged terrier as well who holds on perfectly fine during the day - but I'm wondering if he has started using the paper as well for some reason and so if he's been there, she won't use it? Anyway, she's growing so quickly that she's going to be spending days outside from now on, but I'd really like to master this!! "Be consistent and persistant" is my motto with TT, so we'll keep at it. I'm sure I'm doing it right, I was just getting a bit worried about the time it's taking.

Hi everyone, I've got a 10-week old goldie pup (she came home at 8 weeks) and we've been consistently toilet training her those whole two weeks. She's getting better but still makes frustratingly regular mistakes (going in the wrong spots). Some days she'll walk herself straight to the right spot in the laundry and go and we'll think "Yes, she's getting it!" only to have her go in the hallway 30 minutes later. We clean up her newspaper (and just leave some soiled paper on the bottom so she recognise the smell). Just thinking back to other dogs I've had, they seemed to pick it up faster than this- am I being unrealistic about expecting her to be "perfect" by now or is she being a bit slow about picking it up? I've had dogs all my life and successfully TT'd them all, so I was quite confident I knew what I was doing, but I'm open to suggestions. Thanks.