Guapa Posted January 14, 2009 Author Share Posted January 14, 2009 Oh and as of this morning he seems to have learned a new trick - picking up daddy's slipper, bringing it round to my side of the bed and flinging it at my head in an attempt to wake me up. Very sweet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
persephone Posted January 14, 2009 Share Posted January 14, 2009 Woo Hoo!!!!!!!!!!!! Great progress well done both of you !!! *goes to look for elephant stamp* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BittyMooPeeb Posted January 16, 2009 Share Posted January 16, 2009 I'll add a gold star to persephone's elephant stamp. Well done! (something good for treats that are quick to eat are four legs dog food, cut into teeny bits. I cut each ball into between 4 and 8 pieces and my pup just loves them for training treats). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guapa Posted January 16, 2009 Author Share Posted January 16, 2009 I can add further progress! Yesterday at work he didn't make use of his paper once - apparently deciding to hold it all in for the day till he got home. As soon as I opened the front gate he weed, then we hit paydirt! The pooping process began. I'm starting to understand what's involved for him. The signal is furious small circles with his nose to the ground and lots of loud snuffling. Then he positions himself near a wall or corner, as far from me as possible but within line-of-sight. Yesterday he chose a patch of grass that came up well over his head. This whole process can take up to 10 minutes as he will abort, then start again, then abort, then start again. He does not accept praise afterwards. My job is apparently to be nearby but not involved in any way. This morning we went outside together and the whole process was successfully repeated step by step. No wonder we were having issues before this. I must have driven him crazy standing over him repeating "toilet toilet" like a madwoman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poodlefan Posted January 16, 2009 Share Posted January 16, 2009 My younger mini poodle boy does the back up to poo routine... tall weeds, trees, all good. Guapa I would strongly recommend you take him outside at lunchtime or every few hours if possible. If you want him to be completely toilet trained then make sure every time he eliminates its outside. It will really speed the process. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guapa Posted January 17, 2009 Author Share Posted January 17, 2009 Good morning poodlefan I thought that might be the right thing to do. We spend today and tomorrow at home so we'll be outside a lot of the time and I'm encouraging him to use the doggie door on his own with some success - last night he actually went off by himself for 10 minutes (to bury his brisket bone - I watched from the window). I've also taken his paper up, but will put it back down tonight when we go out for dinner. At the moment I'm shutting off his doggie door when we go out for more than 1 hour in the evening - I'm a bit worried that the yard isn't really puppy proof and that he might get himself into trouble in the dark. At work taking him outside might be a bit harder as we are in the middle of a concrete jungle, but I'll try and work something out - take a wee-soaked paper with me perhaps to give him the idea or try and create a little "comfort" area for him round the back of our building. Or I'll try carrying him round to the local park area - needless to say he's not leash trained yet but we're working on it and he is accepting it quite well so long as other people don't panic him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaycee Posted January 18, 2009 Share Posted January 18, 2009 :rolleyes: Delighted to hear that its all going so well! And well done for putting the work in to work out what your little man needed from you. You'll need to change the title of the thread to little Puppy-Angel! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Fox 001 Posted January 19, 2009 Share Posted January 19, 2009 Sounds like things are going really well and so I don't have anything to add, except come visit us in the poodle thread, we love new puppy owners and their photos of course Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guapa Posted January 19, 2009 Author Share Posted January 19, 2009 There is a poodle thread!!!?!?!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Fox 001 Posted January 19, 2009 Share Posted January 19, 2009 Hope this link works but if not go to General, Breed Sub-forum and have a look through all the breeds till you find the Poodle thread. http://www.dolforums.com.au/index.php?show...p;#entry3345543 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guapa Posted January 20, 2009 Author Share Posted January 20, 2009 Thanks for the link Blue Fox...from now on I'm there in poodle world! More good news to report. Phoenix is going regularly outside. I still have to be a regulation 3 metres away from him and not looking, but it's happening. Yesterday afternoon I took him for his first outside walk to the local park. People thought it was hilarious to see him high stepping along side me through a busy city thoroughfare. He was very interested in the park but didn't seem to get the hint that he might like to emulate other dogs and actually do his business there. This evening we visited a big park and he chased birds and had a very exciting time (he was scared by the swans though) but still no public exhibition of relief - he waited till we got home again. But he's done it all in the backyard though for the last two days. Very exciting for both of us Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
persephone Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 baby steps ... good! please don't let him chase the birds....for many reasons. It is in his blood... but is not really a good habit to get into ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guapa Posted January 20, 2009 Author Share Posted January 20, 2009 I know *hangs head* I'm actually an ecologist by trade. I couldn't help it, he was just having such a good time. Just the once and only the pigeons. I chased them with him *hangs head again* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
persephone Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 I chased them with him *hangs head again* Good thing I'm not drinking coffee!!!!!!!! The keyboard would be full Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Fox 001 Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 I know *hangs head* I'm actually an ecologist by trade. I couldn't help it, he was just having such a good time. Just the once and only the pigeons. I chased them with him *hangs head again* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guapa Posted February 3, 2009 Author Share Posted February 3, 2009 Just want to say thankyou for all the wonderful advice. i'm starting to realise every puppy is a little diferent with regards to toilet training. One of our problems was that he was being expected to learn two sets of rules - one for home (potty outside) and one for work (do it on paper inside). So I stayed home all last week and that pretty well sorted it out - he now knows to go outside and does so without prompting. I know that not everyone has the luxury of being able to stay home from work for a week (we are self employed) but the constant daily training really fixed the problem. We had one memorable relapse during the week when we we came inside to catch him in the act of pooping in his bed - which he seemed to think was perfectly ok (he tried to play with afterwards and wanted me to share in the fun). This was again our fault - we bought him his bed before he was toilet trained and I guess he now has the association of thinking it's ok for toilet. I think we will have to buy him another bed. You may recall from my previous posts that he had major privacy issues. A walk in the park every day and some time spent with other dogs and pups is sorting that out - he even weed in front of other dogs on the weekend! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
persephone Posted February 3, 2009 Share Posted February 3, 2009 You have all done well... Thanks for the update... now, where are the photos?????????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Fox 001 Posted February 3, 2009 Share Posted February 3, 2009 Ohh I second that - lets see the puppy-monster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guapa Posted February 4, 2009 Author Share Posted February 4, 2009 Lol, I PROMISE photos coming soon...as soon as I learn how to resize them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guapa Posted February 9, 2009 Author Share Posted February 9, 2009 Ok, photos of puppy-monster now posted in poodle forum. Oh what the hell, here is one of them: Isn't he a little beauty? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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