Potty Training
Morning/Afternoon/Evening all!
I've been very lucky in the potty department (or at least I think I am). Aiko has been potty trained since day two that I've got her. Initially, she'd howl when she needs to go, now she just waits patiently at the door or she waits until we take her out at her usual times. She's only had 2 accidents but both being our faults. She loves the grass area by our house and goes there willingly.
The problem:
It never rains in Orange County, California. Yesterday it did for the 1st time and I have not tried to get her used to potty mats or the cement. The potty mats just gets chewed on and the cement is just another area for her to sniff and play in. How do I get her to think it's OK to go on the mats or the cement. After an hour being outside, I gave up and took her to the grass area where she got soaked but did her business.
Thanks in advance for any help!!
I've been very lucky in the potty department (or at least I think I am). Aiko has been potty trained since day two that I've got her. Initially, she'd howl when she needs to go, now she just waits patiently at the door or she waits until we take her out at her usual times. She's only had 2 accidents but both being our faults. She loves the grass area by our house and goes there willingly.
The problem:
It never rains in Orange County, California. Yesterday it did for the 1st time and I have not tried to get her used to potty mats or the cement. The potty mats just gets chewed on and the cement is just another area for her to sniff and play in. How do I get her to think it's OK to go on the mats or the cement. After an hour being outside, I gave up and took her to the grass area where she got soaked but did her business.
Thanks in advance for any help!!
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Honestly i wouldn't try to show her anywhere to go. Niko and Guinness both go in the same place every day and thats where they feel comfortable, and a new settings to a shiba is the best new thing ever!!!!
She is so cute!!!
You can buy a pheromone that helps teach puppies where they are supposed to go. You can get it at Petco in the puppy pad area, it works pretty well.
My friend has a doxin who won't go on pavement when it rains so she put up canopy in her backyard so the grass would stay dry and so the doxin can still go on the grass when its wet out.
Josephine was found in an arrid climate at 10-12 weeks old. When she got to MN. she was pretty apprehensive about stepping into the wet grass. One time when she was a puppy and I took her outside after a rain she walked all the way around the house on the river rock that we have as part of the landscaping, and then on the rock back to the back door again!
Funny thing, though, even then when she had to go bad enought, she would step onto the wet grass to do her business. I have not ever seen her "potty" on pavement, bare rock, etc. And she loves to wade in puddles, swamps, etc. Go figure!
In any event, it sounds like your little cutie does want to go into the wet grass for potty, and that is just fine, I think! As a puppy, Josephine would always lick the wetness off her legs and paws when she came back in ... funny thing, you'd think the tongue would make her fur just as wet! We are lucky to have a screened porch, so we always let her "dry off" out there before coming back in the house to preserve the floors and the carpet...
Jesse
Aiko definitely enjoys the rain, minus well let her pee on the wet grass!
thanks again!!
*picture below is her being "done" with her potty.
Helpful tip: attach a keychain flashlight to the end of your leash for the late evening poop-walks and you have to walk through poop-infested grass in sandals. It could help you avoid a landmine or 2...or 3.
Jesse
Anyway, Aiko is just so adorable, smug post-poo look or not!!!! Love her!