My Puppy Is Disgusting

[chincitop]

The thing about potty training dogs is that for it to be really quick, you need to be able to spend A LOT of time with them, the first few weeks. I've trained a few dogs, and the last two were the best, and that's because I was able to, for two weeks after we got them, always have someone with them. The family would take shifts, and every hour, on the hour, we would take them out, and if they peed, they got a treat. We spent time in the kitchen where they were quarantined until they were trained, and punished them when they went inside, then took them directly outside.

Buddy is very silly, because we trained him to go in a particular spot in the yard, and he developed a quirk, on his own, of taking his leash in his mouth, walking himself to that spot, doing his business, then if he is allowed to play, he runs around like crazy, and when you call him, picks up his leash again, and carries it back, and drops it at your feet. it's very cute, and silly.

However, some dogs are really difficult. Hence the contrast between Buddy the wonder-Dane, and Angel, the slow witted American Eskimo, who we finally had to give away at FIVE because despite spending hours a day working with her (I was unemployed at the time, and seriously had nothing better to do, she got more training attention than ANY of my dogs every have) she was completely idiotic. I finally got her potty trained, but she couldn't do anythign else, and every time it rained, and I brought her outside, she would pee herself on the porch. I brought her to the vet, alongside my lab, who was perfectly behaved, and she was left there to be observed by their handlers for a bit, and it was concluded that she was "mentally challenged" and probably inbred. Later in her life, she also began having seizures. About the time I was really getting worried about her vet & med bills, we went to visit friends in PA, and brought her, and she and their daughter fell in love. Their family could better care for her, as they are much more financially well off than we are, and she's now a happy farm dog. Still a bit idiotic, but she's queen of her own heated barn, where she sleeps in her own stall, next to 4 horses, and a sheep. We get pictures every once in a while.

If you can't get him trained, I would recommend a trainer possibly? There are kennels that will take him for a week or more and train her for you. It sucks not having your puppy with you, but they usually have "parent hours" and handlers whose job it is to play with them when they're not being trained, so they're getting love.

Good luck! I completely understand the frustration. I went from a amazingly trained lab that I trained the same way, to Angel the derp dog. <3