Does this get better?

[Vicki Pagano]

:confused: Hello all, I am new to this group of people. I have been searching and searching for answers to common house-training issues with puppies. I am owned by a 5 month old Cavalier puppy, who is in the throes of house-training 101. Unfortunately, that's where it ends. You see, I discovered that she can ASK for what she wants but hasn't asked to "go outside" yet. You see, when the front door is open, and Angel looks outside the front door, she whines and yelps and barks and jumps on the door to go outside. When she is outside in the backyard, doing her business, she comes to the door and barks, and whines, and yelps and jumps at the door to come in. Why oh why can't she figure out how to ask to "go outside"? yesterday, while a few of my family were in the kitchen, we all looked on in amazement as Angel relieved herself on the kitchen floor, poo and pee, not 3 feet from the back door where she exits to the yard. HELP!!!!!!

Yours in puppydom,

Vicki and Angel

[Susan Bacon]

Vicki, by the looks of Angel she is aptly named! What an adorable little pooch. Thank you for your thoughtful response to my post. I wish I could offer you help, but maybe we can share in each other's post replies with our little "problem pooper/peers." I am so saddened to hear that your puppy has been diagnosed with epilepsy at such an early age. Our last dog, our Shih Tzu of 13 years, developed severe kidney problems. Seizures were one of the early signs and we did have her in our bed with us at night in order to help her through those. Give her lots of love and pray for a clean crate, then please say the same prayer for us!
Susan

[Ann Morscher]

We used the bell method for Misty and it works really well. When we brought Misty home at 12 weeks, we attached a strand of bells onto the door. Every time we took her out we would ring the bell and say "Time to go potty, Misty." After just a few days of doing this, she went up to the bells by herself and pushed her nose onto the bells. We immediately took her out and she peed right away. Since then the bells have worked great. Our accidents happen when she is upstairs away from the bells. But today I took an extra strand of bells upstairs for her and sure enough she found them, rang them and took off downstairs to the back door. I was thrilled.


Good Luck.

Ann

[Lauren Frisbie]

We tried the dangly bell method, but we have a bell on Whiskey's collar because he is so small and it it WAY easier to keep an eye on him when he's jingling. However, I think the sound was too close to what is on his collar(i have a feeling he doesn't really "hear" the sound of his bell anymore) So we went to Office Max and got one of those hotel bells, like at the front desk(the only way I know how to say it it the "ding" bells, they go ding! :p ) Anyways, we put that at the back door and used his paw everytime we went out to ding it and he immediately started dinging it to go out. It was sooo easy to do. Just be consistent and good luck, Lauren

[Grace Erick]

Vicki, since you are home, why not let the dog out every hour or two instead of waiting for a sign? She may develope some kind of sign language once you start letting her out all the time. She may sit by the door or come over to you. Some dogs give subtle signs. My chihuahua is pretty obvious since she sits up like a prairie dog.

[Grace Erick]

Also, I love the look of King Charles Cavalier Spaniels. They are so cute!!!!