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No, it's not a urinary tract infection. If it were, she wouldn't be able to hold it overnight.

My 5 month old border collie/blue heeler has done great with housebreaking. There have only been a small handful of accidents (had her since she was 8 weeks). She holds her bladder all night (9 hours)and during the day if we're out, with no accidents in the crate. However, if she is kenneled...

Oh well, thought I would ask anyway (for other out-think-the-thinker suggestions!). Just a quick update...she's now racing (and I mean [I]racing[I] to the kennel as soon as I close the fridge door (with hot dogs in hand). We're making progress!

She's going in a bit faster than before I started the hot dogs. She's definately a thinker, but I think her belly is stating to win... :) As of now, she sits by the fridge when I'm getting out the hot dogs, then runs over the kennel...doesn't go charging in it yet, but does respond faster...

Thanks :) She's starting to get black eyebrows (can you notice the change from the bottom two pics to the top one and the avatar?). I looks like the way a bird is drawn off in the distance (two curved lines). She's 12 weeks now and the lines are a bit more pronounced.

Ok, let's see if I can get some pictures loaded...first one she was about 10 weeks old...the other two she was about 8 weeks

Thanks...I'll try to post some pictures early next week

You can leave the lights on. The idea is to displace the puppy from interaction with you, not scare it.

The half bath would work as long as you can puppy-proof it (take up any rugs, etc). You're not going to be putting him in there for any extended period of time, but just long enough to get your point across. You may want to try that and see how it works...sometimes it just takes one or two...

I wouldn't time out in the crate, as it does send mixed messages. If you time out in the crate, when you go to crate other times (night, you're leaving, etc) the pup may assume he's done something wrong. Find an alternate place...a bathroom, other room (puppy safe of course) or even just...

Thanks...yep, that's her. Please tell me how to attach pictures to a post reply...when I click on the picture icon, it's asking for a http address,,,how do I load them off my computer? (sorry, new to the forum)

Hi mrose s... our pup is still on the growing end, but right now she's lean and lanky. We didn't get her as a working dog...we got her from some folks that had an accidental breeding of two of their dogs...and I don't believe they were "working" dogs either. At 12 weeks, she's growing taller...

sparks19's idea is working quite well. She gets a couple pieces of hot dog when she gets put in the kennel, along with her biscuit ball. As of now, she's not beating me to the kennel, but goes in right away when we get over to it. It's a start in the right direction!

Hi there, Just wondering if anyone has a ACD/Border collie cross. Mine's a 50/50 mix...still a young pup. Just wondering who else is out there and what their dogs are like! Thanks

She does go in the kennel, gets lots of treats, and is quite quiet once in there, even when the door is closed (after a short period of barking/whining). She just doesn't like the initial idea of possibly being left alone in there...if you read Sch3dana's post about "weighing her options" I...

lizzybeth727, Thanks...the only problem I see with that scenario, is by walking away, she gets reinforced...she's still out of the kennel, which is her ultimate "reward". Or am I not understanding what you're saying?

I think Morfini means NILIF...nothing in life is free...basically, the dog works for anything it wants (sit before being fed, etc)

Sch3dana, Thanks for the suggestion. I might give it a try and see how she reacts, later. She picked up on the whole walk with the leash thing pretty quickly, and I don't recall her pushing back if I ever held her by the chest before, but I may see how it works. On a side note, the biscuit...

Hi houndlove, Hoepfully my little one will catch on to that...that's what I'm trying to accomplish with biscuit ball and another chewy (she goes looking around the house looking for it)...hopefully she'll put 2-n-2 together and realize that she gets those special items when she's in the...

Sch3dana, Hello, I think you explained my problem :) my question to you would be, how to expedite her entrance into the crate...if I wait her out, she will go in eventually, however, I do not want to reinforce slow response...but I don't want to totally ignore the eventual response (and she is...