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Greetings!
I am new here and in desparate need of some help.
I have a 12 week old St. Bernard puppy, 3 kids, a 4 yr old, 3 yr old, 16 mo old and I am newly pregnant.
My puppy is SOOOOOOOO awesome, and so are my kids. I love them all being together, but it is incredibly challenging to housebreak him with the other kids around ,and sometimes, I'd wish I could crate my youngest , just to get him out to pee!
He is sort of housebroken- he will not pee up in the bedrooms, because he thinks this is his den. He poops outside, and I have him on a schedule of 2 hrs after every meal (2) he poops in the same place with my aid in telling him "go potty" I also take him out 15-20 minutes after he drinks water which is 3 x a day- 2x with a meal. That potty is quick as I don't want him running about after intake of anything. I know that management of water intake is cruc ial right now.
Peeing is harder, he thinks the basement is his toilet, and also our middle floor as well. He squats everywhere, several times. And what is most challenging is I cannot just pick up and run him outside to pee for correction, because I am in the middle of changing a diaper or breaking up a Barbie fight, or trying to pry my little one off the dog's tail. Then I feel like it's too late to correct him.
Then there is the command issue-
I have been following the dog whisperer and the dog wizard about identifying myself as the alpha dog- which seems to work, but sometimes he is more interested in the girls than listening to me. (typical boy! lol)
I think I need to get a pro in here to help me organize my thoughts and direction on what I need to accomplish with him-but I would welcome any and all direction in training me to train my sweet boy. He is a good boy and gets tons of praises-no doubt.
Thanks for listening!
Amyjean- aka simonsmom
I am new here and in desparate need of some help.
I have a 12 week old St. Bernard puppy, 3 kids, a 4 yr old, 3 yr old, 16 mo old and I am newly pregnant.
My puppy is SOOOOOOOO awesome, and so are my kids. I love them all being together, but it is incredibly challenging to housebreak him with the other kids around ,and sometimes, I'd wish I could crate my youngest , just to get him out to pee!
He is sort of housebroken- he will not pee up in the bedrooms, because he thinks this is his den. He poops outside, and I have him on a schedule of 2 hrs after every meal (2) he poops in the same place with my aid in telling him "go potty" I also take him out 15-20 minutes after he drinks water which is 3 x a day- 2x with a meal. That potty is quick as I don't want him running about after intake of anything. I know that management of water intake is cruc ial right now.
Peeing is harder, he thinks the basement is his toilet, and also our middle floor as well. He squats everywhere, several times. And what is most challenging is I cannot just pick up and run him outside to pee for correction, because I am in the middle of changing a diaper or breaking up a Barbie fight, or trying to pry my little one off the dog's tail. Then I feel like it's too late to correct him.
Then there is the command issue-
I have been following the dog whisperer and the dog wizard about identifying myself as the alpha dog- which seems to work, but sometimes he is more interested in the girls than listening to me. (typical boy! lol)
I think I need to get a pro in here to help me organize my thoughts and direction on what I need to accomplish with him-but I would welcome any and all direction in training me to train my sweet boy. He is a good boy and gets tons of praises-no doubt.
Thanks for listening!
Amyjean- aka simonsmom