So Maximus is still not housebroken. No surprise really, he's only 3 months old. We used to buy pee-pads to put in his cage, so during the day he can do his business on those things and make the chore of cleaning it up much easier. Much to my dismay he would chew them up and then pee and poo on his bed. So I tried newspaper and cardboard. Same thing. I come home to a mess of paper, pee, and poo. Then to make it worse, I'll take Max outside for 20 minutes and nothing, only to go back inside and while I clean up his cage, he decides to go potty on my carpet. If you match doggy years up with human years, he's got to be going through the Terrible 2s.
So my main question is...Are babies this difficult when it comes to diapers? And if I can't train a dog to go outside, how am I supposed to train a kid to use the toilet? These were not questions answered in Home Ec when we had to carry around a hard boiled egg!!
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Ha! I know nothing about training dogs but I can tell you that potty training a child is not much easier from what you describe. I honestly had days when I thought my boys would NEVER use the toilet- ever!
Somehow, they all seem to get it together by kindergarten though...I hope that doesn't mean you have another 5 years to go with your doggy ;)
My son went almost an entire month without using the potty to poop. The worst moment we had was when he pooped in his pants at the mall. Public restrooms and that sort of mess is not a good combo... Lucky for me, his dad was actually with us and he volunteered to take care of it. Yes, I married a wonderful man! So, yeah, be prepared for something as bad, or worse, or maybe a little better - every kid is different.
On the plus side, you get to start out easy (especially if you breastfeed). The poops don't smell like much from a breastfed baby. We just started solids with our 6 month old, and I'm stealing myself for the first truly stinky one.
Can I just say that it took one week, one week to potty train dash 1. He was about 2 years and 8 months old. My mother said wait till they are ready wait till they are ready and then go for it. sure as sh*t. We put him on his little potty, bribed the heck out of him with his "potty treats" for about a week or two and by the end of the first week he was out of his pull ups and into underpants (which are adorable by the way). Sure he's had one or two accidents here and there (mainly when he's been sick) but all in all. One week. I suppose its a benefit of having a kid who is a control freak!
good luck with the dog. bribing worked for us, i dont know how it works with puppies.
I've trained 2 kids and 2 dogs (1 kid is in-process) , and some are easy and some aren't. My oldest daughter was the easier of the 4, but my younger daughter was the toughest of the 4, the dogs were in-between.
You'll definitely have practice! and puppy poo smells MUCH worse.
and since I'm so behind on my blog reading... CONGRATULATIONS!
Hmmm...I'm not sure if I feel better, worse, or pretty much the same about this situation. On the bright side though, I'm happy to learn that baby poo is less foul smelling than puppy poo. Puppy poo smell is doing absolutely nothing for my queasiness (but I haven't actually gotten sick yet!).
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