Re: [PyrNet-L] Kane update

["Tony Leopold" <tleopold2@plantnet.com>]

Kane has taken to going and sitting by the door when he needs to go out. Is
this a good thing or not?

I ask b/c maybe 1 out of every 6 or 7 times we take him out and he doesn't
go. Might he be just tricking us into taking him out so he can patrol the
yard? Or maybe he *thinks* he has to go but once he's out there he decides
not?

I figure that him "faking" us out and tricking us into taking him out, if he
is indeed doing so, 1 out of 6 or 7 times is a small price to pay for no
messes in the house, but if it becomes a constant thing, where he is sitting
by the door often and not going "potty" often....well lets just say I don't
want it to get that far.

Does anyone else's Pyre go stand/sit by the door when he/she needs to go to
the bathroom? And is this a bad practice to get in to?



-----Original Message-----
From: klbyrd@tampabay.rr.com <klbyrd@tampabay.rr.com>
To: pyrnet-l@pyrnet.org <pyrnet-l@pyrnet.org>
Date: Thursday, June 24, 1999 11:33 AM
Subject: Re: [PyrNet-L] Kane update


>Our Pyr was 8 weeks old when we got her and was fully house trained in less
>than 10 days.  She is now 5 1/2 months old and we have not had a problem in
>months, nor do I expect to.  Every dog is different.  We did not crate
train
>and had a total of 2 accidents in the house the entire time we were
training.
>Don't let your guard down yet, but some dogs are just easy to train and
Kane
>may be one of them.  Margo certainly was.  You have asked about how long
until
>he should be able to go through the night.  At his age, he should be able
to
>because for a puppy the general rule of thumb is their age plus 1 to
determine
>the number of hours they can "hold it."  Margo goes out at about 10:30 at
night
>and doesn't wake us to take her out again until 6 or 6:30.  Kane may be
going
>more frequently to mark territory or related to the surgery.  I think he
will
>adjust quickly to going less frequently.  Adjusting feeding schedules can
>soemtimes help out with this if it becomes a real problem.