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From: ThePuppyWizard@EarthLink.Net
You're a MENTAL CASE.
"Suja" wrote in message
news:80zGd.11262$Tf5.8948@lakeread03...
>
> A friend of mine is off skiing this weekend, and her 2 dogs plus
the one
> she is watching for a friend (long story, the landlord changed
his mind
> because he was receiving complaints about the dog, and asked
that he get
> rid of the dog - none of us are realy sure what these complaints
are,
> and my personal suspicion is that he's trying to pawn the pup
off on
> someone else because he is more than he bargained for) are
distributed
> among 3 friends. I had agreed to take Luca (nutso GSD) ahead of
time,
> although would've preferred Titus (incorrigible little 20 lb.
mutt,
> probably 10 or 12 months old, and cute as a button).
>
> When Titus first went to stay with my friend, he had a couple of
> accidents in the house. Since then, he has been good. I had
picked him
> up on Friday, and until Isabelle's parents came to get him in
the
> evening (6-10 pm), he was fine. Then, he peed on Steve's shoe.
We
> chalked it up to a human screw-up. Titus just doesn't give any
signals
> that he has to go, and it had been 4 hours. The first thing he
did when
> he got to their place was to poop on Isabelle's bed. Then, he
proceeded
> to pee 3 more times in the house in a two hour span. He was
crated
> overnight, but whined to let them know he had to go around 4 am,
and
> peed when he was taken out. Between 8 and 12:00 in the morning,
he peed
> 5 more times in the house. During this whole thing, they had
been
> taking him out at least once every hour, on-leash, and making
sure that
> he went. 4 of the 8 times, he peed inside the house within 5
minutes of
> peeing outside the house, was interrupted and taken outside to
finish.
> The surfaces where he was having accidents varied from linoleum
to tile
> to carpet. And he always peed in front of one or both of the
humans.
>
> When we spoke yesterday, I said that it sounded to me like a
UTI, and
> that we swap dogs since he was fine in our house to confirm that
theory.
> Well, he's been home with me since 6:00 yesterday evening, and
no
> accidents. The dogs woke up in the middle of the night to bark
at
> something, and I figured that I'd take Titus out as long as I'm
up, but
> he curled back up and went to sleep. When I took him out this
morning
> (7 1/2 hours since he went at midnight), he peed for 3 minutes
straight
> - one of those times when he started off with the leg up, but
ended up
> having to put it down. Then he went and pooped.
>
> So, what gives? Why is he housebroken here and not in
Isabelle's house?
> The differences are that:
>
> 1. I have lots of chewies around to occupy him, and the little
shark
> spent almost 4 straight hours last night gnawing on something.
Because
> of Isabelle's 'MINE!' issues, they can't have such things lying
around.
>
> 2. After they told me about the problems they were having,
Titus spent
> a little bit of time being tethered to my chair while I was
working.
> Isabelle would have serious issues with something like this, so
they
> were not able to keep as close an eye on him as I was.
>
> 3. He slept with us in bed last night, but obviously didn't do
that at
> Isabelle's.
>
> Steve's theory is that he was somehow more stressed, but he is a
very
> confident little dog, and loves all humans and dogs, so I don't
see it.
>
> Suja
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