Potty Training 5 year Old Chow
Posted: Mon Aug 18, 2014 5:18 am
Hey Everyone!
We just adopted our sweet Boy Lofty Friday - 08/08/2014.
We are trying to figure out the best way to potty train him. - Here is his and our routine, I am open to suggestions -
I wake up in the morning and take him out out to use the bathroom, I have been having him go to the same spot in the yard , we have a long leash so sit on the porch while he is able to room the yard. He usually pees a couple of times but doesn't poop.
My husband walks him and last week he pooped a couple of times on his morning walk. But the rest of the week when my husband would get home from work in the afternoon he pooped and peed in the house.
This weekend he didn't poop in the house at all he pooped and peed on his morning walk.
This morning, I took him out and he peed, and when I left, my husband called and said he peed upstairs in a spot he's peed before.
Is he being so sporadic because we haven't put him on a set routine? Or is he simply adjusting to a new home and new owners.
I know he is a dog and when ya gotta go you gotta go and you don't you don't, but I'd rather him not get used to going in the house too much. we just bought a gate to keep him in our office room during the times we are not home and placed potty pads down for him so we are hoping that will help. But I just am at a loss of how to get him on a routine he's comfortable with and one we will be able to accommodate for him.
Hope that all made sense.
PS. He is also on some meds for a small bacteria infection that could be causing his potty habits to be sporadic. But My husband thinks he peed this morning because I left for work and it maybe upset him, but I don't think so because my husband was still home.
Anyway just looking for some insight since he is already 5 years old which I think will make it a little harder to train, but i'm not sure.
Thanks for all input!!
We just adopted our sweet Boy Lofty Friday - 08/08/2014.
We are trying to figure out the best way to potty train him. - Here is his and our routine, I am open to suggestions -
I wake up in the morning and take him out out to use the bathroom, I have been having him go to the same spot in the yard , we have a long leash so sit on the porch while he is able to room the yard. He usually pees a couple of times but doesn't poop.
My husband walks him and last week he pooped a couple of times on his morning walk. But the rest of the week when my husband would get home from work in the afternoon he pooped and peed in the house.
This weekend he didn't poop in the house at all he pooped and peed on his morning walk.
This morning, I took him out and he peed, and when I left, my husband called and said he peed upstairs in a spot he's peed before.
Is he being so sporadic because we haven't put him on a set routine? Or is he simply adjusting to a new home and new owners.
I know he is a dog and when ya gotta go you gotta go and you don't you don't, but I'd rather him not get used to going in the house too much. we just bought a gate to keep him in our office room during the times we are not home and placed potty pads down for him so we are hoping that will help. But I just am at a loss of how to get him on a routine he's comfortable with and one we will be able to accommodate for him.
Hope that all made sense.
PS. He is also on some meds for a small bacteria infection that could be causing his potty habits to be sporadic. But My husband thinks he peed this morning because I left for work and it maybe upset him, but I don't think so because my husband was still home.
Anyway just looking for some insight since he is already 5 years old which I think will make it a little harder to train, but i'm not sure.
Thanks for all input!!