Saturday, July 16, 2011

Major dog trouble. help please?

Please, do a search in Yahoo Answers - See 'Discover' box at top right of page. Or go to Pet Place.com or self help dog training.com or healthy happy dogs.com or blogs. dogster.com/vet_blog_information_advice. A crate would be very good if you can get one, but please do not leave her in it while it is dirty anymore than is absolutely necessary. This will only result in causing her to be depressed. Would you like to sleep in an area that has pee/poop? Dogs Do Not Like To Sleep where there is poop/pee. I had to put one of my pups in the bathroom with lots of newspapers down while I was away from home until he was house broke because I did not have a fenced yard. My other dog was taken out about every hour or two and a few hours after he had eaten until he was house broke. Such a young pup and small dog as a Lhasa Apso should not be expected to not go potty for very long. Dogs will return to the same spots that have been soiled if the smell has not been totally removed. The clean up should be done as soon as possible, and it does not take expensive or special cleaners to rid rugs/carpets of the smell. After getting up as much wet up as possible with cloth/sponge/paper towels then use liquid dish soap or Murphy's Oil soap in water-per directions- blotting the spot and rinsing until water is clear. Then treat the spot with a half and half mix of water and vinegar. As to the chewing problem: pups are like babies in that they will chew to relieve pain and discomfort while new teeth are growing in. You can help ease this with the right size raw hide chews or right toys. There is a spray called No Chew or similar that might work. I have used Vinegar on some things to stop chewing, and also a mix of very hot pepper sauce and citrus peels (soaked in hot water then strained) to make a spray. The hot sauce mix will stain some materials. Please, please, do not ever throw your dog outside or strike it when it does not obey. To help her learn her name you need to use her name very often when playing. Have someone help you work on having her come to you using her name with "Here 'her name' " or "Come - - -", and give her a very small piece of treat when she does come to you. I used a squeaky toy to get my pup's attention and he now comes when he hears the squeaker that came out of one he chewed up. Hope you are able to enjoy your canine companion. If it ends up that this pup does not fit into your family then would you please return it to the Humane Society?

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