I think I've finally got it... Finley's just over 4 months old now and I've been trying really hard to read her cues for when she needs to go outside for a potty break. We're on the 11th floor of a high-rise so I'm trying to avoid the unnecessary back-and-forths that comes with having a dog in an apartment.
The no-brainers are first thing in the morning out of the crate, after meals, and right before bed. But it's the between meal breaks that needed closer observation.
So, onto her bathroom break signal... she stops whatever she's doing, and I mean whatever, and comes over to us and sits really, really pretty... like, hello-I-need-to-continue-to-look-this-cute-and-pretty-so-please-don't-make-me-soil-myself-indoors-pretty. No whining (except in the car when she's in the backseat and we're not in her direct line of sight), no theatrics... Just. Pretty.
(Side-note: you ever write a word so many times it starts to look incorrect and foreign? Yeah, "pretty" looks like that right now)
So, what do all y'alls Poos do to let you know "I gotta go now! Let me out or I will unleash my bowels and bladder all over the house!"
The no-brainers are first thing in the morning out of the crate, after meals, and right before bed. But it's the between meal breaks that needed closer observation.
So, onto her bathroom break signal... she stops whatever she's doing, and I mean whatever, and comes over to us and sits really, really pretty... like, hello-I-need-to-continue-to-look-this-cute-and-pretty-so-please-don't-make-me-soil-myself-indoors-pretty. No whining (except in the car when she's in the backseat and we're not in her direct line of sight), no theatrics... Just. Pretty.
(Side-note: you ever write a word so many times it starts to look incorrect and foreign? Yeah, "pretty" looks like that right now)
So, what do all y'alls Poos do to let you know "I gotta go now! Let me out or I will unleash my bowels and bladder all over the house!"