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Hi everyone! Juniper the spoo is now a little over 4 months old and doing really well in a lot of ways. Her puppy biting and the jumping/biting has gotten a lot better (though is no where near gone). She's learned and improved on a lot of her commands. She's been attending a weekly puppy play date that our trainer organizes (that's essentially just a 30 minute free play with three other similar age pups). She also just started puppy kindergarten and, so far, she's already known all the things being taught (but it's been a GREAT chance to practice around the distraction of other dogs). She takes a minute or two to warm up to new dogs but then loves playing with them. She's honestly a little rougher than I expected but I'm always careful to make her take breaks when playing rough.
And to house training. It's going really well for the most part. It seems as if she fully understands the concept at this point. It's been weeks since she's had an accident inside. We've been using one of the FluentPet buttons for "Go Potty" and she pretty reliably presses it when she needs to go potty. She also, not surprisingly, presses the button when she just wants to go outside. We're struggling with her need to go out often, sometimes back to back. She will often press the button, go out and pee, come inside, press the button again 2-3 minutes later, go out to poop (or pee again). This is most frustrating when we are getting ready for bed. We take her out right before bed, she'll do one of the two things, we'll put her in her crate with a little snack while we go about our bedtime routine, we'll get snuggled into bed and then BAM, she'll be demanding to go out and she, without fail, produces something. Relatedly, she's been waking us up in the middle of the night to go out every few days and always produces something.
Her crate is located in our bedroom and we let her have access to water during the night. Another thing to note is that she isn't super vocal, so far (knock on wood). She doesn't bark or whine to let us know she needs to go out. She places her paws on the door of the crate and rattles it until we wake up. It's kind of adorable and my husband and I have started to say she's "knocking" at her door.
Obviously I'm very happy that she's letting us know that she needs to go. I'm guessing that this is just her age. She's just a puppy. At a little over 4 months, she's definitely still maturing and getting the hang of this pee/poop outside thing. She's also still super easily distracted and likely is just forgetting. We've been trying to make sure we're not rushing her to come in and giving her plenty of time outside, especially right before bed. It's likely just going to take some time and practice but I guess I just wanted to see if others have dealt with this and if there were any tips to share. Thanks!
And to house training. It's going really well for the most part. It seems as if she fully understands the concept at this point. It's been weeks since she's had an accident inside. We've been using one of the FluentPet buttons for "Go Potty" and she pretty reliably presses it when she needs to go potty. She also, not surprisingly, presses the button when she just wants to go outside. We're struggling with her need to go out often, sometimes back to back. She will often press the button, go out and pee, come inside, press the button again 2-3 minutes later, go out to poop (or pee again). This is most frustrating when we are getting ready for bed. We take her out right before bed, she'll do one of the two things, we'll put her in her crate with a little snack while we go about our bedtime routine, we'll get snuggled into bed and then BAM, she'll be demanding to go out and she, without fail, produces something. Relatedly, she's been waking us up in the middle of the night to go out every few days and always produces something.
Her crate is located in our bedroom and we let her have access to water during the night. Another thing to note is that she isn't super vocal, so far (knock on wood). She doesn't bark or whine to let us know she needs to go out. She places her paws on the door of the crate and rattles it until we wake up. It's kind of adorable and my husband and I have started to say she's "knocking" at her door.
Obviously I'm very happy that she's letting us know that she needs to go. I'm guessing that this is just her age. She's just a puppy. At a little over 4 months, she's definitely still maturing and getting the hang of this pee/poop outside thing. She's also still super easily distracted and likely is just forgetting. We've been trying to make sure we're not rushing her to come in and giving her plenty of time outside, especially right before bed. It's likely just going to take some time and practice but I guess I just wanted to see if others have dealt with this and if there were any tips to share. Thanks!