Re: [CHICKENS-101] Re: intro & question about round-the-clock availability of...

 

Sheryl, I feel your pain.  I have a pet-sitting client who had two dachshunds for many years... she worked very hard to house-train them, they even had a doggy door they could use 24/7 to a safe, covered patio and yard, and they STILL preferred to pee in the house as often as not.  She just wasn't home enough to give them the level of supervision they needed to break the habit.  My Chihuahua has been a bear to house-train, too.  Visits from strangers upset her (animal or human) and she will pee on the kitchen rug.  Although, she has not done that in months now (knock on wood!)  I really stepped up the supervision, and if she so much as looked in the direction of that rug, I hustled her outside.  I'm home most of the time so this is possible for me.

 

Have you considered trying one of those "Potty Patch" thingies for your little naughty dogs?  They have fake grass that the dog pees on, but the pee runs through it to a reservoir with an absorbent pad in the bottom.  Kind of gross, but way better than getting your rugs peed on. 

 

Maureen and the girls at the
Rowdy Girls Ranch
Tucson, AZ

 

In a message dated 2/26/2010 11:11:09 A.M. US Mountain Standard Time, sarassa1@yahoo.com writes:

 

You must have good dogs! That would work with my lab (she is a good dog), but the yorkie and dachshund look for excuses to use my carpet instead of the outdoors. I wouldn't want to give them any more fuel. I've had the two of them for nine years and it is a miracle that I can get either of them to do their business outdoors. They prefer to never have to go outside at all. The snow, long grass, rain, etc., is just more than they can handle. When they do go outside, they keep to the pavement and only if it is shoveled. All my life I've owned big dogs (aka good dogs), until these two. The housebreaking issue has driven me crazy for all nine years! I've tried the "paper" training, but they prefer my carpet. They don't use tile floors where it would be easier to clean because the tile doesn't absorb and they get their feet wet.

Heated buckets and dishes would be nice, but I'm 300 foot from my barn with no power out there. Then there is always the risk of fire or shock when dealing with extension chords (I've tried) and animals (especially those that chew). With 3 horses, 5 goats, 2 rabbits, 4 degus, a fox, many quail and many chickens outdoors, the number of power chords can be insane. Instead I lug buckets of warm water out to them pretty much all day long when the weather is below freezing. At night, they do without, but most of them are sleeping anyway.

Sheryl
Ohio

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