eelstrebor
New Member
Hi I am a new member and I am from the UK. I have a red miniature dachshund called Archie, he is 1 years old and he lives with me my Wife and my two young boys, we love Archie to bits.
We have a good routine with him, he sleeps in his crate when we are in bed, however he does wake up around 4:30am then we let him out to do his business. When he has done his business we give him a treat and then then he runs up stairs into our bed and stays there until we wake at around 6:30am. He gets a nice walk in the woods and he spends a lot of time chasing my two sons around the house, he gets plenty of attention.
All is good apart from two things:
1/ Archie will still wee or poo in house now and then. Archie will go out in the garden to wee or poo most of the time and we give him a treat and reward him when he is done, but he still wee or poo in the house. Archie does not give us any sign that he wants to go, we just have to guess like after he has eaten or drank, first thing in the morning and just before bed. or when he is sniffing around the house. I just wish he give us a sign and give us confidence that we don't to watch him every 5 seconds. We know that he knows what he got to do, is it an attention seeking thing? Any Idea's?
2/ when he is greeted by me or anybody else he will do a little wee like he thinks its a reward for us or something. We have a routine where we tell people do not stroke him or make fuss with him until he calms down or go straight into the garden then make fuss with him. Any ideas on this? will he always do this for the rest of his life?
Many Thanks in advance
Lee
We have a good routine with him, he sleeps in his crate when we are in bed, however he does wake up around 4:30am then we let him out to do his business. When he has done his business we give him a treat and then then he runs up stairs into our bed and stays there until we wake at around 6:30am. He gets a nice walk in the woods and he spends a lot of time chasing my two sons around the house, he gets plenty of attention.
All is good apart from two things:
1/ Archie will still wee or poo in house now and then. Archie will go out in the garden to wee or poo most of the time and we give him a treat and reward him when he is done, but he still wee or poo in the house. Archie does not give us any sign that he wants to go, we just have to guess like after he has eaten or drank, first thing in the morning and just before bed. or when he is sniffing around the house. I just wish he give us a sign and give us confidence that we don't to watch him every 5 seconds. We know that he knows what he got to do, is it an attention seeking thing? Any Idea's?
2/ when he is greeted by me or anybody else he will do a little wee like he thinks its a reward for us or something. We have a routine where we tell people do not stroke him or make fuss with him until he calms down or go straight into the garden then make fuss with him. Any ideas on this? will he always do this for the rest of his life?
Many Thanks in advance
Lee