Just checking
Played with my settings – just checking things out….
we'll check it out from waaaaay over here!
Potty Training Class
I did a little potty training class yesterday – so much fun!!! Yeah, yeah, I know, I have a warped idea of fun sometimes. Strange but true.
But this one was. There were only about six or seven people there and that was nice. Sometimes I’ve had potty training classes be standing room only. I don’t really get stage fright but that overwhelms me a bit. So this one was nice and cozy.
Me, you, snuggled with the blanket. Now, that is cozy.
My usual spiel is to do a quick over view – here is a good method to try. Do these things this way and it will work for most of the dogs most of the time.
Me? Average? Normal? Noooooo........Special! Different! Unique!
Then I open it up to questions. Because you know what? Everyone thinks their dog and their situation is special. And you know what else? They are right. None of us live the same way. All our families and households are different. What works for me and mine at my house probably won’t work for you and yours at your place.
I think we're twins! Do you think we are?
Our households are different. Our schedules are different. Our rules are different and our expectations are different. And you know what else? That’s okay. Really.
However – you knew there was a ‘however’ didn’t you? – you have to adapt to puppy for a while. Our teeny little ones or our recently adopted bigger ones – or even ones we are changing the rules on (sometimes people wake up and think OMG, he’s two years old and still peeing in my house! I don’t want this anymore!) – need us to understand their needs for a while, ’cause they sure don’t understand ours.
Those two legged creatures can be so challenging sometimes!
Get rid of the “old Shep” syndrome with your new dog. The “Old Shep” syndrome is when people tell me frustrated “but I never had to do that with Old Shep! He was Perfect in every way! He never peed in the house and he never tore anything up!” I laugh and say “in ten years you’ll be saying that about this one too.” Really. This too will pass.
SO true! One day you won't remember any of my flaws. Only how great I am!
It sometimes takes Months to reliably house train or paper train your four legged buddy. We’re flawed humans, not Perfect Old Shep and sometimes we will mess up. If you mess up, take out that rolled up newspaper, swat your own bottom with it, and move on.
Soooo.....I'm not supposed to pee on the newspapers? They have other uses?
Today is a new day. We can Do this.