DIAPERS, BELLY BANDS & POTTY TRAINING
Potty-training, anybody, anytime - can be frustrating.
It's best to begin early & be prepared to have patience.
Our pups are kept in impeccably clean birthing boxes, towels changed
several times a day & sanitized in between use. Pups used to
exceptionally clean early environments are easier to train in later life. As
pups begin to move about, both interior/exterior exercise areas are
cleaned multiple times a day. Nightly, Mamma & babies are able to
relieve themselves on a green potty patch, wee-wee pads or newspaper.
By day, natural grass is the solution. Regardless of rest solution offered by
their forever family home, your dog will be able to easily recognize
its' intent.
Over the years, indoors, we found diapers & belly-bands to be irreplacable aids.
Young pups do not gain bowel/bladder control until the body sufficiently
matures. In addition, young pups like young children, would rather not
interrupt play in order to take care of other things.
Dogs possess cyclic rhythms & "inner clocks" regulating hunger, sleep, hair growth, reproduction, urination & defecation. All of these clocks respond to day length, blood sugar levels, hormonal activity, temperature & other factors.
Dogs hate change - activites such as sleeping, eating & relieving
themselves can become predictable & regular. In addition, we
unwittingly impose rhythms on dogs by feeding & exercising them at the
same time each day - our pups recognize such schedules & usually adapt.
Keeping feed, exercise & relief times stabilized will help training.
Diapers on females & diapers/belly bands on males keep your rugs & furniture soil-free when accidents occur - and they will. Adult incontinence pads can be used in belly bands as they have great ability to absorb plus deodorize. Pads cut into 1/2's or 1/3's fit snugly in diapers. At appropriate potty time, remove training aid by rrrrripping apart velcro attachments. Interestingly, the noise is an additional "training cue" which works to clue the pup into a specific activity. (akin to clicker training)
Aids are really easy to use & prevent odor/stain of a boo-boo. Vendors create cute & colorful patterns, complete w/ buttons, bows, lace, rosebuds - even sports team logos! (See Ebay) (How much fun would it be to have your dog poop on the Packers or Jets?)
BFII dogs continue to wear aids long past their training period. After relieving themselves outdoors, pups wait
by the entry to be "re-dressed" in the house garment before hopping back on the sofa. In the AM, they expect to hear the "ripppppp" of velcro prior to exiting the doggie door.
by the entry to be "re-dressed" in the house garment before hopping back on the sofa. In the AM, they expect to hear the "ripppppp" of velcro prior to exiting the doggie door. Training aids make the process SO much easier - accidents are caught in the absorbant material, eliminating the chance of ammonia stains "calling" the pup back to the same spot.
Diapers & belly bands are easily laundered. Soiled pads are tossed in the trash. No schmootz on the sofa, no special cleaning the rug - no scrub brushing fireplace corners where "business cards" are left, delineating territory.
Elimination is natural & normal - we all do it. Protecting our territory is the same. Mother Nature will ALWAYS have your pups' ear - they hear her whispers above your chaotic animated scoldings.
And don't even be so arrogant/cruel to believe you can beat it out of them, force them to obey you because they know what happened last time.
Arm your baby w/ the proper equipment to satiate all callings while keeping the homestead clean. Diapers & belly bands are surprisingly simple answers to the previously complex question regarding house training -- even w/ the "slow learners".
