Saturday, February 27, 2010

Puppy Training 101

We have finally decided that our pups need some serious discipline. They have slowly taught each other their bad habits and are completely out of control. We saw a sign while driving around town that said "we can train ANY dog" and we both laughed and said "not ours!" but we decided to give them a call anyway. The nice gal stayed on the phone with both of us for about an hour giving us some great tricks and tips and we felt confident we could do this! Our first tasks are to kennel train them during the night instead of them sharing the bed, and get them 100% potty trained. I'm not going to lie. It's been rough. The first few nights they would cry immediately for an hour or so, then would give it a rest, and then start up again for another hour or so, give it a rest, and this went on the entire night. Last night was much better. They cried a bit at first and then again around 3:00 and that was the extent of it. The potty training is going well. They are catching on well, I think Sophie more so then Ruby, but we're getting there. We're still in our first week and we were told it will probably take 2-3 months of training, but we've seen improvement already. Wish us luck. We will need it!!

2 comments:

Chocolates for Breakfast said...

i was dreaming about the fun of a new house, then dreaming about harmons bakery, but the cycle is broken... NOT dreaming about potty trainingg 2 dogs...good luck!

Betsy said...

I dont blame you for not dreaming about potty training. Me either!!