So, we've been trying to house train Lyra for the past few months. Just when I thought that success was within reach, she reverts to peeing in the house. I never thought that such a little dog could pee so much!!
When we just got her, she would pee on the mat at the front door or on the mat at the back door. This was ok since at least she was at the door...I even bought the training pads from the pet store which was supposed to encourage her to pee on them...guess what....that's just not true...the dog used it a total of twice.
Then she started peeing in Aaron's bed. Of course his room does have a door to a balcony. I guess she associates a door with outside, so she thinks that it's ok to pee there. Why she feels the need to pee on some sort of fabric eludes me. Aaron's sheets got washed 6 times in one week!! So now we close the doors to all the bedrooms.
Yesterday Lyra peed four times on the mat at the back door. And twice on the tile..the amazing thing is that we rarely can catch the little culprit in the act to discipline her. Last night there were 7 of us in the same area as Lyra...none of us noticed until Azam stepped in it! Of course we all got a huge laugh because his PJs got wet and he crawled on hands and knees to avoid dragging pee all over the house with his pants...no one thought that he should fold his pant legs up!! The little one followed up with two more incidents. She peed on Ansaar's bed. Of course she was romping with the Monster(Kiko) who has a tendency to treat her like a rag doll! The last time Lyra peed on Aaron's bed...granted, this one was certainly not her fault. She was sleeping in Aaron and Azam's room. The little one tried to wake Azam, who tried to wake Aaron and none of them thought to wake Ansaar who will unfailingly get up to put her out...They went back to sleep...so what's a girl to do, especially since the bedroom door was closed?
Last night I ended up doing one load of Laundry at 11.30 (Ansaar's sheets). I left the comforter and the heavy blanket for the morning. This morning, I had to do those two as well as Aaron's bed sheets and comforter which had already been washed during the day...that's an additional 5 loads of laundry...all thanks to Lyra! So in addition to doing about 20 loads of laundry per week including sheets, comforters and towels(we're a large family and everyone showers twice a day), there's now additonal doggie towels and blankets, as well as extra because of "Quick Pee" Lyra...sometimes to the tune of 30 loads of laundry a week.
No wonder I seem to be buying laundry detergent and fabric softener all the time! Of course the dryer is also getting more of a workout as well! On the bright side, we're always sleeping on freshly laundered sheets which is extremely pleasant and the house is always being mopped, so it's extremely clean.
I wonder how long before she is fully house trained...more importantly, I wonder if my Mom and I can survive that long!
Monday, February 8, 2010
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