So my Uncle Ronnie, Aunt Kay, Mom & Grandma came over yesterday after leaving the funeral home in Harrisonville. We had a nice little picnic lunch. We don't have a table and chairs to eat at so we ate at the coffee table, so that's what made it a picnic. Right in the middle of lunch, Slinky decided that he was going to use the bathroom right in front of everyone. Embarrassed me. Uncle Ronnie cleaned it up as I took him outside to make sure he was done.
When I got back inside, Uncle Ronnie told me how they broke their dachshund of doing the same thing. Everytime he takes her outside, he takes small treats. When she does her business he gives her a treat right after she finishes, so if she does both 1 and 2, then she gets two small treats. Took her only a few days to realize that how she got treats.
So of course, I decided to try it. Yesterday afternoon when they left I started the training. After he went I gave him a treat and praised him, however I still couldn't get him to poop outside. I figured that when I woke up this morning he would have pooped like he normal does. I was wrong. When I got up this morning I went to where we keep the treats, got two small treats and took Slinky outside. He went to pee right away. I gave him the treat. Normally after this he heads back to the front down to go inside, instead he started sniffing like he was going to poop, and HE DID!!! Then looked at me for a treat. I gave him the treat followed by rubbing his little tummy like none other.
Who knows, maybe Slinky can be broken of this bad habit!
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