I am just like Nichole, are babies are around the same age too. But I think I have it even worse off. I cannot get Brit'ny potty trained. It is getting incredibly frustrating for me and stressful for my fiance.
Please help. I have used the crate to train her, and the "catch phrase" while we are outside. I say, Go to the Bathroom or Go Potty in a very low calm voice and BAM she goes like that. But she KEEPS going in the HOUSE! Grrrrrrr please help someone!
I don't spank her, I have tapped her bottom maybe 3 times total when I actually caught her in the act of peeing on the floor. But I think my Fiance spanks her when I am not at home, she does not like him any more. IS that what is messing this up? He is very "traditional" when it comes to discipline and even gets mad at me that I don't spank her when she uses it in the house. I tried to explain to him that doesn't work. If she poops on the floor I say pick her up, look her in the eye and say "Bad Dog" in a calm voice and then we go outside.
If I could teach her a way to TELL me she needs to go, it would help! She will tell me when we are in the bed together, she is very good at that. She will wake me up by barking or roughly licking my face untill I wake up.
I think we are going to start puppy classes next week as well, so hopefully that will help too.
Please help. I have used the crate to train her, and the "catch phrase" while we are outside. I say, Go to the Bathroom or Go Potty in a very low calm voice and BAM she goes like that. But she KEEPS going in the HOUSE! Grrrrrrr please help someone!
I don't spank her, I have tapped her bottom maybe 3 times total when I actually caught her in the act of peeing on the floor. But I think my Fiance spanks her when I am not at home, she does not like him any more. IS that what is messing this up? He is very "traditional" when it comes to discipline and even gets mad at me that I don't spank her when she uses it in the house. I tried to explain to him that doesn't work. If she poops on the floor I say pick her up, look her in the eye and say "Bad Dog" in a calm voice and then we go outside.
If I could teach her a way to TELL me she needs to go, it would help! She will tell me when we are in the bed together, she is very good at that. She will wake me up by barking or roughly licking my face untill I wake up.
I think we are going to start puppy classes next week as well, so hopefully that will help too.