Recent content by Skelly6

I agree, she does at least know that she needs to go outside to go but obviously she can't if the doors shut, she can't hold on so performs then comes to tell us - the coming to tell us was, at the time, a huge step :) , now, if she wants to go out she goes to the door and rings the bells, not...

thank you for all the positive comments for anyone interested got the bells off amazon - proper doggie door bells! fingers crossed we continue to make progress x

Apologies, had computer problems and couldn't get back onto the forum to update people - had foudn the advice etc. SO supportive I just felt as though I'd cut and run so here's a bit of an update ... Vet's could find nothing physically wrong to work out why she still pooped and piddled in the...

you would think by now, especially as we have had dogs ALL their lives [and beyond!] that they would learn really .... but no .... although youngest has learnt to put his shoes away after she ate 2 pairs of canvas converse and piddled in his school shoes .... made him use his hard earned beating...

2 nights now she's woken us up, gone outside and 'performed' - I can put up with the broken nights if it means she'll go outside ...! On teh down side, she got into my daughters bedroom and very kindly emptied her waste bin ..... we're estimating between 5 and 7 cotton pads have been shredded...

I am SO hoping so!

Small steps but there is a very very small pinprick of light glimmering at the endof the loooonnnnggggg dark tunnel we're in ... Its not ideal but the last 3 nights she has woken us up to tell us she's performed - still not ideal but at least we're not waking up to it - I can put up with cold...

I totally understand what you're saying :) I don't expect her to be sorted after 2 days - obviously we've been battling this for a loooooonnnnnggggg time now and in desperation I've come asking for more varied advice ... and yes, i know what you're saying about nature not intending them to be...

thanks NeverEver - we've already cut her daily food allowance down - she's fed at 6.30am and 5pm - cleans her bowl every time - access to the yard is just that, access to the bare yard - there are no plants, toys etc. that she can eat -all toys are solid hard things. She's never ever shown any...

thank you - at the back of my mind I've always wondered if she's a bit 'special' ... I work with SEN children and one of my own is mildly aspergic so I guess clue were there .. As a teeny pup she was always the last to do anything .. her 6 litter mates soon learnt how to climb out of the...

Hi thank you to everyone for the advice - I'll try and answer as many as I can but apologies if I miss you from the advice you've given me :) first - I AM at the end of my tether - I said last week if this continues much longer she's getting kenneled permenantly outside - or she's going :( - cue...

amymay - thank you - I agree she did give a signal by going into the next room but she potters about all evening - she will go into the next room to fetch her toys, have a drink, lie on the bed in there - we have an L shaped house and to get to the back door we go to the end of the long L - so...

Hi, thanks all for the advice. We changed the tea time feed on advice of others - that it takes 7/8 hrs for the 'tea' to work it way through - evidently this has done nothing to change the situation. We'll go back to 'normal' feed time for tea. Adult dogs will wake us once in a blue moon to go...

Hi, first time posting but I'm after some advice please as getting to the end of my tether now .. Have owned labs since the late 80's. Currently have 3 labs - a black and a yellow - both bitches. We also have a pup, well 1 year old now, home bred last September from our black bitch - new...