Hey guys,

seems like this thread is pretty quiet... last post was from Oct 19!

Anyway, we just got a goldie, named her Hazel... currently D2 of life in our house (she's 8 weeks and 3 days old) and trying pretty damn hard to potty train her.

Problem is she pees almost always unexpectantly... we've put her crate facing the bathroom with the door open so that she will get used to the fact that she can sleep in the crate and eliminate on the bathroom floor... Can't take her out yet coz of incomplete vaccinations

Just want to ask for your opinion about 1 thing;

Where do you guys keep your goldie? Outside? I'm just worried about my goldie being poisoned, stolen, etc...

Anyway, great to join the club Here's a pic of her...

thanks for the feedback guys

Hazel is that she knows she has to pee at a certain spot in the bathroom. i leave her there with the cage door opened so she can go in and out and run around the bathroom when we are at work. She pees alright and poos correctly when we are not around

problem is when she's outside of the bathroom, she never knows how to get back inside to pee/poo... sigh.

i know she ain't stupid coz I taught her how to sit, lie down and shake hand all within a few hours!

i can't use puppy pads coz she tears u everything in sight

already scolding dy... but she's sneaky... when i'm not looking *chew*chew*chew*, then when i scold, she walk away! wahlau... hehe

now im on leave so can take her to toilet every hour to pee (i dunno why she pees so much!), but when i start work next week... aiyo dunno how la.

a trap? what kind of trap?

Just went down to see my Hazel at 6am... the whole designated floor for pee is full! Think I should restrict her water because she seems to drink water for fun

was thinking of getting that... just worried that she will get confused since she is used to peeing on the bathroom floor dy. but then again was thinking that the floor is tile, outside floor also tile... so she won't know the difference.

whenever i scold her, she will show attitude and walk away and not come near me... so bad la. my old shihtzu so much better... at least she's more affectionate. dunno why this girl so stubborn and very distant...

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Added on November 16, 2010, 12:10 pmgoing abit nuts though... she stepped on her poo this morning. I only went out for 1 hour and she caused the whole bathroom to be stained with poop... first time this is happening. can't imagine when i go to work, what will happen!

This post has been edited by Gilthoniel: Nov 16 2010, 12:10 PM

so weird that shih tzu is like number 70+ in smartness and GR is number 4, and it's harder to train a GR... LOL

yeah trying my best to be patient

how old is ur GR now?

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Added on November 18, 2010, 10:17 ammy golden has not completed her 3 vaccinations (only done 2). We were advised not to put her outside just yet so I've set up a small den for her in the bathroom. It is a rectangular bathroom with a door on the side and another at the beginning. Her cage is put outside the side door (thus it's in the middle) and she usually sleeps near the entrance, and pee/poop at the other end. All is well and good but these days when we go to work (for pretty long hours, she's usually alone from 8-5plus), she will do her business as usual at the toilet end but there have been times when we come home and see her stepped over her poo and dirtied the entire bathroom along with herself...

any advise on this? I was thinking of getting a pee pad so it can absorb her pee and at least she will have more space to poo, that is if my theory is correct - she can't poo properly at her spot because the pee is already all over and she doesn't want to step on it on purpose. but how much can a pee pad absorb?

This post has been edited by Gilthoniel: Nov 18 2010, 10:17 AM

okay. do u use the pee pad when u r not at home to clean ur GR's wee/poo?

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Added on November 18, 2010, 3:32 pmI bought a pee tray for Hazel. Lined it with newspaper and kitchen towel. So far I put her in there twice and she peed on it twice but don't know if she will know how to go on it herself

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Added on November 19, 2010, 6:05 amUPDATE: I bought the pee tray and since starting to use it yesterday at 12pm, Hazel suddenly knows how to go back to the tray herself to wee and poo.... it's like magic! suddenly from accident to housebroken!

This post has been edited by Gilthoniel: Nov 19 2010, 06:05 AM