Housebreaking Mango
July 29th, 2008 by ktula
Mango taking a break from pissing all over the house.
Housebreaking Mango turns out to be harder than i originally thought. Just when i thought i have got this housebreaking thing down, Mango’s “indiscriminate” peeing in the house would bring me back down to earth. So far, Mango has had about nine accidents, seven times at my place and twice at Janet’s condo. After Mango peed on the Persian rug i bought from Saudi Arabia back in 2002 for the third time, i decided to remove it from the living room. Cleaning up pee from a hardwood floor is a lot easier than a rug.
I am having a hard time figuring out when Mango wants to go urinate. Occasionally, he would give me signs like being antsy and also by looking outside at the backyard. In several of the accidents, i did not receive any warning sign from Mango. On other occasions, it was totally my fault. I did not realize that i had to immediately take him outside after he’s fed. When i say ‘immediately,’ i really mean right away. At noon when Mango had his first accident of the day, i had just finished feeding him and was just about to clean up his food tray when i caught him peeing on the rug. He was only halfway done so i managed to drop him in the backyard to continue his business.
Mango peed in the house again after returning from a short walk. It was a really pleasant walk. Mango did not throw any resistance at being led by leash. I realized that when the path that we walked is new to Mango, he would spend a lot of time sniffing around. Consequently, i spent quite a bit of time doing this stop-and-go walk. But when we were going back on the same path, Mango would run alongside me. Anyway, after i brought Mango into the house, he peed almost immediately, without giving me a chance to let him into the backyard. By the time i got to him, he was just about done and i immediately moved him to the backyard.
Waking up after taking a small after-meal nap.
It can get frustrating at times during this housebreaking period. There were times when i thought he wanted to relieve himself in the backyard and i would promptly take him back there. But all he did was to chew on anything he found interesting, including my plants, pebbles and some unfortunate bugs. When i tried to lead him to his usual peeing spot, he would throw up a big fit, tugging and pulling on the leash like a bronco while screaming and whining at the same time. I think nothing irks me more than when Mango “misbehaves”. I have to keep telling myself that Mango is just a puppy and i have to be patient with him. Dog trainer Diane told me that housetraining is not the most fun part of raising a puppy and i can’t agree with her more.
The only good news in this housebreaking training is that Mango has not crapped in the house yet.
My To-do’s:
- Always take Mango out after a meal or water.
- Always take Mango out after a walk, if he has not eliminated during the walk.
- Always take Mango out after he has been crated for an extended period.
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