Bette Update

Bette goes for a walk

It's been three weeks and I am totally frustrated. Bette is a very sweet dog, both cute and cuddly. The problem is I cannot house train her. For three weeks I have been trying to catch her peeing in the house so I can grab her and rush her outside. She is a stealth pisser, just like Sasha was, only Sasha peed in the shower. Bette pees in the sun room off the living room. I have been going through one and a half rolls of paper towels per day. Not only that, but the volume of pee has been steadily increasing and Mark insists on buying the cheap paper towels that turn into wet mush when dropped on a pee puddle. Sometimes she goes for four or five hours without peeing, other times she pisses every hour on the hour. I am honestly considering a diaper on her ass, and a bell on her collar. I did catch her pooping the other day. I shouted "NO!" real loud, then grabbed her and ran through the house to the back door while poop pellets popped out of her little ass like a furry Pez dispenser.

It's not just the toilet habits that have me pulling my hair out. Bette refuses to walk on a leash. When we walk out the front door all is fine. She struts down the front porch and out the gate, then stops. I've tried coaxing her, tapping her ass lightly with a stick to get her going, and dragging her along behind me. Nothing, she refuses to go along with the program. So when it's time for her "walk" I have to pick her up and carry down to her favorite poopy/pee place, and then when she is done pick her up and carry her back home. One of the neighbors suggested strapping her to a skate board. That might work, or I could just give up, buy better paper towels, and let her turn the sun room into a permanent toilet.