I got a westie puppy 3 weeks ago (almost 3 month old now), and while I like to keep my condo very clean and smell-free, I can't be constantly watching him when he's not sleeping
I've been training him to use pee pads in the house, but he is very inconsistent. Been trying to train him to never step on the living room rug, but have since given up, and the rug now has traces of 5 poops and a dozen pees.
When he pees, whether on the pee pad or on the floor, he'll soon forget that there's a puddle right there and sit right on it while playing with his toys, then spread pee footprints around the house, leaving a huge area to for me to clean. I'm a bit of a germaphobe so a thorough cleaning takes a lot of time. When I'm cleaning he'll be trying to eat the cloth i'm wiping with or lick the soap on the floor or run off to pee on another favorite part of the hardwood or rug, so I put him in the bathtub where he can't do any damage until I'm ready to watch him again. But in the bathtub he'll panic and yelp/bark non-stop for at least half an hour. It doesn't seem to be making bath time more difficult (gave him 8 baths already cuz he keeps getting himself dirty) - he doesn't struggle at all.
Just wondering if there's any long-term emotional trauma that could affect his training if I keep doing this - not just for when I have to clean after him, but for hours at a time when I need to focus on my work...
I've been training him to use pee pads in the house, but he is very inconsistent. Been trying to train him to never step on the living room rug, but have since given up, and the rug now has traces of 5 poops and a dozen pees.
When he pees, whether on the pee pad or on the floor, he'll soon forget that there's a puddle right there and sit right on it while playing with his toys, then spread pee footprints around the house, leaving a huge area to for me to clean. I'm a bit of a germaphobe so a thorough cleaning takes a lot of time. When I'm cleaning he'll be trying to eat the cloth i'm wiping with or lick the soap on the floor or run off to pee on another favorite part of the hardwood or rug, so I put him in the bathtub where he can't do any damage until I'm ready to watch him again. But in the bathtub he'll panic and yelp/bark non-stop for at least half an hour. It doesn't seem to be making bath time more difficult (gave him 8 baths already cuz he keeps getting himself dirty) - he doesn't struggle at all.
Just wondering if there's any long-term emotional trauma that could affect his training if I keep doing this - not just for when I have to clean after him, but for hours at a time when I need to focus on my work...