Henry, our new family member

We/I walk Henry a mile and a half a day. A half mile walk 3 times a day, plus a little more if he’s up to it. It’s not to lose weight , Cotons are stocky dogs, but he needs to get in shape, get the fat off and develop muscle.

With all that walking you’d think he’d be a pooping machine. Not so. He’s poop once. Hmm. Thought about getting the pumpkin out, but then husband says he thinks his room smells more than usual. 🙄😂. Didn’t think that was possible, but I go into his room. 😲.

For those that don’t know this, when you potty train a puppy and they start to go on the floor you pick them up and carry them outside and reward them when they finish. But stupid people or ignorant people, when a puppy starts potty on the floor, yell at puppy, smack them on the butt, pick them up, and toss them out the door. Puppy is traumatized, but not stupid. Puppy hides its poop. Also explains why he doesn’t come and let you pick him up.

Found the puppy poop station last night. 😊

Husband holds up zip lock bag, announces-look all three days of poop. Husband is so proud. 🤦🏻‍♀️💩. 🤮. Ah, yes, the simple accomplishments of a proud man. Lord love a duck🤪 . Gives new meaning to follow your nose.

Puppy had crawled under husbands bed and pooped consistently in the far corner, like a cat. So relived puppy does not have stomach issues. As for my husband, hmm.

My orders came from Amazon and we put up our puppy potty station on our kitchen deck which is covered. Enclosed a section, laid down puppy pads. This will let Henry learn to poop outside, we won’t have to take him down the stairs at midnight to pee outside, when it snows it will be really nice for a potty area, and gives him an outside play area. Solves a LOT of issues for a very short dog and older owners.

I notice he peed on the puppy papers last night, the puppy not the husband although, hmm, anyway Henry gets what to do. Now just waiting for him to learn to poop there.
 

Today Henry peed on the living room carpet. I saw him. I said NO Henry. I picked him up in mid pee. 🙄. Yup, had to change my pants. But, hey, not the first time I’ve been peed on. I’ve got sons😂.

On the flip side, on the afternoon walk , Henry pooped outside for the first time. I said to my husband, your dog pick it up. Husband, who is very very overweight, reminds me he can not bend over that far. 🤬

Life is so unfair.
 
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We have decided to train Henry back onto puppy pads, not hard since the breeder had just started him to outdoor training. We get so much snow, it will just be easier for us, and him. Also, if we can ever afford a vacation again, it will be easier as well. In the past, our dogs have been difficult to get to potty in new places.

Henry actually is fine with the outdoor on the deck potty pads and the inside potty pads. But it seems he has issues pooping outside on the deck. Inside, he of course stands on the potty pad, but the poop ends up on the carpet. Going to buy lab size potty pads , that should help

He got 3 shots yesterday, didn’t blink an eye. Didn’t get sick.

I am working on the place command, husband working on the crate command, both of us working on here command. Otherwise he has mastered the stairs, mastered entering the house. Not so much leaving the house😂. Still very anxious on car trips, but he simply pants, doesn’t drool a River anymore.

Loves being throughly brushed. Has no problem with feet being touched. No problem being grabbed and picked up. A bit too protective of whoever he is with, got to cure that. He grows and barks and acts like a German shepherd on steroids, but it’s all show. You can just walk over to him, grab him, and pick him up. And he does-nothing. 😂. Doing a tiny bit better at stopping barking.

Daughter VERY BADLY wants me to give him to her. She just bought a new poodle after her four year old died unexpectedly of a kidney infection. Dog not kid. Now she has a yorkie, her husband’s dog, and 6 poodles. Four of the poodles are rescues, the yorkie is a rescue, from the El Paseo shelter which is a horrid place.

Of course, when we get too old, or sick, or dead, or tired of the dog she will fly up and get it. She’ll probably have to fight my neighbor for him. 😂. She still resents I gave Stella to my friend, but I remind her she wanted Stella, my neighbor needed Stella. Otherwise I would have kept her. And Stella is spoiled rotten.

Once when I was at friend’s house, Stella got super excited to see me and peed all over a leather chair. I might have killed her. But my friend is like Stella, did mommy forget to put you out. 🤦🏻‍♀️. Stella is very happy.
 

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