How Can I Teach to Potty in the Bath tub?

[Mary Beth]

Whiteshepherds has an interesting idea with the plastic pool. I have seen the indoor potty areas in dog catalogs (the ones with the fake grass and even a post). They do come in bigger sizes. There are also items to help with the clean up and the fake grass is treated with a anit-bacterial spray. I do understand your concern and also by providing an indoor method you wouldn't have to worry about your dog's discomfort. Even with a dog walker, youwould have a backup in case the person couldn't come that day.

[Eva von Selah]

Man, really?? Training to go in your tub, let alone in your house? Is this your only alternative?

[Zoeys mom]

I can't imagine getting a GSD or any dog for that matter with your schedule. Dogs are social animals and need companionship. Teaching a dog to go in the house has always been ludicrous to me, but if you have no other option give it a try. I'm curious to see if these "accidents" are caused in part by your long absence and not the inability to hold it.

[selzer]

People have to work. The schedule is what it is, saying she shouldn't own a dog is not helpful.

I like the wading pool, but I would add something, I would put cedar chips in it. Teach the dog to go in the cedar chips in the pool outside. Then bring the pool in and leave the cedar chips in it with a little urine. Remove poop daily, switch chips weekly.

Put it a room with no carpeting if possible.

Cedar chips deter bugs, and have a pleasent odor about them. Taking poop out immediatly would probably make the house not smell too bad. Also, for the most part, dogs can be trained to poop prior to you going to work. This will limit the amount of poop in the dog, and thus the amount of poop pooped during the day.

Just thinking about smell.

[doggiedad]

get a sitter or enroll in a day care.

[selzer]

I wonder how many people can afford a sitter or live in an area where there is a day care.

I cannot and do not.

[new_wind]

You know, is kind of uncomfortable when people looking for options to make our dogs life’s more comfortable receive expressions about how they deserve better and even some more.
Fact is my Girl walks two hours a day, sometimes even under light rain,
99% of people I met everywhere walk their dogs twice a week if dog is lucky.
My Girl Gets socialized every weekend with people and Dogs,
Most people I know don’t even consider socialization as something necessary for dogs.
My Girl eats the best i can Afford, Blue Buffalo,
99% of people I know feed with anything on sale at Wall-mart.
My Girl goes to the vet every 6 months for checking and sooner if i notice something wrong,
99% of the people I know wait until any problem turns in something "of consideration"

And no, I don’t live in middle of the swamp, I live in the city and this is reality.

I used to Feel Guilty thinking my girl deserve better than all I can offer, until somebody show me how dogs around live, I wouldn’t say she lives better than dogs represented here at the forums, but certainly from many places I have been and for what I have seen, she is a Royal princess.

Yes I Do Work hard and as much as i can, so i can give my dog good things in life and yes, if she had end up with some of the amazing people like the super trainers with lots of time in their hands to care for the dog, I bet she would be the luckiest, but…
She doesn’t have any pedigree, she is not German lines or came from a very well known established blood line, her parents were not OFA and everything el se certified, or agility or anything…
What were her chances?

Is it really better for her end up forgotten in a backyard or chained to a tree or euthanized than the life I offer?

I don’t think so, so in a good manner I would recommend to people thinking they are examples of dog owners, and with the right of point fingers to others, to consider beyond the magic bubble where you live, that even with our limitations, there is a lot of people like us, working hard and still willing to take care of those wonderful creatures the best as we can even when sometimes we have to work red numbers at the end of the month but the dog never get less, I know is not the ideal that everybody want to see for dogs but think before you talk there are actually worst scenarios where dogs actually suffer pain and many are just around the corner where you live.

To all of you that nicely point the good and bad things in the Idea, thank you very much.
I highly appreciate your comments.

Thanks a lot

[Lilie]

Do you live in a house or apartment?

[Stogey]

Potty in the bath tub ??? I'm sorry that's just wrong !!!

[crisp]

You make a great point. Let me apologize for the group. I doubt that anyone meant anything malitious. Sometimes our fingers just move faster than our brains.

And to be honest I'm a little surprised she can't hold it. I work like a horse all week also. Granted, I work from home 3 days a week, but when in office on tuesdays and dropping off babies and all, I'm gone for 10 to 11 hours. My dog never has an accident. Even when I'm home and booked with meetings for 9 hours, my dog doesn't even ask to go out. I'll take her out for play breaks here and there but not everyday.

We're very active after work so maybe thats why she is in a coma during it. Shy lays in different areas of the house and comes by once in a while to give me a nudge while she goes to get a drink or switch locations in the room. Or, maybe I'm just lucky.

It definitely helps that my dog is super regular. She always goes in the morning, but we run together, so I think that gets the bowels moving. Thats why I recommended giving her a run in the morning. If you're not a runner, get a flirt pole and make her chase for a few minutes. Should help her 'go' and be empty for the day ahead.