Tuesday, August 7, 2007

Hi Everyone

Hi Everyone,
This is Sidka's Mommy here...

We're having trouble with Sid...and we're looking for advice from other Mini Eskie or Eskie owners. We've had Sid since 71/2 weeks and he just turned 6 months old.

He's still not completely potty trained--he pees whenever he likes, wherever he likes and he doesn't even ask to go outside anymore! We moved to a new apartment July first and within the first two weeks he was asking to go outside on a regular basis and he wasn't making any mistakes! We were so happy and we praised him constantly for asking to go outside and relieving himself outside. But now he doesn't ask anymore and even when we take him out, he comes back in and goes pee on the floor! We take him out when we're home every 1.5 hours and when he's in his crate he does not relieve himself. Once we do get back we take him straight outside and he'll go to the bathroom, but then when back inside for a bit, he goes again!

Potty training isn't the only problem. Sidka bites Mommy and it hurts! He jumps and tries to play, but he only bites mommy, why is this?

Also, is it normal for Sidka to be so hyper?

Thanks for your help...we appreciate any advice!

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

I would recommend going over the the Eskie board and doing a search on potty training. This seems to be fairly common with Eskies.

They can be hyper too.

Sorry I'm not much help.

Zach's Mom

Girl Girl Hamster said...

Oh dear. I hope you can find some method that'll work with Sidka


~ girl girl

Lorenza said...

Hi,
I am not Eskie and never had those issues but Zach's advice sounds good to find something to help you and Sid.
I hope you figure it out soon!
Have a nice day
Lorenza

Casper and pals said...

Momma is concerned that Sid was potty trained and now isn't. Have you taken him to the vet to rule out any medical problems? If it's not medical, then definately is behavioural.
Also it seems worrisome that Sid is biting his Momma. Sometimes eskies need strong leadership from their owners as we can "take over" if it seems like our owners are not in charge. Have you heard of NILIF (Nothing In Life Is Free). Momma has put Nikki and I on this program 'cause we sometimes feel that WE are the boss (when apparently we aren't). NILIF has taught us that Momma is the boss. You can find NILIF at http://www.ddfl.org/tips.htm along with other good info on re-training your dog, puppy nipping and a whole lot of other stuff.

Also are you on the Eskie Board? We haven't visited there in a long time, but there is alot of knowledge from eskie owners there too. It's at http://forum.eskie.net/

Okay best of luck! We will be checking back to see how it is going!

Woofs, Casper, Buddy, Nikki and foster dog Winnie

Gwyn Valentine said...

Oh dear... i pee anywhere and anyhow only when my hoomans left me at home for more than 6hrs. I will do that to make them angry.

Love,Reina

Hana said...

This is fairly normal for an eskie. Casper said some good stuff. You should learn about NILIF. That should nip it in the bud. Keep at it and you will see results.