It doesnt quite make sense to me that he would spray not only the food he didnt want but the food he did.
I have a neutered male too who sprays and I have tried everything. Now I just tape up pieces of tissue paper where he sprays and replace them as needed.
We have a lot of cats in our neighborhood and I know he is going crazy with worry that someone will try to push him out of his neighborhood. So I understand him.
Something else may have recently changed and he is feeling uneasy. It may be no big deal to you but to him it is very worrisome. Having thrown him out of the house will only make him more anxious. A new pet, new family member, a recent move, something going on with the neighborhood.
I know it's frustrating and I wont kick my baby out of the house--I just make do the best I can. Make an effort to see what's going on from his point of view so that you can do what you can to make him feel more at ease. ... View related article.
Not something I would even consider doing as your pellet burning stove is created and designed to burn commercially prepared pellets and the money you think you are saving on pellets will mean nothing if you have a house fire or wreck your stove.
Every Christmas I fill a gallon glass jar with Christmas balls, tinsel and a string of tiny Christmas lights. Then I stuff some green wrapping paper in the top and plug in the lights.
I am of the clan that thinks cats should be allowed to go outside. I have a swinging cat/dog door.
Yes, it is more dangerous outside, there's no doubt in that. But for those who keep their cats strictly inside there is a real concern that if they should happen to get out by accident they are really like innocent babies in the woods.
Just a little shadow slipping out the door as you turn you back. And kitty is out in a world that is strange, frightening and 10 times as dangerous to her as to a cat who has been allowed to discover how to make his way in the outside world.
I had a next door neighbor who was dead set and fanatically against letting cats run outside. Then hers got out without her knowing it and got run over by a car. It was sad indeed.
We love cats because they have that curious mix of sweet adorable lap kitty and wild hunter. I think it's part of their nature that wants to have access to outside and smell the smells and explore and such..and maybe, maybe even catch a nice juicy mouse. ... View related article.
It only takes 2 weeks or less to potty train a dog. But keep in mind that these 2 weeks require a lot of dilegence from you.
Watch him, watch him, watch him, when he shows signs of wanting to go potty, take him outside. You havent said if he is a puppy or not, in which case they have to go more often than an adult.
Regulate when he eats and take him out right after. When he goes outside give him TONS of praise and lovings. So that he knows which pee spot brings the greatest reward. Hugs and kisses, the whole deal. So there is no doubtin his mind.
You could use a spray on enzymatic cleaner right before you start so there is no pee smell in the house. If you cant really be there all day, you can give him a great start by being with him all weekend when you begin.
And if you have to be gone all day and arent confident that he has figured out the deal, confine him to a room that doesnt have carpet, kitchen maybe as bathrooms are too small. Put his bed there and some clothes or blankets that smell like you. And dontmake a fuss if he has had an accident.
Yes, gentleness with animals is the best thing to teach her. Not only will it give her a great start as an animal lover but will minimize the risk of someone getting hurt.
When I got my kitten Simba, he was all claws when someone picked him up. He had grown up in the house where there were 2 little kids who, of course loved the kittens and would fight over who gets to hold them.
So poor little Simba had been pulled and dropped, I mean literally dropped on the floor like a bag of potatoes. And he just wanted to hang on for dear life the moment someone picked him up.
It took a long time and lots of very gentle picking up before he got over grabbing on with all claws the moment he is picked up. Now he is a big boy, over 25 pounds and I and my husband are the only ones who can pick him up although he keeps his claws in.
He is still somewhat people shy though and we let HIm decide whether or not he wants to go smell and visit somebody new.
My husband bought me a dog that had lived for the first 4 years of her life in a basement kennel. She had never even been outside as the vet came to their house for shots and stuff.
She didnt have a clue about house training or even playing, the poor little mite.
I just spent the first two weeks watching her like a hawk. She is a pretty tiny dog and didnt really understand the "come" command at the time so I would pick her up and take her outside. Gently of course.
She had the run of the whole house and slept on the bed with us. When she had to go potty she would start fussing and yes, I did go outside at any hour. Still do sometimes.
If and when she went potty I would praise her to high heaven and love her up like I hadnt seen her in a month.
Honestly, it shouldnt take you more than 2 weeks, just be sure to clean the spots he has soiled in the house for smell. An enzymatic cleaner works quite well.
Crate training might be fine if you actually know what youre doing, a book or a video just isnt enough training.
It's easier to teach a dog to go potty outside than it is to teach some people how harmful crate training is. ... View related article.
Again, I have to ask, please dont crate train. Even for an adult dog it is stressful. Quite right they are evolved from denning animals. But more important than that they are pack animals. Social animals. They need to be with their pack.
It takes 2 weeks or less of sincere dilegence on your part to train a dog not to pee in the house. It would take you longer than that to get the dog used to the crate--if ever.
And all the time that she is in a crate is totally wasted training time, wasted dog/human interaction time and as I have said even more stressful for the dogs.
All due respect for the rescue person who is making the best of a difficult situation.
For people who say how their dog LOVES to go in his crate, it's because he feels safest there now. Humans always have the upper hand because they are bigger, but communication, dilegence and mutual trust are a lot more effective in raising a well adjusted socialized dog.
And I am pleased that you ask first "what's going on?", which is a lot more revealing of your inner character than "how do I fix it? It shows that you actually care about what's going on with the dog rather than just how to mold it into something you want without considering the dog's needs.
It could be that she has been pad trained and is using the small rugs because they are the closest thing to what she recalls. She has had a life for 2 years that you may know very little about.
Is she sleeping with you, or in the bedroom? You could consider closing the bedroom door at night. Put some attention on house training again, mostly in the area of enormous praise and lovins when she does go potty so that she will choose to hold it just so that she can get that loving praise from you for going outside.
We cant always be sure if a dog's bladder is full or not. Sometimes we feel the urge to go even if we have only been an hour ago. And it might also be a UTI issue.
If the pad training or even small rug training is something that has been pushed on her by a previous owner who wasnt considering the dog's needs, it may be something that you may choose to accept and give her her own rug, considering that it's better than her choosing a wall to wall carpet. ... View related article.
I am not sure why you would want diapers for a dog. They might be useful for an older dog or one with a problem.
Chances are if you put a diaper on him he is likely to think it's a toy and end up either hurting himself or swallowing something that is not good for him.
If youre sure he is too young to potty train just give him a space with your family where he can have his little accidents and it wont wreck anything. Like a big box in the living room that has some privacy but is actually where people are. Where he can hear and see people and you can reach in and give him a cuddle or bring him out to play. Let your heart decide where and how.
If you can see him getting ready to go potty you can start teaching him tho. Reward good behavior, ignore bad. You dont have to take any 6 weeks, 8 weeks as written in stone to begin potty training. ... View related article.
Maybe you have a bumper crop of zucchini. If so, congratulations.
I discovered a great way to use zucchini and quite a bit at a time as I made the best of my rapidly growing zucchinis.
This is provided you have a juicer tho.
I juiced zucchinis, added some canned tomato sauce from the store and heated it with some herbs, dill was my favorite but you can experiment with anything you like.
You can even experiment with other garden vegetables like celery, onions etc. Or try a vegetable based spaghetti sauce in stead of the plain tomato sauce. If it's a drink you may choose to puree the sauce tho so you dont have chunks of anything.
Basically I was making my own vegetable cocktail like V8. I thought it was better than V8 and was enormously pleased that I had discovered this.
By the end of the season I had stacks and stacks of frozen vegetable cocktail in my freezer. ... View related article.
