Good Girl, Tori!!

[RobiLee]

Alden and I were not home much yesterday. We went golfing in the morning (Alden golfed, I drove the cart ;) ), then in the afternoon we went boating with my sister and her husband, Greg and Brandon and his girlfriend, Ashley. It was a really good day.

So...the girls wound up spending a big part of their day in their crates :( I felt so bad that I stayed up late with them letting them romp and play. I wound up falling asleep on the couch and woke up about 1 am and they were curled up in their usual spot in the living room. When I went on to bed I did not have the heart to wake Tori up and tell her she had to go to her crate. I decided to take the risk and leave her be . Well, at 5:30 this morning I was awaken by little Miss Tori just a wiggling and licking all over me. She had hopped up in bed and was between me and Alden. I asked her if she was trying to tell me she had to go potty and she gave a little whine and so off we headed for the back door where she promptly went out and did her business. I took a look around the house and nothing was chewed up and there were no accidents to be found! This is her first full night out of her crate and I am so proud of her!

Good girl, Tori baby!

[Kfamr]

YAY for Tori and YAY for you! :D

Sounds like you're doing GREAT with her, and pretty soon she'll be out with no accident -- ALL of the time! :D

[GoldenRetrLuver]

Yay! What a good girl! :D Great news!

Could we have some new pictures of Katie and Tori -- please? ;)

[Kfamr]

Robin *just* posted some new ones the other day... ;)
http://petoftheday.com/talk/showthread.php?s=&threadid=52891

[GoldenRetrLuver]

Whoops! Don't know how I missed those. :o

Thanks, Kay!

[Cinder & Smoke]

GUD GURL, Tori!! :D

Hey Robin ~

Lil *TIP* I've used for many years and several FurPups ~~

Pick *UP* their water dish about an hour BEFORE bed time!

Unless it's 110 degrees in the howze - most dogs can do just *fine*
withOUT needing a drink during the night!

Tori is still a PUP - and may not be able to "hold it" for
6-8 hours - YET...
But do your best to teach her to increase her "holding time" so
you can get a FULL night's sleep without going through the
middle-of-the-night *PAW-PAW-WHINE*...
"MOM! I gotta go OUT - NOW!"

Mine have ALL learned that when "we" go to BED -
we STAY in bed till DAD sez it's Tyme to Get Up!

Never mind that DAD reserves the right to "go poddy" at Oh:DDark:Thirty
in the middle of the night - FurKids do NOT have that same privilage! :p

When left alone, at either the Shop or the House,
they "ration" their water intake to an absolute minimum...
and can "hold it" for upwards of 12-14 hours!
THAT doesn't happen often - but they have done it a few times
when I've been tied up on a job or a fire call!

Another *TIP* ~~
Don't "teach" either Katie or Tori to become :eek: Submissive PEE-ers :(

I did it with Cinder - and it took almost a year to learn the bad habit
and then to UN-learn it!
It Started with a chewing problem - she chewed the skirt off a chair
and a couch - TWICE - when I had left her upstairs with the Kat
during Mom-Visits... She was *punished* and sent to the "Tyme-Out Chain"
in the basement - and of course had NO IDEA "why" she was being punished -
the chewing had possibly happened hours before I came home and
discovered it - and THEN punished her... :(

I got in the BAD Habit of confining her in the basement when I
had to leave her (similar to "crating")...
And SHE got into the bad habit of SUBMISSIVE PEE-ing when
I would return! :( :mad:

THANKS to Pet Talk *I* learned her two bad habits were mostly
MY fault ~~ Delayed *Punishment* and improperly *greeting* her upon return!

I first started TOTALLY *ignoring* her when I returned...
NO Happie Voice; NO Eye Contact; NO Acknowledgement she existed!
I'd come in, walk right past her, and go upstairs;
leaving her in the basement for 5-10 minutes.
Then, without a word, I'd let her outside...
AFTER she *pee'd*, we'd have our GLAD to SEE You reunion outside!

Within 3 months she completely *STOPPED* the Submissive Pee *greeting*! :)

And the *chewing problem* sort of went away with maturity ~
(and 6 months of "NO Chew!!" + :mad: Face & pointing to the chewed furniture!)

GOOD Luck! You're off to a GREAT Start with the Girls!

/s/ Phr

[tatsxxx11]

:):):) Awww, you made your mommy proud, sweet Tori girl!!! You're a BIG girl now:) All your Pet Talk aunties and uncles are so proud of you too! Way to go Tori:D

[ParNone]

AttaGirl Tori!!! Can't wait until Gully gets to that point.

[anna_66]

A Big "YIPEE"! for Torihttp://img14.photobucket.com/albums/v43/anna66/Smileys/55.gif

[primabella]

Wow, good girl Tori! :D

[KYS]

Good girl Tori!!! KATIE TOO!
I always wanted to drive a golf cart. :)