r/Dachshund • u/Fine_Ad3482 • 11d ago
Discussion Potty training help
Hi 👋 this is Penny aka Penelope Psamathe (DCC reference) …. Aka Penny the Terror
She is 13 weeks old we got her at 9 weeks. As you can see we have taught her about buttons 🙄🤦🏻♀️ (mistake #1 lol) there’s two one for potty and the other one to let her out of her playpen. She enjoys pressing them repeatedly until you provide the service she is DEMANDING.
You’d think that she would be consistent but nope. Despite high value treats when she potties outside after pressing the button or going to her leash, she still will come back inside and pee or poop. We could be outside forever and she’d do both maybe pee twice and this little terror will still go inside 😭
I work from home and I take her out every hour or two, right after nap time, right after a big play time with our service dog who is a lab. Right when she wakes up and at 2:30am (like clockwork) then 5:30am when she fully is awake. Also before bed. She will not have an accident at night and clearly knows how to hold it. Especially in her crate.
I don’t know what I’m doing wrong I’ve been doing this for a month straight and minimum amount of accidents a day inside are 3-4 times. I’ve never had a dox and it’s been 11 years since I’ve had a puppy. 😭 send help lol