Those of you who’ve been reading my blog for a while know about Nalla’s bad habits. If you’re not a regular here, check out my Who Pooped post. Well, I’ve never mentioned this, but over the past couple months, Dad’s been training us using Don Sullivan’s training system. I hate to admit it, but it has actually been working. Yeah, I’m starting to give up some control and let the big guy be in charge. Don’t get me wrong—I’m still spoiled and get my way most of the time. But Dad and even my nanny are using this training on me, so I’m starting to give in. Nalla gave in to it right away. She is now very obedient. You should see how she walks by Dad’s side and listens to everything he says. Well, almost everything.
So back to Nalla’s problem. We were all eager to get Nalla potty trained. But she just couldn’t seem to grasp the concept. Out of desperation, Dad spoke to The Dog Father himself. He advised shrinking the pen to be just barely big enough for us to get in and out of our crates. Since we have our own automatic door to get outside, there was no reason for us to have any more space inside than we needed to get in our crates to sleep. He said to keep it like this for three weeks before giving us more space. So Dad did this.
For three weeks, Nalla and I were stuck in a tiny pen together; side-by-side, shoulder-to-shoulder. Of course we could get outside where there was a lot more space. I ended up spending a lot of time outside. The weather was nice and it’s good to get out of the house now and then anyway. But the best part is, it worked immediately! From the first day Dad shrunk the pen, Nalla stopped peeing and pooping on the floor. She went outside every time. After three weeks Dad started increasing our space by a few inches every day. We were up to a pretty good size. Then she blew it. This morning she left a package on the floor. Dad and I were very disappointed. Dad shrunk the pen to less than half the size it was yesterday and said if she does it again he’ll make it tiny again.
So Nalla, if you’re reading this: Please, no more pooping on the floor!
