uber

This is uber. Uber has been hanging out with me during my time off from work, considering I do nothing all day and have pleanty of time to let him outside and feed him. I have been working on training him and developing more of a schedule for the little guy. Check it out. 

This is his new "box". He hates it. I mean he hates the thing BUT when he has to go inside he doesn't whine, cry, or bark. Best of all, he doesn't pee!!!

The training literature said that dog's won't pee in their own space so their cage has to be small enough for them to fit without extra room. (and yes the wii fit board is being stored on top)

Chris was nervous about the box especially. And the stuff I read said not to force him into the box for long periods of time from the beginning or it would traumatize him. First we just made him sit in there to get treats. Then for maybe an hour when I left. We made it four hours. and finally about seven hours the other day, and man did he run for the door when we got back but he didn't pee in the box. Success!

This is uber's new bed. In this picture it is in the living room but now it lives in the bedroom. It's great because uber likes it much better than the box. It is small too, so he can cuddle up with the sides. He knows that when I go to bed he doesn't get to sleep on the bed anymore. Uber is a boy dog and when his hair gets long he pees on himself which is gross to me, a devout non dog person before I met uber. I don't like his pee fur on my nice sheets. Maybe that makes me shallow, oh well. Back to point, he knows that he sleeps in his little bed at night time and he doesn't complain at all. He likes having his own space a lot. 

His schedule is easy to keep up with my very open schedule right now but hopefully it will be ok to keep up even once I go back to work. He is a smart dog and knows when in the day he gets to go pee so instead of just peeing whenever he wants he knows its okay to hold it because a little walk is coming soon. I also changed his food, he never really ate his old food but he likes the new food and will eat it pretty much when I put it in the bowl. This is good because I will know when he will physically need to go outside based on when he ate.