Lacey gets a refill on her Revolution

Today we are going to get Lacey a refill for her fleas and ticks.Lacey has been doing very well with her potty training,begging,eating on her own and following commands.She catches on quickly and uses her common sense.

Lacey Begging Patterns:
No Begging:Laying down on the floor of the room usually if she knows she did not eat her own food
Pleading(Please,please):Pawing owner’s pants(On two paws standing and front two paws paws at the owner)
Done,all done,no more:May try to paw but if you keep firm she will eventually go to No Begging mode.

Lacey does not run out of the house if the door is open:
Lacey will make a sound to let you know that the door is not supposed to be open and it’s to be shut.

Lacey & The Bathroom:
When a person is doing hygeine and leaves the bathroom door open even slightly she knows not to go inside but when you turn off the water she’ll poke her nose inside then come on inside to greet you.

Lacey & Her Dog Treats:
She will respond to the sound of the bag.Owner kneeling down on the knees and clicking the treat on the floor she will usually come get it quickly with a wagging of her tail then take it to the living room mid way and eat her treat.

Lacey’s becoming a big girl

Lacey has been doing really well lately.She makes on the mat majority of the time and hardly has had any accidents within the past few days.She’s 22 weeks old and has finally graduated potty training even while she has full run of the house to play in.We are so proud of her that she’s done so well..She also likes fried rice though she can’t have green onions but she enjoys the rice(white rice  w/shoyu mixed with eggs that’s scrambled and spam).Another favorite of hers is playing with empty bottles and chasing them espescially if there’s food in the bottle she likes to try chase it out of the bottle.

Lacey and her mats

Although Lacey may have her full freedom back she is still not potty trained to her best but she is trained well enough to feel that she has more space to run around.While she was confined she was using one mat(prior to that there were mats all around the house..up to 4 mats with many accidents) and now that she’s got the full house to run in we are back to 4 mats but there is aplus to this too:Her training is much better and her accidents get less by the day.She’s 5 and a half months so that might make a difference too.

Akamines:Our Lacey graduates from her corner to full time freedom!

Tonight our beautiful maltipoo Lacey has graduated from being in a confined area to having full freedom to run around the house.She still has some accidents but it is getting less by the day and the length of time she can hold her bowel movement and pipi is also getting longer as well.Congrats Lacey!Go Lacey,Go!

Lacey is doing well with her freedom…

Today she has been out of confinement for much of the day and night till it got dark.By surprise,she did not make any mistakes at all on where to do her business to say the very least.I think giving her freedom is actually helping her because she seems a lot happier and always wagging her little tail.Lacey always comes running to the door when my parents come home…As soon as the garage door is heard she waddles and quickly patiently waits by the door till the door is opened by my parents…

Consistancy and cold water

Today we found out that with Lacey we must be consistant otherwise she gets off track and messes up on her potty training.Also found out she loves ice cold water!

Reverse dog psychology for maltipoo on potty training

With Lacey we had to use a lot more praise for her to make poop on her mat.Without this praise she would make lots of mistakes’off the mat’ when we scolded her for making off the mat but when we praised her for when she does go on the mat and ignore the off the mat times she tends to do better with her poop.Thought I might mention this in case other dog owners of maltipoos’ also run into this problem.We also had mats around the dining area before as many as 4 but now she’s only using one mat and so far making the best of it.

From August 5,2009:Lacey only needs one mat and not three?

I think Lacey was telling the family that she only needed one mat and not three to help her potty training.The reason I say that is she was pulling the tape off the second and third mats after we had put tape on the mats to hold it down because she was pulling it away from its’ spot.So far she’s doing good with only one mat.Am thinking is because the first mat we had it in a corner(upper left of the dining room)from the beginning.Just like her food:We started the food with puppy food+IAMS+Science Diet then I started giving her puppy food +IAMS without Science Diet but she would eat less.Lacey is too smart for a maltipoo but it’s good she tells us what she needs..

From July 29,2009:Lacey’s yeast infection

Lacey’s yeast infection is getting better.Tonight we cleaned her ears as her vet instructed and the color is pretty clear.A few more days till Monday when the ear drops is done.Surprisingly she was still and not squirming when my dad was cleaning her ears.Lacey’s doing well.Still needs to work on her poop for potty training but otherwise is doing well with potty training.She’s getting there though.

From July 28,2009:Lacey is doing better!

Lacey is doing better.She is eating more and somewhat more active.She does not whimper or cry as much when I leave or whimper/cry for too long like yesterday.I think she knows she needs to try and get potty trained before she can get out of the dining area.I can tell she’s trying hard.