Yes, you read corrrectly. I, being the genius that I am, have came up with the most cleverest of all ideas (Did I mention how proud my husband is?) Let me set the scene:
Purchased basset puppy 2 weeks ago. Haven’t been home enough days in a row to be consistant enough to get Goose potty trained (not that he is an inside dog–but Jeff is weakening on that!). Jeff and I go to Wal-mart, cruising the clearance aisle and B-I-N-G-O!!! My eyes land on these precious darlings!
I was giddy the moment I saw them. . . . let’s see . . . what size would old Goose require? He weighed 12 lbs. at the vet . . . let’s go wtih 16-26 lbs! I could hardly wait to get home. You see, it’s not like Goose floods the floor when he goes. Seems like a quarter sized splash here, a quarter sized splash there, and so on. He only comes in the house of an evening and it’s so hard to keep him in the kitchen on the tile when I am busy with supper, homework, etc. after a few quick snips of the scissors my new purchase looked like this!
A real shocker that within seconds he had his nose back into the food bowl. There is no filling up this little guy! The best part about Goose’s temporary diapers is that each day we can pick out what theme to strap on his butt–Nemo, Winnie the Pooh, Tigger–it’s endless. We just make sure that the “front” of the diaper goes under his belly since the padding goes a little higher there. He trots all over the house as if nothing is any different. He doesn’t mind the darned things one lick! Jeff is still shaking his head (both from embarrassment and at the fact that he has lost all control of the house!) at my discovery.
Next week I have 5 days in a row that I’ll be home to properly train the little guy. From what I have read basset puppies are very stubborn, hard headed (I think that is how Jeff describes me sometimes) little guys to train. However, I have 3 bags of treats ready to reward him for his good deeds so hopefully it will go well!
