Edible poo?

So the last couple days haven't been horrible leaving Oliver by himself, but it does seem like he might be eating his own feces...that or he's not pooping too much and smearing it everywhere.

Yesterday was fine, everything was done on the pads. I had to walk him alone for my post-dinner walk, and the pre-bedtime walk because Tim worked late. Late at night, he didn't poop right away, and after he did, it seemed all he wanted to do was bite my pants. He was trying to run right into me while we were walking. He would also try and grab something with his mouth and run as fast as possible. I was so annoyed.

Tim seemed to say the same thing in the morning - he wanted to eat anything and everything.

This afternoon I came home to see that he pooped on the newspaper. AND he was laying in it. Dried poop was sticking to him, which I still have to see if there's any left, and I finally decided to replace the puppy pads. I left them for 2 days, which maybe I should have changed them yesterday, but I don't know.

I'm hoping to move down to 3 pads (instead of 4) over the weekend, but we'll have to see how tomorrow goes.

Back to cleanup!

Poop Everywhere!

So I went to Petsmart today and got a gigantic box of puppy pads, but as I was walking, I came across the most adorable thing. Thoughts?





That was fun...but here's the rest of the day...

So today was the first official day that we left him unattended for 8 hours. I came back, very nervous, but I found Oliver in his crate, and poop and pee all over the PADS. I praised him for keeping it in a contained area. If he can do this again for a week, then I'll take away one of the pads. It was nice to see that he stayed in his crate as a last resort since there was no where else to go.

I gave him dinner and I walked him, but he only peed during the walk. Probably because he took it out on the pads. I was annoyed though because it was raining outside, and we took two walks around the block to make sure there was nothing on its way. He hasn't gone potty since we came back, so I'm cool with it, I guess...after completely soaking myself in the rain.

We will be going out for a nice meal with Clint and Snannon real soon. Oliver is napping. Yay!

Doing okay...

So after the trauma of being urinated on, I crated him while I went to pick up my proofs, then let him out when i came home. my mom and dad came by and oliver let out a little on the newspaper out of excitement.

dinner was ok, and oliver did pee on the pad once prior to dinner. sweet! i missed it, of course. i'm assuming the rest of the night will be perfect, so i hope not to blog til tomorrow!

Are you serious???

So I wouldn't have done any blogging until tonight, but the unimaginable happened. I crated Oliver for 3 and a half hours so that I could stop by work, and I came back, and he was just lounging...i decided i might take him outside, so i started putting all the stuff together, because i was also contemplating taking him to go get my wedding proofs with me. Um, not anymore! As I was putting some bones in a bag on my shoulder, Oliver did the unthinkable....he peed on me. HE PEED ON ME!!! It got all over my left leg and a part of my couch, and he was tinkling as i ran him to the pen and just kinda dropped him in there. He stopped of course after I put him down. AARRGH!

I scrubbed the carpet and floor with my socks. I gotta go find new pants to wear.

Holy Busy Bone!

Nothing too big to note today. everything went as we would hope, except he pooped in his pen again today. The puppy pads are so white that whenever he pees, it looks dirtier and dirtier. I cleaned out the pen today, took up all the pads (he managed to pee at least once in each square - all but one were soiled) and set down only 4. I noticed that the last 2 places for him to pee were closest to his crate entrance, and then closest to his food. SO... I put 4 down, and then got another newspaper and piled them on in the places without pads.

We took a little larger walk at pre-bedtime, and then played some with the tennis ball, then crated him immediately. He should hopefully sleep well.

The only thing I'm concerned about tonight is that I bought these purina "busy bones" that are supposed to help clean his mouth, and it was this huge bone that looked like a good 4 inches of my forearm. I didn't expect it to be so easy to chew, and I didn't even know if he'd like it, but he went through more than half of it. That was around 7:30. But it kept him busy while I tried to clean up the pen. He did poop before bed, but I am thinking the AM one will be a MONSTER...if he can hold it through the night. I took the remains and I'm going to feed it to him maybe in a couple days. It is really slimy and gross with all his saliva all over it.

He also walked very well today. We can't decide if he's getting better or if we're leading better.

Night!

Busy day

So today was rather busy, because 1) we're exhausted, 2) we had to move all the stuff out of our storage into the house, and 3) we had to take a futon up to Milwaukee.

Tim and I were supposed to get up early this morning to do some work...we got up at 6 and fed Oliver and took him out, but he peed right after he ate, so he didn't go inside. We all then slept until 11, and Tim and I started unloading our storage. Oliver peed again sometime while were doing all the moving.

We all then went out and did more moving stuff, stopped by my parents' house and ate, and I got back just in time to feed him dinner. He looked like he didn't do any damage while I was gone.

I walked him and he peed and pooed after dinner, but it did look like he had a little more poop to come out, but I really needed to park my car, so I dropped him back off here and parked. I came home to a nice little doodoo on the pads, which Oliver was trying to almost eat, which was disgusting. He was still licking at the remains and I will refuse to let him lick my face for I don't know how long, ESPECIALLY since we don't know if he still has worms.

Well, at least the business is all on the pad! haha.....I sprayed the entire front rooms and the bathroom (because i dumped the poop in the toiled) with some spray. Reminds me of the days that Tim has really bad gas.

Goodnight!

So after dinner we came back and all was good - we walked him and had a good night. He didn't pee any more in the pen, but that's probably because we had him crated for a majority of the day.

We played with him for a little after his walk with a tennis ball, and he loved it. He was slipping on the hard wood floor and it was so cute. I can't wait until he can actually fetch.

Tomorrow is just another day...

Nice Quick Walk

Oliver was extremely frisky before I fed him....I made him sit still before he got his food.

What I noticed that was really funny is that Oliver more than ever was trying to keep inside his crate. He took ALL his toys into there and any time I threw one across the pen, he ran, got it, and brought it back to the crate. I wonder how much these pads are messing with his senses.

We went for a walk and did the poo and the pee thing, and I brought his rope bone out and I threw it whenever he started to lay down. It didn't work as well towards the end because there were so many people coming home from work that he was so distracted.

He is now PASSED out again. Dogs are so funny.

Tim and I are planning on going out to dinner tonight. I am contemplating that Oliver will chew through the pads while we are gone if we decide not to crate him while we are out. I think we should.

Haha, YAY!

After padding the ENTIRE pen, he finally peed on the pad. I gave him a big treat. He peed somewhat near his crate...not in a place where he generally went on other occasions, but it's okay. Small baby steps...

AAAAAARRRRRGGGGHHH

So I let him out at about 12:15pm, and of course he pees on the newspaper. That's IT, i'm padding the whole pen.

Gotta start over

At least I didn't wait until next week to find out that Oliver would pee everywhere but the pad. Yes, he peed off the pad again.

I cleaned up the mess and put him in his crate. I also just sprayed the entire pen with that odor removing spray. I'm debating padding a large area just so that he can get used to it. Maybe the whole pen?

I'm just going to start over and pretend that he has no idea (which he doesn't), and crate him for 3 hours at a time. It's 8:30 right now, so I'll let him out at 11:30, and in the meantime, decide what I'm going to do with the puppy pads....

Little tinkle...

so he let out a little bit on the newspaper. I think we took some steps back yesterday when I scared him while he was pooing. I only noticed because I thought I saw him in that pooping stance.

He just got into his crate by himself though, so that's good!

Owie!

So as we were walking him on his morning outing, he hit his right leg on the curb as we were walking (Tim was maybe a little rough with his tugging on the leash because oliver was trying to run the other way) and he started yelping. We were really scared that he really hurt himself, and he limped for a while, but after a while he was fine.

He did his duties though. Yay!

nite nite!

so instead of him bumming on the grass, i lifted him and forced him to walk during his pre-sleep walk. i think I was only outside for about 15 minutes or so. He peed and pooed, so he should be good for the night.

I think I'll go run errands tomorrow and return a bunch of stuff.

'Til tomorrow...

Bursts of Energy

So I fed Oliver and then took him out. I was on the phone so I wasn't paying too much attention to him. He was running around like crazy and jumping on people. He did poop so that's good.

I put the medication in his eye for the 2nd time today. He doesn't seem to have a problem with my fingers in his eyes. I brought him back into the house and he just slumped on the floor. Wouldn't even walk back to his pen on his own. Where did all the energy go?

I think Oliver likes Tim more now....

: (

He peed off the pad. But he peed right in the spot where he pooped. Maybe I should extend the potty pad radius?

As I was cleaning up...

I saw some pee marks on newspaper while I was cleaning up that last poop. I actually saw quite a few. I wonder how they weren't visible on the top paper.... Maybe he doesn't completely have that pee thing down yet...

So Close!!

So he peed again on the potty pad (YES!) so I gave him a treat. But about 15 minutes later, unexpectedly, he pooped on the newspaper, and I actually startled him as he was going, but when I lifted him up, his poop fell. I was too late.

We NEED to get this poop thing down before I start work! I have exactly a week left.

Yup!

He pooped outside. How AWESOME would it be if he only pooped outside all the time???

Interesting...

So this morning it was raining outside and we didn't take him out. He didn't pee until 9am, which was YAY! on the pad. I think he's got the hang of the pee thing.

However, he's not pooped at all yet. I wonder if he's trying to hold it for outside! We're heading outside to find out.