Not only is she gorgeous but she's amazingly cuddly with it.
Honest to God, I can't wait for her to be house-trained so she can come and cuddle up to me on the sofa! (I know that's a loooong way off yet but I still can't wait!)
Most of the stuff I've been reading seems to imply that she won't be out of the crate without us there to supervise before she's about six months old, and possibly not ready for going out into the rest of the house until after well after she's a year old. Time will tell I suppose (that and if she twigs the whole peeing outside concept). In the meantime I think we might have to get a sofa or something in the conservatory so we've all got somewhere to sit together in the evening and she's not stuck in there on her own. It'll all be a bit easier come the summer when we can sit out in the garden with her and take her for (short) walks.
Dexter was able to ask to go outside fairly early on, but we didn't let him out of his crate when he was home alone until he was around 18 months old. But he was able to last through the night without needing the loo ages before that :-)
I'm not quite sure how Ruby will learn to 'ask' to go - at the mo we're in the 'straight from crate to the back garden' stage everytime she wakes up or has been fed. She doesn't give any obvious signs that she's about to go, either, if we've not taken her out. I guess somewhere further down the line she'll twig but I haven't quite worked out how. Sam's pretty confident about it all, though, and he's in charge. She's only had one accident tonight and even then Sam had a gut feeling he should probably take her outside again only for me to say 'no she's ok' and then she promptly peed on the kitchen floor. Oops!
Ah, it's very early days yet - sounds like you're doing all the right things, though! Just keep on popping her outside often (but especially when she's just woken or has eaten) and making a huge fuss when she does something, and you'll be amazed how quickly she'll suss it out :-)
It's Sam I feel sorry for - he's the one who's standing around in the shitty weather waiting for her to do her business, while I stay inside making him a hot cup of tea for when he comes back in.
Am looking forward to next week, when she'll be allowed out in public. We'll hopefully start her on very short walks (I believe it's meant to be five minutes per month of the dog's age per day to start with as they shouldn't be over-walked). Then within about four weeks or so she'll only be eating twice a day and shouldn't be needing to pee constantly. It's all making a bit more sense now, I'm just bemused as to when and how she will twig she needs to show us when she wants to go. It's all very interesting!
It will get much easier once she can go out (although the first few times she'll probably be so busy nosing at things that she'll not even think about using walks for going to the loo!). And yes, once you start cutting her meals down, that will help as well, no question!
I genuinely can't remember when Dexter sussed it. Oddly, I remember the first time he cocked his leg, but not the first time he thought to ask to go out!
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Honest to God, I can't wait for her to be house-trained so she can come and cuddle up to me on the sofa! (I know that's a loooong way off yet but I still can't wait!)
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I'm so glad she's cuddly - affectionate dogs are the best ones!
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Am looking forward to next week, when she'll be allowed out in public. We'll hopefully start her on very short walks (I believe it's meant to be five minutes per month of the dog's age per day to start with as they shouldn't be over-walked). Then within about four weeks or so she'll only be eating twice a day and shouldn't be needing to pee constantly. It's all making a bit more sense now, I'm just bemused as to when and how she will twig she needs to show us when she wants to go. It's all very interesting!
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It will get much easier once she can go out (although the first few times she'll probably be so busy nosing at things that she'll not even think about using walks for going to the loo!). And yes, once you start cutting her meals down, that will help as well, no question!
I genuinely can't remember when Dexter sussed it. Oddly, I remember the first time he cocked his leg, but not the first time he thought to ask to go out!
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