Gregg Brazel

this was an accidental repost and I don't see a way to delete the original.

Hi Mary,

Congratulations on taking the big steps and moving forward on your dreams.  I'm considering TN and am wondering if you feel it is a good choice, and are there any areas in particular you would recommend if so.

Thanks in advance if you care to share your insights.

Gregg

Thanks for the input, Carla. I'll incorporate that into my efforts.

Thanks, Nancy.  I am using enzyme cleaner to get rid of the smell.

Thank you, Anne. I will try those tips.

I do scold them when they go in the house but cannot make the connection for them to go outdoors which may send a message I don't want them eliminating. Since they never go when I have them outside, I am not able to reward the behavior. We generally communicate pretty well, but this one has me stumped.

Btw, I fed them both two hours ago (water is always available), and they've been sleeping next to my desk or in eyeshot the entire time, but no movements.  AAAAHHHHH!!!

Hi, Tereza.

I think they're pretty intelligent as they learn other things pretty quickly, so I don't know, maybe a social/psychological thing?  It's hard to keep an eye on them until they go - it seems they just wait til they have privacy and then go, so it's really hard to keep an eye on them for that long.  I'll try taking them out all day and rewarding them.  I would do that on their walks but even if they're an hour or longer they won't go, not even urinate which seems really strange to me.

Thank you for the tips and I hope you are well.

Gregg

Thanks for the tips, I'll try that out.

Hello, looking for advice on house training dogs.  I have two 8 month olds I've been trying to train for 6 months and have made no progress.  

I have tried the kennel - they go inside of it.  I have tried tethering them to me, but the get wound around the furniture every 2 minutes.

I feed and walk them at regular intervals, but they will not go outside. I could walk them for an hour, leave them in the yard for an hour til they bark nonstop and I have to let them in for the neighbors sake. Sometime later I will find they've gone in the house.  

They basically do not get the concept that they should go outdoors (I've seen them do it only a few times) and hold it until they get inside.  

I have trained them to walk on a leash, sit, and heel, so I am working with them and they are learning, but this task, the biggest of all I cannot get them to understand.  They are really great dogs and we all love each other a lot, but they are now about 40 lbs each which means big messes and I'm really burning out on cleaning up every morning and several times a day, plus the damage it's causing.

Any good advice would be greatly appreciated.

Hi Heather,

I hope you're doing well and making progress on your goals. If we meet or not, I just thought I'd share some relevant ideas with you, some of which you might find useful on your journey.

http://ehrlum.com/live_work_barn/

http://ehrlum.com/v2012/pages/groundup.htm

http://ehrlum.com/lthr/

Kind regards,

Gregg

I've never been in a poly relationship as I'm not interested, but it seems to me they'd be very difficult to manage. Keeping things straight with one partner can be challenging enough, but enter a third party where competition is very likely to crop up, and you've introduced a whole other set of problems. Again, I have no experience but just seems to me from everyday relations and work environments that there's can be a lot of turmoil when people are competing to be the 'favorite'. Immature behavior, to be sure, but not uncommon.

As for being each other's 'everything' in a monogamous relationship, that does not have to be the case at all as each can have their own work, personal activities, other friends, etc.