I think I am just fucked.
My dog just hit the 4 month mark. I have struggled soooo much with potty training— and everything else which I think at this point is because how he lived with prior to me bringing him home— but this morning I fell sleep at my desk trying to get some work done early. I woke up to my pup under my feet, pet his head and stretched. As I stretched, WITH ABSOLUTELY ZERO INDICATION, my puppy gets up walks 3 feet from me and takes a shit. I yell “omg what are you doing” not to punish him but out of TOTAL shock, but let him finish because at his point it’s already happening. I tell him hold on let’s go outside. As I walk into the kitchen(of my 1BR apartment, so it’s not even 10 ft from where we just were) he goes behind my tv stand & pees. 833
I am in absolute total utter shock. I have definitely had to put in extra effort with him for training anything and I have to put in twice as much effort for everything else bc his newborn puppy phase was everything a breeder says NOT to do. But that is for another post.. I am completely confused why my dog REFUSES to signal me they have to go outside!! And how the hellllll do I get him to ? During the day, I know when he has to go out. Tbh we go out every hour. But still no matter what I’ve tried, having him go to the door after I put his leash on before I open the door, having him tap his paw on the door every time we go out, clearly saying “potty”/“outside” many times before we go out, and yet he gives me absolutely NO indication when he has to potty… I try to say potty/outside/leash so he will get excited even as a signal & he doesn’t. At this point I’m going crazy… I have to shampoo my carpet every day bc it’s always something. I can’t afford a trainer & I’m sure someone here is experienced though, PLEASEEEE help me 😭😭😭😭 833