God's Littlest Treasures: February 2011

Friday, February 25, 2011

Email from my mother today. What has she gotten herself into? This is so hilarious.

Hi Susan,

Thank you for subscribing to my potty training course for
Dachshunds. With the help of this course,
you will soon be able to reduce Peanut's potty
training accidents drastically.

Housebreaking Peanut can be simple and easy
for you and your dog ...if you use the correct training methods.

I will show you an interesting method. It is easy and simple and you
might be surprised at how well it works.

Here's what it's NOT about:

1. Yelling At Peanut
2. Hitting or Kicking your Dachshund
3. Punishing your dog in any way
4. Rubbing its nose on the poop

Here's what it IS about:

1. Making your Dachshund actually WANT to eliminate
where he should!
2. Using the natural instincts ALL Dachshunds have,
to quickly and easily get Peanut potty trained
and fully housebroken.

The reason this is so effective is because it's
based on the number thing that Peanut
craves ... YOUR ATTENTION

Right now, Peanut's potty training
problems are a result of his confusion...he is still
not clear about where to pee or potty.

In fact, housebreaking problems and almost all
other "problem" behavior with Dachshunds
can be traced back to one thing:

RECEIVING ATTENTION AT THE WRONG TIME

I'll explain to you with an example:

First, let's agree that Peanut craves your
attention.

OK.

Have you ever caught Peanut 'on the act'?

You most likely rushed to him and said in a firm tone
something like "No, Peanut ...No!".

And then maybe you took Peanut into
your backyard and waited there for him to eliminate. And
once he had done that, you lovingly petted him.

Well, here's what's going on in your dog's
head right now ...even if you're saying "No!"
... and scolding your Peanut.

Peanut is thinking,

"WOW! EVERY TIME I poop on the carpet,
I get attention from Susan ! This is great!

THEN, I SHOULD POOP ON THE CARPET AGAIN!!"

When I pooped in the backyard, Susan petted
me. So, I made Susan happy by relieving myself
there.

SO, I CAN POTTY THERE TOO!!"

He feels, anywhere I poop, either Susan will
give me attention or she will pat me.

...And the cycle continues.