Calvin non grata
Nov. 24th, 2025 09:35 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
billroperWe had managed to avoid more puppy poop events in the house for some time, but today was a complete failure. I fed the dogs, we ate our dinner, and then I let the dogs out in the yard. Calvin peed, then came in and drank a lot of water. We had decided to try leaving him untethered in the house, as he'd behaved reasonably well the night before. This turned out to be a mistake, because immediately after getting his drink, he pooped in the living room again. Not once, but twice.
I tossed him in his kennel, dragged the kennel to the living room, and spent the time cleaning up the poop yelling at the dog, and waving fouled toilet paper at him in the kennel. (I have taken to trying to wipe the mess up with toilet paper, because I can flush the whole thing and it will leave the premises.) Then I cleaned it up with the new enzyme spray that Bill Sutton recommended.
Gretchen will try spending more time in the living room with Calvin in the hope that this will convince him that the living room is part of the house and not for relieving himself.
This would not be *nearly* so aggravating if the dog had not been outside immediately before the incident.
*sigh*
I tossed him in his kennel, dragged the kennel to the living room, and spent the time cleaning up the poop yelling at the dog, and waving fouled toilet paper at him in the kennel. (I have taken to trying to wipe the mess up with toilet paper, because I can flush the whole thing and it will leave the premises.) Then I cleaned it up with the new enzyme spray that Bill Sutton recommended.
Gretchen will try spending more time in the living room with Calvin in the hope that this will convince him that the living room is part of the house and not for relieving himself.
This would not be *nearly* so aggravating if the dog had not been outside immediately before the incident.
*sigh*