Mummy dogs and Daddy dogs

When it comes to Lahsa Apso potty training, or housetraining any other type of puppy or dog for that matter, there is a vast difference between dogs and bitches when it comes to going out to have a pee... especially when they are taken out for a walk.

When bitches go out for walkies, or just to relieve themselves outside, they will go and have a single LONG pee. There is no need for them to stake out a territory like dogs, or to keep, or establish, their place in the pecking order of the dog population in that area.

With dogs they want to establish that they are TOP DOG. They pee little and often, and also try to pee higher up on any area that has previously been 'watered' by another dog. [This behaviour can be altered to a degree by training in a certain way - but we won't go into that here.]

A perfect illustration, and SO funny, was our young male RR named Shimba. We took him out for what would be a 3 mile walk around a reservoir - the first time he had visited the area. Just before we got out of the car to begin our walk a large party of people with about 10 dogs started their walk in the same direction as that which we were going to take. Just picture the scene in your minds eye - I can still see it now - imagine what it must have looked like.

You have never seen anything so funny as our young macho male trying to out-pee all the other dogs put together! Rushing from one spot to another, raising one leg or the other in an amazing display. At one time he was in such a hurry that he hadn't put one leg down before raising the other - the result was hilarious.

Enjoy your picture and DO enjoy your pets they will provide you with much fun, amusement, and joy!

Keep a low profile - then you won't be sent out into that horrible RAIN!

In my experience most Rhodesian Ridgebacks absolutely HATE rain!

Our first Ridgeback [a rescue called Simba] really hated rain landing on him. If he was out for a walk we could say 'hurry up it's going to rain' and he would look up at the sky, then hurry for home! We just had to hang onto the lead and hope we could keep up.

But since this blog is mainly about potty training - so is this post! One extremely rainy day after a short morning walk the rain had set in for the day. How long do you think a dog can hold on if it really has to? The answer in Simba's case was a VERY, very, very, long time.

We each thought someone else had let him out into the garden for 'a quick pee' but when everyone had been asked it transpired that he had stayed quiet and hidden away in a corner, keeping an extremely low profile, so that no-one would remember he hadn't been out for a pee. He had hung on for hours and hours! Such a character, and such a hater of rain.