I’m officially obsessed with Game of Thrones. I’m definitely not getting out enough. This puppy has taken over my life. So I’ve made my life about getting him potty trained and watching men fight ’til the death. The potty training isn’t going as well as Thrones binging. But I have to remember he’s only 9 weeks old and we’ve only had him for a little over a week. But it’s frustrating when he holds it for 7 hours at night then during the day, he does what he wants when it comes to urination. Not poo, just urination. He’ll go to the bathroom twice outside, then as soon as he comes inside, he goes again. Right on the carpet.
So I understand the small bladder thing, but if he can hold it for 7 hours, there’s absolutely no reason for him to let it go 5 minutes after already going. He even hopped up on the couch and pissed on a pillow right next to me. Straight up. Do you think it’s some sort of dominance thing? Or hatred for me thing? I don’t know. I don’t get it. I feel like how my parents probably felt when I was a teenager. Just at a loss for what to do. I even cried the other night out of frustration. I keep trying to listen to all the advice and be a good mom, but it feels like it’s not working. We take him out all the time, we reward him with a treat and say “good boy, potty outside” every time he does it outside. He even looks to us for a treat when he goes outside, so he knows he’s doing something right. But it doesn’t seem to be enough. Today I’m going to go get a bell for us to use every time we go out so he knows to ring it. I’m hoping that’s the miracle to all of our potty training issues.
It was funny the other day when someone said that babies come after dogs. I feel the complete opposite now. If I had questioned having a child before, there’s no way now. If I’m stressed out by a dog that pees about a tablespoon full of liquid, how could I ever handle a child? Impossible. I don’t understand how parents do it. I think I’ll just stick to trying to master raising a puppy and understanding what they are saying on Game of Thrones.
So back to that show. I’m obsessed with it, but I’m not 100% sure that I love it. It’s pretty effed up. I mean, when you kill animals and children in a show, it’s pretty bad. Adults, whatever. It happens in pretty much every show. But horses. Don’t ever kill a horse. I have to cover my eyes every time something frightening like that happens. I’m not really into death. But I’m super into the dragon girl. I can’t wait until her dragon messes some bad people up. I’m jealous of her dragons. I bet they were easily potty trained.
Easy Chocolate Almond Butter Cups
- Yield: 8-10 1x
Ingredients
- 1 cup smooth almond butter
- 1/2 cup unsweetened shredded coconut
- 1 tablespoon coconut oil
- 1 tablespoon honey
- pinch of salt
- 1 cup Enjoy Life Chocolate Chips, melted
Instructions
- Place almond butter, coconut, coconut oil, honey and salt in a food processor and puree until smooth and well combined.
- Add a spoonful of the mixture into 8-10 mini muffin tins then pour melted chocolate on top of each spoonful. (no you don’t need to grease the tins)
- Place in freezer for 30+ minutes until set.
- Use a sharp knife to pop out each almond butter cup. Store in freezer and remove 5 minutes before eating to help soften the chocolate.
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I love peanut butter cups! Do these need to stay frozen?
Also I could NEVER do a baby dog. Having a baby human is hard enough. But since you already done did it and got yourself a dog baby, I’ll just throw out there that it’s totally worth putting lots of extra time and strict regiment in the beginning and training them properly. Don’t let bad habits persist. I have a great rescued dog because I drove myself nuts training him for 8 months. I have friends with dogs who have persistent problem behaviors cuz their owner didn’t put the time into fixing it (ie barking incessantly, jumping on people, peeing when they get scolded…). Dogs take a lot of time but are worth it, like kids! 🙂 and if a training method doesn’t feel right for you and your pup, go to another method. There are so many different ways to train a dog (positive reinforcement, harsher treatment and everything in between) it really depends on both your personalities.
The bell was a miracle for my puppy. I potty trained her in under a month with it! Just know that whenever his little nose hits that bell, even if on accident, you have to take him outside. He’ll start to learn that “Ok when I hit this bell, I go outside”. Also…a fair warning…he will start to hit it CONSTANTLY just because he wants to go outside and play. They get over this after a few weeks, but it’s really irritating in the mean time!! Just stick it out a bit though. My dog is now 4 years old and she doesn’t even use a bell anymore 🙂 You’re doing great girl!!
So I have a problem with Enjoy Life chocolate chips as in I eat the bag before I get to make things with them. 🙂 Shameful I know but whatever. I am in the middle of a 30 day paleo challenge and hate cooking so I’ve been all “omg this sucks! I’m bored” but these…holy liftin! I’m excited and I don’t even have the ingredients yet!!
I do the same thing
Juli-Rome wasn’t built in a day…cut yourself some slack. Jackson’s a baby, he’ll get it. Just be consistent. The bell/clicker training might work with him…what do you have to loose?
These chocolate butter cups look fantastic. You have me hooked on Mixology! Ha.
You can listen to/try all the advice in the world, but in my experience the BEST thing to do is consult a professional dog trainer. If you were in Austin I could hook you up with mine, but since you’re not, maybe try Yelp? Dog training is really people training — you will feel SO MUCH more confident and be 100% more in love with your dog after you’ve worked with a good trainer. (By “good” I mean someone who understands that dominance issues are about letting the dog know that you are the pack leader, he is safe with you and he can relax and let you call the shots — NOT about humiliating the dog or making him afraid of you.)
Also, I making these damn almond butter cups TODAY, like in five minutes from now. I already have all the stuff. Yay!
Juli, my 2 cents about potty training. I’m no dog trainer, but what worked for us for my pup for the first week or 2 was to keep him in his crate whenever you aren’t playing with, loving up or exercising him. I read this in a training book. We would bring the crate out into the living room during the day so that he was still in the same room w/us and would take him out every hour or two, take him right outside to pee and play, bring him back in and play with him some more. Then back in the crate. He was completely potty trained in 3 weeks. Didn’t use this method w/my other dog and it took several months to potty train her completely. Also, every dog I’ve ever had seemed to have a regression after a few months of being potty trained. Back to peeing in the house for a week or two. Not sure what that was all about, but just a heads up. Good luck! It does get better.
I agree with Pam. It was the same for us with training our newest puppy. Good thing puppies are so cute because they need so much patience.
Game of Thrones was marathon watched in our house as well. My husband started watching it and there was no hope for me not getting sucked in.
Love your blog!!
My favorite candy is Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups, and I have missed them!! I cannot wait to try these! Thanks, Juli! (btw, my husband always raves about your recipes.)
Jackson is adorable. I remember when our dog was a puppy and I cried several times because I felt like all I ever did was clean up. There is no way I want a child after raising a puppy. Our dog did the same, we would go outside, come back in and he’d pee again within 5 minutes. I promise it does get better and hard to believe you’ll miss the puppy days.
I’m so glad I finally started watching!! I’m reading the books and this series is phenomenal. Just don’t let anyone spoil what happens for u. 😉
Don’t feel bad about your dog; from what my friends have told me a puppy is more difficult and stressful than a baby. Based on my sister’s now 7 week old baby, I would agree. Her baby is way easier than a puppy!