Twin Puppies New Haven CT

Q. I wanted a companion for Luna, my seven-month-old Pomeranian/Chihuahua mix, so I just got another puppy, Julie, a four-month-old Yorkie, and things are not going well. The new puppy is a mess—she pees and poops all over the house.

Luna used to be very good about doing her potties outside, but since Julie came Luna is being a bad girl. She does not want to do what I say like she used to, and she is peeing all over the place like Julie does. Also the two of them fight all day long.

Unless I can fix this problem I'm going to have to let Julie go. It will break my heart to do that, but I don't know what else to do. I've tried everything I know to housebreak Julie, but nothing works with her. Luna learned quickly, but Julie just drives me crazy. And the worst is that Luna is doing the same as Julie now. I give them the same attention so I just don't know what is going on or what I'm doing wrong.

A. Training two puppies at the same time is three times as much work as just one. A new puppy tends to copy the behavior of the older dogs in the family, but at seven months, Luna is barely past toddler-hood herself and doesn't yet have the maturity to set a mature example.

When two puppies play it's easy for them to get so wrapped up in their game they forget to ask to go out until it's too late. When one of them pees or poops, that usually reminds the other she needs to do it too, and if you're not right there to escort both of them to the potty area.

Author: By September Morn

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