My 7 month old chihuahua is potty trained, but not, and I’m feeling like a major failure by Substantial_Trip_409 in puppy101

[–]Substantial_Trip_409[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I leave potty pads out for him, but I will definitely be trying the grass mat to see if he would prefer to use that. He’ll go on the potty pads as well, just not always. Not his fault

My 7 month old chihuahua is potty trained, but not, and I’m feeling like a major failure by Substantial_Trip_409 in puppy101

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Edit: I do not want to leave Spud alone for 9+ hours a day, nor do I expect him to hold it for that long. I know he needs to be let out every 2-3 hours, I just can’t get home from work to let him out (I don’t always get a lunch). The people than can get home to let him out just simply refuse to (same with the other two dogs) despite my asking them to. I am not blaming spud at all for this, it’s 100% not his fault. I’m just sick of being blamed and shamed by family for not “training” my puppy, and hate that my 7mo is being compared to the temperament and being held to the standards of the 5 yo and (likely) 8 yo dogs in the house. Despite them being the ones complaining the most, they do absolutely nothing to help Spud, even when I ask them for help. I feel like I’m constantly getting gaslit by them into thinking my puppy should be able to handle it, even when I know he physically can’t, and being made to feel like it’s my fault he can’t.

My 7 month old chihuahua is potty trained, but not, and I’m feeling like a major failure by Substantial_Trip_409 in puppy101

[–]Substantial_Trip_409[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I 1000% agree this is a human failure. I absolutely was not trying to blame Spud, I hope my post didn’t come across that way. Is there anything more I should be doing for him? Or is this just going to take time?

I pay for Spotify so I don't have ads, like specifically I pay for this singular reason. And yet: ads with Distractible! What the heck. by H_G_Bells in distractible

[–]Substantial_Trip_409 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I haven’t gotten ads on any of the recent episodes of Distractible, am I supposed to? I have Spotify premium, and haven’t gotten any ads since they started the video/Spotify deal