So my poor little 3-year-old 14 pound Chihuahua/dachshund mix refuses to wear a sweater or coat. Like if you put it on him, he will put his tail between his legs and refuse to move. He’ll just stand there until he falls over and then he’ll just lay there until you take it back off.
This morning, it was -3F out. He went out the dog door and came right back in. Then he peed on the bed and pooped on the floor.
Other than putting down puppy pads, does anyone have any advice?
Here is a picture of Charlie for cuteness. He has a broken ear. My wife claims it isn’t broken, he was just born that way. I say it’s broken. Look at it.
Update: We got a loose shirt on him and cut off the collar and sleeves. This is how it’s gone so far:
“Please take my shirt off.”
“No, it’s very cold.”
“I don’t care, I poop inside anyway. Take my shirt off.”
“No, I just told you. It’s very cold.”
“Okay, I get that. Now take my shirt off.”
“No.”
“I’ll just be pathetic and lie around and keep my tail between my legs. Take my shirt off.”
“NO!”
“I hear what you’re saying, but take my shirt off.”
“Sigh.”
So, one thing that might help is leaving it around for him to see and get familiar with. then get him to come closer to it, maybe even interact with it/get his scent on it so its “his” and it smells like him.
another option is to harness train the dog (instead of a collar,) and then get a jacket thing that doubles as a harness. (this worked well for my parents and their nutter of a dachshund.) She learned quickly that the jacket meant she gets to stay out longer in the snow (hunting for rabbits and such like.)(She had no freaking clue what to do with them when she did manage to catch them, but, uh, we won’t get into that.)
Thanks.
I have a big dog that hunts small creatures. She’s left a half a rabbit and a half a squirrel inside. Perils of a dog door.
Oh yeah. She’s just “special”. (and 10 pounds of crazy in a 1 pound bag.)