How Do You Get Maltese Puppy To Eat Dog Food And Housebreak?
My Maltese, Lilly, is two years old now. I got her when she was three months old. She is trained on piddlepads. I set up an xpen (excercise pen) with her bed, water dish and pee pad in it. She stayed in this pen when I couldn’t watch her and everytime she went on her pad I praised her “good business”. When I let her out to play, every so often, I’d return her to the pen and leave her there until she did her business. Eventually she was running back to the pen, doing a quarter size pee and looking for a treat…then going again and waiting for a treat…over and over. It was really funny…and now she only goes when she has to and though she still gets praise occasionally she doesn’t get a treat for it. I do give her the same treatment as I did when she was a puppy when we are away and staying at a hotel (i don’t want any hotel accidents). As for the puppy food, maybe you can try a different brand, or wet the kibble to soften it up. Make sure it is made for puppys. I’ve also wet the foo
