How often does your dog need a bathroom break? My dog was trained by
prisoners, and she only relieves herself when I've got her on a leash
and I'm walking her around. If I let her out in our tiny backyard, she
just looks around blankly. (It's all xeriscapey and there's no lawn.
She was trained to go on the lawn.)
At present I walk her at least a mile, usually two, around 5:30 a.m. I
take her out right after I get home from work, typically 6:00 or 6:15,
for another 1/2 to 1 mile. For years we've also been taking her out at
about 8:30 for one last chance, but man, I'd love to ditch that
end-of-day walk. I'd be happy to let her out into the backyard, but it
doesn't do any good. What would you do? I'm hindered by the fact that
I drink tons of fluids and I have utter sympathy for any critter that
needs to go but can't get to a bathroom.
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Dover
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