[Dailydrool] Potty training an older basset and losing weight.

[Heather Collins]

I can't find my cord to download all my pictures but hubby promised to  
find it and I'll do it tonight and have everything up for everyone to  
see the girls from Corinth, MS.

So I have fostered many times before but we had been fortunate that  
the only issue they needed was love or meds for things like hot spots  
and such.  We have never had potty training issue's.  Well, our girl  
from Corinth that was named Eevee (and is now Ruby) might need to be  
potty trained.  We are not sure if she has ever been trained.  We were  
also told that she's over 5 but we just don't see it.  We are thinking  
maybe 2 or 3 years old, at the MOST.  Either way, I have NO idea how  
to train her other than praises/treats when she goes potty outside.  I  
mean, I know how to train a puppy, do I just use the same method with  
the older basset?  She has peed in the petstore at both outings we  
have taken but I figured it was because she was a little nervous.   
Wasn't positive about the training.  She hadn't made a mistake in the  
house yet because we constantly have had the girls outside.  This  
morning she pee'd in the house.  It had been about 3 hours since she  
had gone outside.  She was let out at 5:30am to go potty, then again  
at 7am but this is by NO indication from her, just us doing our slave  
thing.  We haven't had any accidents at night, she sleeps on her huge  
doggy bed from around 10pm till about 5:30am every night.   This  
happened at 10am.  What are your idea's on the older basset and potty  
training so I can make sure to do them whether she has an issue or  
not, just to be safe.

The other basset was named Maggie and now she is Cookie.  She is VERY  
overweight!  LOTS AND LOTS of cookie handles.  haha.  Anyways, we feed  
Canadae but I have never used it to lose weight!  What should I be  
doing to help her other than walks, smaller portions of food, limiting  
treats etc.  Is there a food that is BETTER than Canidae for losing  
weight??

Thanks in advance for the advice!

~Heather
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