Poop Strike! Poop Strike!

ok, so we're not sure if it's:

1. sumo hates the new harness and is so distracted he cant pee/poop (pretty sure THAT's not it)


2. sumo hates inclement weather (especially when it's 40 degrees, windy, with rain) to pee/poop


3. sumo is a crackhead


4. sumo is completely distracted by chibi and doesnt want to be outside at all away from his play buddy

ok, im voting for #2 (no pun intended). we spent hours outside yesterday with him waiting for him to peep/poop when we KNEW he had to (for those of you that have shiba dogs, you know when their butts tell you 'i need to poop and pee soon'). over the span of 3 hours we took him out 4-5 times...stood out there in the windy cold rain...nothing. in fact, he constantly dashed back towards the door trying to get back in.

when he finally DID pee/poop, it was on the pee pad (which IS a good thing, i have to keep remembering this) and after we brought him inside for 20 minutes. amusing side note, he peed, mom changed the pee pad, he waited 2 mintues, went over to the new one, and then dumped.

noticed this morning, chibi wasnt really happy to have sumo bugging her (or her food) while she was eating...she hasnt shown any food aggression to this point, nor am i convinced it was actual aggression (there was no biting, no growling, no hair standing up, no barking), it was more a "get the hell away from me dummy, im trying to eat!" type behavior. i think she was really hungry, and having a puppy constantly trying to jump on your head can be annoying.

note to other dog owners: dont ever play "catch the light" with your dog using a laser pointer, or flashlight....it always seemed cruel to me that they cant actually ever "catch" anything, they spend an additional hour "looking" for it, then you run the possibility of your dog chasing any flashy light source. i say this after watching chibi try to attack/scrape/bite our wall when she saw a reflection of sunlight out of her stainless steel water bowl. (for the record, i told mom NOT to ever play that game with the puppy!)

on the "upside", sumo appears to have gotten "sit" down. still working on "down" and "off", but he does get that he gets nothing, unless he's sitting. amusing part of the evening is training time with sumo. chibi does each command as she watches sumo try to learn with a "dad, give ME the treat...HELLO! LOOK OVER HERE! gimme the snack, im doing something cool over here!"

also still making sure we hold sumo each night to ensure he's comfy with and enjoys having people hold/pet him. easiest way to get him to pass out, pick him up, hold him like a baby on his back, and stroke his ears...within 30 seconds...out cold!

(couldnt get a pic of the best pose, he was sleeping with is mouth open)