Apollo and I have an understanding: we (he) goes to the bathroom outside. It's our deal and we both do our part to make it easy for each other. To be honest, he does a heck of a lot more than most dogs, which is asking more than I should of him. What I mean is simply that he goes for long stretches without needing to void his bladder.
Through the years, the two of us have become conditioned to each other's signals and behaviors. And it's not just the dog adjusting to and obeying the human - it goes both ways. As it pertains to bathroom habits, he's obviously restricted to my availability and Apollo understands that. Only in emergency cases whereby he's not able to control himself (i.e. stomach issues, illnesses) will there be accidents in the house. Those are few and far between.
But even in the cases of emergencies, he does his best to let me know. On rare occasions in the middle of the night (or morning, who knows... let's just say it's still dark outside) Apollo will wake me up by walking up and down the bed with some whimpering/whining sounds. If he does this for more than a minute, I'll know he's telling me, "I gotta go outside." Minutes later, we'll be outside - him partaking in a special midnight potty session and me half-awake, struggling to stand up straight under the moonlight.
Through the years, the two of us have become conditioned to each other's signals and behaviors. And it's not just the dog adjusting to and obeying the human - it goes both ways. As it pertains to bathroom habits, he's obviously restricted to my availability and Apollo understands that. Only in emergency cases whereby he's not able to control himself (i.e. stomach issues, illnesses) will there be accidents in the house. Those are few and far between.
But even in the cases of emergencies, he does his best to let me know. On rare occasions in the middle of the night (or morning, who knows... let's just say it's still dark outside) Apollo will wake me up by walking up and down the bed with some whimpering/whining sounds. If he does this for more than a minute, I'll know he's telling me, "I gotta go outside." Minutes later, we'll be outside - him partaking in a special midnight potty session and me half-awake, struggling to stand up straight under the moonlight.
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