My iggy is smart… except when it comes to peeing literally anywhere
Never thought I’d be making this post.
A few months ago, I was that overly confident new iggy parent reading everyone’s potty training horror stories thinking, “Wow… glad that’s not me.” My little angel was so smart. She learned sit, touch, paw, emotional manipulation… honestly genius-level behavior. I thought we had somehow skipped the infamous iggy potty curse. I even made a post asking if all iggys were smart… or if it was just mine? lol
we did not scape the curse.
Turns out she was just a baby. A tiny, innocent con artist.
Fast forward to 6 months old, and my life now revolves around a very unpredictable bladder. This girl pees every 2 hours. Sometimes every 1 hour if the wind changes direction or Mercury is in retrograde. If I don’t take her out on schedule, she may use the pee pad… or she may look directly at it and decide the hardwood floor across the apartment has better vibes.
And the frustrating part is she’s kind of trained? Like… she misses maybe once a day, sometimes zero, which sounds good on paper. But the amount of management required is INSANE. I feel like I’m running a maximum-security prison warden schedule:
-outside every 2 hours
-constant surveillance
-immediate interception if she starts sniffing suspiciously
-zero freedom for either of us
Today I left for 3 hours feeling optimistic. Rookie mistake. I came home to 2 pees and a poop like she was protesting my absence.
At this point I don’t own an Italian Greyhound. I’m employed by one.
Please tell me this gets better because currently my entire personality is asking, “Do you need to potty?” every 17 minutes. Also genuinely curious — how long can your iggy actually hold it between potty breaks?