Hi this is a long one im afraid- I have a slight problem, A colleague of mine at work recently had one of my pups. I have not had any qualms about letting her have a pup before but i am a little worried now!! I see this lady every day at work and i dont think she is doing much training etc with the pup. I did know before that it will be mainly hubby that would look after pup as he works from home all day, but when i enquired today how it was all going- she said fine still loads of wees/poos in the house etc. I know pup is still young (12weeks) but i have kept 2 pups and they are really good at going outside or to the outhouse 98% of the time. So in my eyes some improvement should have been made?? When i asked how they were going about training him, ie did hubby watch carefully etc i was told no he is left to get on with it really. I want to say something as i feel if they dont do all they can now they will be in for trouble as my breed are quite a handful if they get no form of training!!!. But as i say i work with this woman daily and she is my superiore so how would you tactfully say something????.

Sorry forgot to mention this is her first dog. Although she read all the books etc, met my dogs and i felt prepared herself,

Hmm I don't know what to suggest but we had a couple of accidents in the house, but since 11 weeks we haven't had a single one and she's asking to go out every single time.
Gina

Could you pretend you have a friend ( or the owner of one of your other pups...I don't know how many you sold) who boring you to death with her boasts of how her pup is doing all it's stuff outside? That way you're not offending her but it might make her realise she's not doing so good herself.

I have tried that , i am constantly telling her about my 2, as i kept 2 from the litter,but she says i know i must get on top of things(hubby) is running out of patience but i think they think it will come naturally!!!! I would like to offer to help but i cant really see what i can do except move in for a couple of weeks!!!LOL i dont think that would go down to wellx

I suppose you could say it will come naturally - eventually! By 'training' the dog using positive reinforcement only (and any lack of patience on hubby's part will have an adverse effect on training :( ) it will come all the quicker......

you could ask if you could visit the dog and check it out for yourself. Then if you are still unhappy i think that you should express your concerns . You bred the pup and you are responsible. they are probably too embarrassed to admit they are struggling, but may well actually appreciate some help. this would be easier to instigate if you are with the pup, then you could actually show them things.

Why don’t you ask if they would like any training tips? Or recommend them a really good training book you used on your own dogs? As pinklilies says they might actually appreciate the help. You could even sound shocked and say something like ‘really? He shouldn’t be doing that at 12 weeks!’ And maybe she will realise she needs to try harder!

Good Luck. I hope this helps!