take her out every hour and give her a word like"potty" as a signal to go. sooner or later she will go, then praise and reward. Keep the puppy in an area that you can monitor for accidents unless she is with you and you watch constantly. You now have to retrain her. The secret is to take her out regularly. It is time consuming, but with patience she'll get the idea. I took two weeks after I got our puppy and never left the house while training him. It was worth it because I have a reliable 10 month old. The problem with pads are that the puppy is allowed to go potty in the house and it causes them confusion. Why can they go in one spot and not another. I know that it is necessary for some people to paper or litter train, but if you have the time and access to the outside, I think it's bestto outside train. My puppy was 2 lbs. when I brought him home in September and was litter trained. I hated it and immediately started outside training. We had ( and still have) a lot of snow on the ground and my puppy doesn't care if it is cold or snowy, he goes on command and in less than 2-3 minutes so he is not at risk. He now weighs 3 lbs., so they can get used to going outside even in the snowiest and coldest climates. |