I started when Bengi was around 6-7 months. He used to sleep on his crate next to my bed very quietly. Each night before putting him in the crate he would jump on my bed and lie there because he didn't want to go to his crate, he would do like a "play dead" trick saying "Mama, I'm fine here". While in the crate, when he wanted to go potty, we would make some noise and I would take him to his pad. Then one day we decided to try how he would do in the bed with us, and he just slept like an angel and woke us up when he wanted to go potty. Now he may want to play when we go to bed for a few minutes, but when we say, "OK, time to sleep" and turn off the light, he just knows no more playing and goes to sleep. He even goes potty by himself and does not wake me up anymore! |