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Originally Posted by Darbie wow now that is one of the BEST things I have heard..the Wee pad with the litter box...Now with a puppy going to have to wee and poo soo often..how often do you take them out of the crate (if you do crate training) or do you leave him/her in an open area where they have access to wee or poo??
Or how do you do that..and how old is your baby |
She is 10 weeks old today actually. And I crate train and take her out the crate every time she wakes up(because she sleeps a lot) and when she starts to sniff inside her crate I take her out. At night when we have her out she will actually go to her bathroom area by herself. It's really hit or miss which one she uses, but her having all that space gives us a chance to cut down on accidents. She actually will go inside her crate before she goes on the carpet these days. When she does go on the pad or litterbox I will let her hang out a while and play with her. We use a feeding schedule so it's a little easier to know when she will poo. We let her drink water all the time so she is always peeing.
We used to praise her profusely and give her a treat every time she went but we have cut down on the praise and eliminated the treat. We are trying to get her to do it on command by saying the word "potty" continuously while she is doing her business and stopping once she stops. Next week we will take her away from her bathroom area and say the word potty to see if she will go on her own to the area and handle her business. I got that from the job evans book.