 trying our best with training
As I read more and more, I grow more and more confused. I have a 7 month old yorkie that I have had for a month. She's great and I would say doing an awesome job with training. My husband and I tend not to crate her when we are away and have chosen to gate her. She has about a 4X4 space with her crate, water, 1 toy (kong), and lined with pee pee pads. In the morning I take her out, she does very well ( I have to say I crate her at night near our bed). We go in and she gets free roam of the house without worries. She is fed, we play a little. As I prepare for my day, she is gated in the kitchen (9x9) and does well (usually just waits for me to get out of the shower and continue with the morning)
Then I walk her again before I leave and put her in the gated area (4x4). For the most part, she waits for my husband to return home and has no need for the pads. When I try to lessen the amount of covered floor, she then goes on that small part of the floor I have cleared. If I go back to covering the floor, no accidents. Why is this? When we get home, we immediately take her out, she does what she needs to do and is fine.
Also, we don't really give her free access of the house when we return from work because there has been the occassional accident. How can she choose to hold it some times and others seem not to make the connection?
help? Will she ever make the connection and be able to have run of the house? |