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lcbear · 07-05-2007, 02:27 PM

I am soo envious of all of you who have successfully house broken their babies.

My Teddy is 9 months old and Rosie is 4 1/2 months old. They both are crated at night and never have accidents in their crate. They usually go to bed at 11 p.m. and wake up to go outside at 6:00 a.m. I let them out to go potty and then they go back to bed for a couple of hours.

But the house is another issue. They are restricted to the livingroom and kitchen. I happen to ask them about every 1/2 hour if they want to go out to go potty and they will do that but they NEVER ask to go out and if they have to go before I ask them, they will go where ever they want. To me, this is not housebroken.

They know how to ask to come in but they never ask to go out. I have tried everything, the crating, praising when they go outside, etc. And they know they are not supposed to go inside - you can just see that look of "Oh I am soooo sorry mom - devil made me do it". You all know that look they give you.

I get kind of frustrated but I just keep up with what I am doing and am hoping it will dawn on them one day. I just don't know how to get them to let me know they have to go outside. Like I said, I have tried just about everything except keeping them crated all day. I can't do that, for one thing they would cry and I did not get them to have them crated when I am home all day. I want them with me.

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

07-05-2007, 02:27 PM	#25
lcbear Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Georgetown, CA Posts: 54	I am soo envious of all of you who have successfully house broken their babies. My Teddy is 9 months old and Rosie is 4 1/2 months old. They both are crated at night and never have accidents in their crate. They usually go to bed at 11 p.m. and wake up to go outside at 6:00 a.m. I let them out to go potty and then they go back to bed for a couple of hours. But the house is another issue. They are restricted to the livingroom and kitchen. I happen to ask them about every 1/2 hour if they want to go out to go potty and they will do that but they NEVER ask to go out and if they have to go before I ask them, they will go where ever they want. To me, this is not housebroken. They know how to ask to come in but they never ask to go out. I have tried everything, the crating, praising when they go outside, etc. And they know they are not supposed to go inside - you can just see that look of "Oh I am soooo sorry mom - devil made me do it". You all know that look they give you. I get kind of frustrated but I just keep up with what I am doing and am hoping it will dawn on them one day. I just don't know how to get them to let me know they have to go outside. Like I said, I have tried just about everything except keeping them crated all day. I can't do that, for one thing they would cry and I did not get them to have them crated when I am home all day. I want them with me. Any suggestions would be appreciated.