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Originally Posted by lcbear  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. |
Conner did not ask to go out until he was a year old. Now he will stand at the steps until someone sees him. I have ordered bells so that he can alert us if we are in another room. Now if he leaves the room we are in, I look to see if he is standing at the stairs.