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Originally Posted by punkie  We have been trying to pee pad train out little guy since we don't take him out that much especially because he doesn't have all of his booster shots yet and we pretty much live in doggy central.
The vet and her technician told us yesterday that we should crate train instead though and that it's easier. Apparently we should leave him in the crate "all the time" except for when he is eating or going to the bathroom or playing with us.
When he is supervised, we just leave the puppy gate open and he goes back and forth between his own "room" and the rest of the apartment. When he isn't supervised, we close the gate and he has everything he need in his area, with lots of room and he does fine. We were told that this is wrong and that he will just start peeing everywhere and not learn anything. We actually thought that he was doing pretty well. He has accidents of course, all the time actually, but he's so young and we thought it was normal.
They told us to take him outside every 3 hours and right after he eats. That doesn't sound easier to me, LOL. Plus how can we take him out when we're sleeping at night or if we're away for more than 3 hours for whatever reason? We don't really feel comfortable leaving a little puppy in the crate for that long, but we really don't know anything about this since we never had a puppy before of our own other than the family dogs that our parents took care of 
I also read that toy dogs are hard to potty train and may have accidents throughout their lives.
What does everyone think is a good idea? Crate training or pee pad training?  |
I have to say, I HIGHLY recommend getting through crate training no matter how hard it is. They say within a month they will be trained if you use that method. I never did bc I couldnt BEAR my pups being locked up ... BUT now I WISH I did... they are 2 almost and have accidents in the house pretty much DAILY! soooooo FRUSTRATING! I call them accidents... but in all honesty, they just pee where they please!
So if you can, try to crate train... it will be WAY better for your house!
