[Hickey007]

Well what we did (and still do) may not be very popular but it seems to work for us. Everyone says positive reinforcement is the way to go and I agree with this completely. But Reagan also responds to punishment. I don't beat or even spank or pop her, nor do I even yell at her. She gets time outs. If she pottys on the floor I fiver her a firm "no" then we have like a travel pet crate thingy and she goes in it for a few minutes for a time out. I originally started this more or less for myself. I was getting so frustrated at her when I knew she knew she was supposed to go outside so I would put her in her crate while I was cleaning up the spot. Just a little time out for myself really. Just by chance she really started responding very well to it. She went out almost religously then. Then I backed off of the time outs and low and behold she started going on the floor more often again so we picked back up with the time outs and it solved that.

Now she still gets time outs but it is no longer in her crate, but her bed, and they usually aren't for pottying they are more for acting up or something. Like the other day she just would not leave our cat Sophie alone no matter how many times I told her to "leave it" alone. So finally I had had enough and I told her to her spot and she had to stay for about 3-5 minutes. It just gave her time to calm down and forget about the cat.

If you do do time outs or something I would still keep up with the positive encouragement and treats and stuff b/c that really does help too.