I have only had my guy for a little more then a month, Leo is 15 weeks now.
This is what I did for the first few days...
** We stay in the family room area, with hardwood. I put out 2 potty pads on each side of the room but with in easy reach of me and him. I put urine on one pad and not on the other. I sat and watched him like a hawk. So, I could learn his potty signal. He would sniff around in a circle, like a crazy dog... as if in a panic. When I saw him do this I would pick him up and put him on the pad and say "potty" and gave him a treat if he did go. I kept this up until he had a day or two with out accidents. Then I would add another little area. (A very important thing I learned during his process: is that he will not potty on a "peed" pad. We have to change the pad everytime he goes!!)
**At night he sleeps in a crate. With just enough room to turn around in. I take him potty before bed. During the first week I would get up in the middle of the night to take him potty... he usaully woke up at 3. I would take him potty and then put him right back to bed. I made it very clear that it was bed time. First thing in the morning I would put him on the potty pad again.
**I never left him any where in the house alone. If I needed to go to another room I carried him there and back.
**I feed on a schedule. So, I can some what predict his potty times. I feed every 4 hours. But I left water out at all times. |