I think that I pretty much should wait til the puppy is at least 14 weeks and neutered, and then expect a little more out of him. We do have all the carpet areas completely blocked off but somehow the little guy just breaks through. We watch him like hawks when my husband and i are home and as soon as we see him sniffing around we put him on the pad and he pees on it fine, sometimes right next to it, but that's good enough for us for now. but when he needs to poop, he will circle around the kitchen and the dinning room for 10, 15 minutes, running like crazy and when he finally finds a spot on the title we grab him and put him on the pad. as soon as we do that he doesn't want to go anymore and just holds it in. i know that's not healthy for him to do that. my husband mentioned something about him not wanting to use the pad because it might be too close to his food and play area in the kitchen but we have another pad laid out about ten feet away when we re home and he still wont use it to poop. .... well i guess i'll take everyones advice and try to work on the little guy.
Now i have a random question about training to do tricks. is there a certain age that it would be ok to start teaching them simple commands and tricks ?
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