We also keep our 14 wk old Mariah in an x-pen during the day and it works wonderfully.
When we get home we take her out of the x-pen and closely supervise her. At first about every 30-45 min we would walk her back to the x-pen and put her back in her pen. I would then sit on the floor next to the pen and tell her to "go potty". Eventually she would go and I would immediately give her a treat and lots of praise then let her back out. We would follow this routine every 30-45 min or anytime I suspected she had to go. If I could not closely supervise her I would put her back in the pen.
We have now gotten to the point where we coax her to go in the pen by herself and tell her to "go potty". She goes pee on the pad every single time and then we praise and give a treat! It's been working really, really well!
I'm hoping eventually she will learn to go in the pen on her pee-pad and do her business on her own! We are also planning to start taking her outside when the weather is nicer and she is bigger. We live in WI and have had a crazy winter!
So far she hasn't "pooped" on command but she also hasn't had any accidents.
This is new to us too but this is working for us! |