Mozart (10 years old) was very easy back when we crate trained him years ago. He is a bigger size, and we had him from 8 weeks. Emmy had a series of changes before she came to us at 7 months. She lived with 2 owners before she was ours. We do not use a crate with her. She is only 4lbs and has proved harder to train. We tried puppy pads, and she shredded. We changed to reusables. I think she has finally caught on. She is now 14 months. She consistently holds it all night or jumps down from our bed and uses her pads. She goes outside when we take her most of the time or goes on her pads during the day when we are away at work. The poop was much harder to train and took longer. She still has a poop accident here and there, but for the most part, she is pretty reliable. I went back and forth about the fussing. They say not to fuss these days. Back when we had trained Mozart, we had shown him his accidents and lightly used the word NO. I went with the new philosophy and have not fussed at Emmy. It just took time and a lot of dedication, but one week I just felt it clicked. Don't give up. Good Luck!! |