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Originally Posted by tammyphan780  This thread really helps alot. My pup, Cookie has the exact same problem. She was doing so well for 2 weeks peeing most of the time on her pads.. but now she has been going everywhere lately. I have a little area blocked off for her own living/sleeping space and when she sleeps there at night, she'll poo and pee on the pads in the right area. But in the mornings when I let her run around the house freely, she seems to go anywhere she likes. Now she barely goes on the pad at all and its frusterating me! I have just started crate training her again but not sure how to exactly do so. Should I just lock her up in there everytime she goes in the wrong area? |
This is just how I do it. When puppies in training, I actually crate them during the night. I don't want them going "on their own". I want to control the times that they go, so that we can learn and train together. They can then learn the "Go Potty" command!
When I crate, it's easy to make sure pottying is the first thing that they have to do. Because they've been holding it, they do have to go. So they get out of the crate (I put on a leash even when pottying inside on pads just for the control), go potty, have a big party, get a great treat, THEN free play time. But Coby didn't get any free play time until he pottied in the morning.
And remember, that crating isn't punishment. Crating is training. Use the crate and supervision to AVOID any accidents. Make it as difficult for Cookie to fail as possible. Structure everything so that Cookie never has much chance to make a mistake. Good Luck!