My 2 pups will be 10 weeks old tomorrow. I want them to go outside in a litterbox on the porch to shelter them from the rain & snow. When I'm working, they will be blocked off in the kitchen with a pee pad.
They are slowly catching on to all of this. The first week I would just put on a pad when I could catch them. The second week when I would catch them I would say "uh-uh", pick them up, & put on the pee pad. This upset Hannah so bad she thought it was wrong to pee! She would then hold it for 45 min. start to pee again, & I'd say uh-uh, the pee pad, & then we would go another 45 minutes. I don't even say uh-uh no more. They are soooo sensitive. I was stressing out over it too & I think they felt it. I backed off & decided it was just going to take a while & to be more patient.
My neighbor said what he did was when they start to go to the bathroom they would put a paper towel under them & he swears that's how his was pee pad trained. I am trying that too & the pups are getting better at the pad training. Sometimes I go in the other room & come back & one of the pups have used the pee pads. Wish I could catch them to praise them. But I think they are getting the hang of this. Maybe give this a try.
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