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Originally Posted by lulababy  I already know how to potty train I guess because pebbles is almost 100% pee pad trained.. but when I got her she had already learned to go on the pad so I just added the go potty command and the potty party and kept it up. My problem with bam bam is that he doesnt know what to do when I take him to the pad. When I take him to the paper (i try to take him often) he stares at me and starts shaking after a while like im punishing him or something. After waiting like 30 minutes to an hour (YES i have waited that long) he will go run some place a minute or two later and do a quick little pee. grr!! Being that he doesnt seem to like pebbles pee area and starts shaking there, I just now put a pee pad in his favorite area in the living room thinking maybe thats a better place for him and he wont think the pad is "bad." He walked right over it two times and peed on A. his bed B. the floor far away from the pad. My breeder said he was going on the paper 100% percent by himself (not on command) when he was with her so I gather he does know what the paper is for. However, i believe she just had a large area of pee pads where he played and that is where he happened to go.
Also, he doesnt give much warning before he goes. no circling, no sniffing... He is very short and close to the ground and he barely does a little squat. He might as well be peeing while he is walking!! I scoop him up after he does his little piddles and take him to the pad and say go potty here to correct him, but he is just not getting it. Please note that I do not want to crate train him.  Crate training breaks my heart with all their whining. I am home all day and can do the watching and taking to the pad often method I believe.
I have wee wee wraps that I am using at night with him because he sleeps in the bed with me.
can anyone tell me how I can get him to go on the pad?! I just need him to go on the pad like 3 times in front of me, thats all im asking lol He jsut needs to see that after he pees he gets the potty party and a treat adn that its "good." I think I can take it from there... but how do I start?  |
First off this was written when a tiny one lb puppy had been there for 2 days and i hardly think that is time enough for a grown , trained dog to learn what is going on- never mind this tiny baby of 13 weeks.
Secondly let me state that he did not have pee pads all over - he and a brother that is just slightly bigger shared a xpen in the puppy room - now you all know the size of a xpen - he and Jensen had a bed, play area , food , water and ONE pee pad size sheets of Newspaper that he and Jensen would go to and go on -
if he has the run tof the house on his second day i am sure he is confused .
He only had the run of my living room and kitchen if i was right with him and could watch him for his stopping to pee movement. At this time i doubt from the above post that that movement is being recognized as a need the potty move.