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exhaustedinok · 07-28-2008, 12:28 PM

Boy is Bella stubborn! At least, stubbornness is all I can figure it is. We've had her for 6 weeks now (she's 3 and 1/2 mo.) and have been consistently leaving out and taking her to her piddle pads since day one. Last week we narrowed it down to one pad in one location and began using a strict schedule like it suggested in "How to Housebreak Your Dog in 7 Days". The premise is to crate your dog several times a day and overnight, and anytime they're not crated, watch over them every moment. Yeah right!! I can see how that might work if she didn't just pee or poop in her crate! AND if she poops in her crate....she EATS it! Blech! (No poop to be found but LOTS of evidence it had been there.) So, now we are only crating her for an hour or 2 at a time (except overnight which she does better with...and if she whines we take her to her pad). This seems to work better with not having accidents in her crate, but I'm still having trouble with her going on her pads. Before when I had lots of pads out, she would go on them with a lot less struggle, but now she never voluntarily goes to her pad....just sniffs everywhere else but there. And this morning she even thought potty'ing on her bed (in the living room...not inside the crate) seemed like a good idea! I'm so tired at work today, from getting up so early every morning to get her started on her pads (she's usually ready to go before my alarm clock goes off) and from having to get up with her in the middle of the night too! Any suggestions?? Please tell me she will get this!? (We are only piddle pad training, not training to go outside. She doesn't go out often, though she enjoys running around when she does! Also, she has been sleeping in her bed in our room and as far as we can tell has been pretty good about getting up and using her pads at night by herself (it was during the day she really had trouble), although who knows since we were asleep. Now she sleeps in her crate in our room at night and has to whine to let us know when she needs to go. I'm so torn as to what to do, if I'm doing things right, if there's anything I could be doing differently that would be better..... I thought this crating thing would be better than letting her roam free and not be corrected for all her mistaken pees/poops??

07-28-2008, 12:28 PM	#1
exhaustedinok Registered User Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Stillwater, OK, USA Posts: 2	Potty training exhaustion!!! Boy is Bella stubborn! At least, stubbornness is all I can figure it is. We've had her for 6 weeks now (she's 3 and 1/2 mo.) and have been consistently leaving out and taking her to her piddle pads since day one. Last week we narrowed it down to one pad in one location and began using a strict schedule like it suggested in "How to Housebreak Your Dog in 7 Days". The premise is to crate your dog several times a day and overnight, and anytime they're not crated, watch over them every moment. Yeah right!! I can see how that might work if she didn't just pee or poop in her crate! AND if she poops in her crate....she EATS it! Blech! (No poop to be found but LOTS of evidence it had been there.) So, now we are only crating her for an hour or 2 at a time (except overnight which she does better with...and if she whines we take her to her pad). This seems to work better with not having accidents in her crate, but I'm still having trouble with her going on her pads. Before when I had lots of pads out, she would go on them with a lot less struggle, but now she never voluntarily goes to her pad....just sniffs everywhere else but there. And this morning she even thought potty'ing on her bed (in the living room...not inside the crate) seemed like a good idea! I'm so tired at work today, from getting up so early every morning to get her started on her pads (she's usually ready to go before my alarm clock goes off) and from having to get up with her in the middle of the night too! Any suggestions?? Please tell me she will get this!? (We are only piddle pad training, not training to go outside. She doesn't go out often, though she enjoys running around when she does! Also, she has been sleeping in her bed in our room and as far as we can tell has been pretty good about getting up and using her pads at night by herself (it was during the day she really had trouble), although who knows since we were asleep. Now she sleeps in her crate in our room at night and has to whine to let us know when she needs to go. I'm so torn as to what to do, if I'm doing things right, if there's anything I could be doing differently that would be better..... I thought this crating thing would be better than letting her roam free and not be corrected for all her mistaken pees/poops??