 my experience
I've had Braxton for about 2 and a half months and I never really crate trained him. I have a crate and we put him in there the first night but he cried so bad we took him out and he was also sick when we first got him so he was really babied and never really crate trained. He is pad trained as well and he does a pretty good job. I used to keep him gated in the bathroom with his bed, toys and pads when I went to work but when I was home I let him roam. I treat trained him with the pads by giving him a treat and lots of praise when he would pee or poop on the pad. He now looks for his treat after he uses the bathroom on the pads. He still is not completely trained but I think he doing a pretty good job for a puppy. We do have pads at different places in the house and I used the wee wee pad spray as well to help him with the scent of where I wanted him to use the bathroom. Hope this helps. This is just what I done but I'm not a puppy expert but I just did what works for me. |