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Originally Posted by katelin

First, you got her really young. She is just now getting to the age when she should be trained.

I'd recommend an x-pen. Exercise pens are available at Petco and most stores. Make her a small area inside the pen that has her bed, her toys, her food, and her pee pads. She should stay in the pen at night and during the day when you are gone or cannot watch her. When you are there you can open the pen, but keep an eye on her and restrict the area that she can go into -- not too far from her pen and pee pads.

This eliminates your getting up in the night. She will get herself up, potty and go back to bed. She will be safe in the x-pen, but have access to everything she needs. You can even put her crate in there for her to sleep in if she likes it. Later, when she is farther along in her training, you can have her in your bed if you like.

Also, if you see her potty on the pads, praise her and give her a little treat. They really like that and it helps a bunch in training

We do this with all our puppies, and their new owners report that they are practically trained by the time they go to their new homes. Of course, we keep them until they are 10 weeks old.

Best wishes. I know how exhausting it can be.

I used Scooter's own scent too, just so he knew that it was ok to potty there. helped a lot with starting him out on the pads.