Hi everyone, my name is Sondra Barker and I recently got an adorbale Yorshire/Silky Terrier mix. She's only 6 weeks old.
Right now I am trying to litter box train her. I've never had a puppy before so I am not sure what to expect,
Right now we have her in a large crate with her bed on one side and her litter box on the other side. When either me or my boyfriend is not physically with her, holding and playing with her, we keep her in her crate.
She does go potty in the litter box when she is in her crate, but if we put her on the hard wood floor she will pee right away. So we can only really play with her on the bed, couch and in our arms for her not to go to the bathroom.
Should I just keep her in the crate the rest of the time.
Also just today she all of a sudden started sleeping in her litter box when we had her in the crate. I've tried leaving a feces in there to let her know it's the potty and also tried putting a papertowel with her urine so she knows its the potty, but it doesn't make a diference she'll sniff it and then sleep right next to it? Any idea on what might be happening or what to do? Should I be happy that she comfortable with the litter box or work on correcting the behavoir before she thinks the litter box is a bed, and then wont use it as a potty?
Thanks so much for your help, any advice on litter box training would be much apreciated=)
Sondra Barker
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