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Originally Posted by Kathy How much does your little one way? How long did it take you to train her? Did you have her in a crate? Pen? Still? How old is she now? Thanks -Kathy |
Hi Kathy!
Toto's ideal weight according to her bone structure is no more than 3 lbs. Her weight at present due to way too much love, lack of exercise and spoiling is 5 lbs.!!
Although she is on a strict diet she still isn't losing the weight so I am looking into agility training for more exercise.
She began learning to go to the pad the day we brought her home and it didn't take her long to get the hang of it. We were with her 24/7 and when she went on the pad we gave her a treat and lots of praise. If she went on the floor, she got nothing ... just ignored. She soon learned that if we weren't watching and she went on her pad she would come to us and let us know!! If you yell at them [according to what I have read] they think you don't want to "see" them do it and it will cause them to go behind a chair, another room or anywhere you can't "see" them do it! After a few weeks there were fewer and fewer accidents and after a couple of months she would find her pad ... even in another part of the house! It takes time, patience and consistency.
We started her off with the crate at night. We then bought an X-pen and put it in the room where we spend most of our time during the day. If your area is carpeted you can spread a heavy duty shower curtain over the carpet and set the pen up on it to protect from accidents. In the pen we put one of her little beds, food/water, toys and her wee wee pad. We leave the gate open and she always knows that her "stuff" is there! Well, with the exception of a bzillion toys she keeps strewn all over the house like a two year old!! It's also handy because we travel and any time we have to leave her for a few minutes we simply put her in and lock the gate. The X-pen is great because you can adjust the size according to the space available. We set her pen up everywhere we go and it's always familier to her and we don't have "accidents" anymore!
She is almost 20 months old now and our absolute joy!!
Hope this helps!