well, i'm new at this potty training thing. i've had jackson for almost 4 days now and he's actually been doing very well considering his age and me with no experience with the potty training. i've done my research and luckily, i'm out of college until the end of january to work with this little guy.
i've got him on a pretty set schedule so far... he wakes up around 7-7:30am, i pick him right up out of the crate and put his collar/leash on him and bring him directly outside, through the same door, around the same spot outside. so far, he has peed every morning! and he pooped twice outside. and every time, i bring a little doggie treat and praise him a TON and them let him have about 20 minutes of playtime inside with me in my room which is gated off. he usually eats & drinks during this time too. then i'll usually put him back in his crate and go back to sleep for another hour. he whines at first but quickly goes to sleep.
then we get up again, this time around 8:30 - 9am, i again take him directly outside to go potty and bring treats and praise. and then he gets more playtime where i watch him for about an hour and let him run in his little gated room.
this continues for the rest of the day where i'm constantly letting him outside, giving him playtime, back in the crate, etc. and whenever i leave the house, he stays in his crate obviously.
this morning, i took my eyes off of him for less than a minute and he peed and quickly after pooped in the house! but that totally my fault and i didn't blame him. i didn't catch him peeing so i just wiped it up but i caught him pooping and quickly said "No!" and brought him outside and said "go to bathroom outside!"
he's a really smart little man, i can't complain too much, lol. and the times when he's peed in the house, he usually goes straight for the pee pee pad which was great. if he can be trained both outside ad on the pad, that'd be great.
he definitely constantly needs to be near you though. if you put him in the crate, he barks obnoxiously for about 20 minutes before stopping and it's quieter and more of a whine if i'm near him while he's in the crate, but he eventually will fall asleep. |