Thank you so much for yur reply. Just a few moe questions, if you do not mind. You mentioned that you started off with a crate. Did she use it and keep it dry all night? How long did you use the crate at night? Did you use it long or just switch over to the pen? Do you still use the crate at night? What times did she stay dry in the crate from? Do you think it is necessary to still use the crate? Does your little one sleep in the crate at night or the pen? Or does she sleep with you and hold it until morning when she makes it to her pad? Presently, I have her little crate inside of her pen. I have been having her sleep in the pen at night and she is in it during the day too (when I am at work). SHe sleeps inher bed (which is in the crate, whichis in the pen). I keep her crate in the pen just in case, at some point, I wanted (or needed) to start closing it. Or, maybe the crate isn't necessary??? You mentioned that you take your pen places. Why? Would she have accidents at places otherwise or would she be able to find her pad whereever you put it. I find it funny that when I take my little one somewhere and put down the pad that she can run across the room and come back and find it. At home, I noticed that when she is in the pen, she uses it all the time (except once when the pad had too much urine on it). However, when out of the pen (she got out while I was at work yesterday), I have found a few poops and then again one in my daughter's room. FiFi fell asleep with her and I forgot to get her out in time. I think she was heading for the pad but it escaped her before she made it (I hope). Was your puppy able to hold it all night prior to putting her in the pen? Why did you take her out of the crate at night time? Or, is she in the crate at night and the pen during the day? Sorry for all of the questions. I am sure that I will have a few more (laughin).- Kathy
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Originally Posted by bettyeanne 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! |