Thank you all for your reply, I was shocked myself that she has picked up so quickly but I think what I heard read on the boards is the more consistent you are with your routine the quicker they will pick up so essentially I took that to heart and it has seem to work, well here ya go, yesterday I actually setup the play ring or whatever you call it, had her little bed in there, few toys, no food or water, and a couple puppy pads.
I came home and uh huh, she managed to get out, I think she realized the plastic gates bend so she pushed and than wiggled, I walked around the house, she heard me came down the steps and was happy and acted like nothing was wrong, As I looked around nothing had been chewed, except for a napkin left on the floor upstairs, this made me laugh because I realized it was my fault for not securing the area enough, so I could not punish her not that she would know why she was punished.
But with everything I said at the start of this thread, not a single drop on pee or poop anywhere.....Strange? don't you think? and than when I took down the gate she ran over to the potty pads immediately and pee'd.
So maybe it is me keeping her in the cage too long, but one thing I will try to do is limit the amount of water she is drinking, actually measure it out, because I have one of those dog water things where its a big bottle that keeps refilling the dish, maybe need to take that away cause possibly as I am eating breakfast and running around she could be drinking away.
Thanks for the feedback I will keep you updated. |