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Originally Posted by Hokule'a  When you say you've been taking her up to the pads, do you mean you are picking her up and carrying her to the pads? At her age I would limit her freedom - maybe keep her gated in the same room as the xpen till you see her going to the pads on her own. Then you can expand her area of freedom to another room but as soon as she starts squatting shoo her into the room with her pads. There's nothing more rewarding than seeing it 'click' in their heads - they'll be playing and all of a sudden you see them run to the next room where their pad is, go potty, and then come back to play  |
Yes, I am picking her up and taking her there when I think or see she has to go. I put her on the pads & say "go potty." I usually have her gated in the kitchen when I play w/her and if I see she has to go, that's when I pick her up & take her to the xpen w/pads in it. The xpen is not in the kitchen, it is in my bedroom, so I don't usually gate her in there, because of the carpet. There isn't room in the kitchen for the xpen. I also have her on a schedule so that she should pee on the pads & not when she is out of her crate or xpen. Anyhow...Your idea sounds good, I just don't want her to pee on the carpet if I can't shoo her into the xpen quick enough. Possibly it would work though if I can actually get her to go in there without picking her up & putting her on the pads. Thanks for the input!