Oh, I feel ya. It's insanely frustrating. I can't believe how difficult this is either! I thought that if we were just really really strict with ourselves, watching him, rewarding him, taking him out, being consistent, etc. that maybe we wouldn't have as many problems as some other people seem to have. Well, I was wrong!
Nikko has recently decided that if he touches the bell and it doesn't ring or if he just walks over sort of close to the bell for a couple seconds then walks away, we should be able to read his mind that he wants to go out. And if we don't read his mind and take him out right away, it's OK then to just pee on the carpet somewhere within a 4ft radius of the bell.
Keep at it... we are too. There's no quitting now! ;-)
Lauren & Nikko |