Thanks Lauren!
I got that from the beginning and stuck with it. I started with the crate but that didn't work for her or me so I gave her the little bathroom. She loves her bed and will go to it. I ALWAYS treat well for good potty practices and she gobbles them up but the second she's let out for playtime, its piss time for Curly! I can't possibly spend my days in the bathroom playing with her, that's no fun. Oh, and she does have accidents in the bathroom too, she's just not all that particular. Usually, when we wake in the morning, there are special treats for us to pick up in the bathroom! Her wee pad is used but there is more on the floor. So yep, I'm down in the trenches with y'all.
She is SO lucky she's cute!
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Originally Posted by lemonlauren  Hi Shannon,
Do you always give her a super special treat whenever she does her business in the right place? They have to have some motivation to pee where you want them to, or else they don't care where they pee - the release of the bladder is enough reward for them, no matter where they happen to do it. So you have to give them something BETTER than just that sweet feeling of release, lol.
Also, dogs will decide where their "den" area is, and then anywhere else that is not "den" is considered by them to be a good place to pee. We have to help them realize that OUR HOUSE (or bus, whatever) is their den, and give them their own designated "non-den" place for peeing. Expanding their "den" slowly instead of too quickly helps, and catching them in the act, stopping them, and making them finish up in the "correct" place and treating them immediately afterward helps them to decide where the right place to pee/poo is. This last part is the part that takes the most work - you've gotta watch 'em constantly. And that's why we on the YT Potty Log consider ourselves "in the trenches" lol. Welcome to the ranks!
Good luck! 
Lauren & Nikko |