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Originally Posted by Karrie  Congratulations on your successes so far!! 
Personally, I would teach her either the pads or outside. Don't teach one and then switch mid stream - its too confusing - JMO. Bailey started going outside at 10 weeks - we have a private back yard.
Playtime in the family room -yay. Now make it potty training/play time. Potty training is about letting them have accidents and then correcting their behavior. So, let 'er go! Ha, that said - lay down some blankets in the family room so you can save the carpet and wash out the odor after the accidents. |
Thanks. Well she was already on pads with the breeder. She'd never even been outside, so that was part of the problem. When I took her outside she just wanted to explore. The other problem is my backyard is currently all dirt. I have a lot of concrete/landscaping people coming this month. I even bought a couple pieces of sod to try to train her on but she just ate it, and I wasn't sure if it had been fertilized so it freaked me out.
What do you suggest for correction when she has an accident? I am always right there and most of the times she's had accidents on the carpet I run to her. Out of habit I seem to go "no,no,no,no,no" and it definitely seems to stop her. Then I grab her and take her to the pad. By the time she's on the pad though, she never goes more.
Some of the times she's had accidents on the carpet it's only a little bit or she had just gone. It's almost like she's marking more than she can't hold it.
