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Originally Posted by road61  Hi anyone here from MN?? New to YT.. getting my little one tommorrow!!! Long wait but excited... any suggestions on littler/peepad training new pup? |
Hey Shakopee, we're from Belle Plaine! We got our little Morkie last January when she was 12 weeks and weighed 2 pounds. It's just too cold for them to go out very much here so I decided to pee pad train. I got a holder and pee pads from Fosters and Smith for Belle. She is crate trained so I didn't want the pee pad close to there. When she was little, I got up about every 4 hours and put her on her pee pad and told her to go potty. I then gave her a little potty treat and back to bed she went. I kept the pee pad in a corner in the livingroom where I could see what she was doing. Sometimes she would go by herself and if not I put her on the pad after she ate, after naps, in the AM and before bed plus about every couple hours during the day. She did so good, was 90% trained in less than 2 weeks. Then we discovered she didn't like to poop on the same pad, or where we could watch her. I added a pad in the den that is mostly for poopin'. She is pretty prissy about her pee pads so I put a sheet (folded) of newspaper on the pee pad. When she pees alot, I change the paper. Sometimes I don't have to for most the day. Belle won't go on the pad if it's very wet. With her poop pad, I also use newspaper and then pick up the poop as soon as she goes. She has to watch me throw it in the potty and flush... always barks good-bye! Lots and Lots of praise and potty treats. Even though the poopin' pad is in the den, she has to let me know what she did. I ignored her one day as we had company and the next thing I know is that Belle dragged the pee pad out to show me.....LOL. Good thing my company knows I don't live in a real normal home! Good luck
