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Originally Posted by TinyMiss  Milo is just 3 months old...
I feel horrible because I do want him to learn to potty train... it's just I take him outside during days and nights but he just stands by my feet.. I put him on the grass or by a tree n just step away and he crawls back to me...
once a bee came around and he heard the buzzing and just started crying and crying for me to pick him up (since my sister is allergic I did and went inside)
We've only had him for a week and he has NEVER done his business outside... likes to walk but just doesn't go
I keep a pee pad (disposable---will have to check for washables) because the cage is pretty big for him (medium sized) and just in case for him to go on at night or when I'm at work...those are the only times he's in the cage
Should I make the crate smaller and take the pee pads out?
He has a pee pad in a separate section of the house just in case he gets an urge which he is getting used to... Just today he kind of missed the mark and pee'd on the "nonsoaking" corner of the pad... it was funny and he tried  |
Please don't feel bad, these things are something we innately know, and your dog at 12 weeks now just ready to start training. In order to crate train, the crate must be no bigger than the space a dog needs to stand up and turn around in. If the crate is bigger than that, some people partition them off with shoeboxes or something like that. I used Joey's car seat as a crate during the crate training time, and I kept it next to my bed at night, and at 12 weeks, I needed to get up with him twice, but I could hear him easily when he needed to get up. I would place him on a pad, I kept in the bathroom and after he went he got a cheerio, and back in his crate. During the day, I kept him in a large pen, with a pee pad, but you can also use the crate in the day, taking them out every couple of hours, if they don't pee on the pad, they are placed back in the crate for another hour. When they are not confined a pad should never be too far from them. They will go on a pad, but they will not travel very far to seek it out. They should be watched with two eyes when they are out of the crate, and if they start circling they should be placed on pad. I think this is a great site to learn the basics for either pad or outside training.
Indoor Potty Training - Papers, Pee Pads, Litter Boxes and more