When you say she doesn't pee on the pad, does she still pee elsewhere inside the xpen? Crate training teaches them to hold their pee until you take them to where you want them to go. If you put her in the x-pen I would still take her out every 3 hrs since she's getting the idea of peeing outside.
I know with my puppy, I got her when she was 6 wks old and potty training has been crazy. I had a bed in there and she had been soiling it but it didn't bother her in the least bit so it wasn't getting me anywhere so I took the bed out and she is starting to hold it since she doesn't like standing in her own pee. She is pad training since I can't take her outside for another 2 months until she gets her shots.
Are trying to dual train her? Do you want her to learn to potty on a pad when she is inside and you can't take her but also want her to potty outside too when you can take her? I know someone who has a chihuahua that learned to potty inside the bathtub when he couldn't get outside soon enough but that was because he was kept in the bathroom as part of the training process and he didn't want to soil near his food since the food was kept in the same vicinity as where he was being confined. |