I put my baby in a small paypen portable with a pillow and blanket on it right next to my bed. Every nite I tell Harley nite nite right from the first nite. He loves his bed he goes in there at nite and actually wags his tail for me to put him in. One thing I know is he cant be wound up we start to play at least 1 hr before bed. Then I always reach in and cover him up. Sounds corny but it works.I also put pads on the one end of the playpen he has only had one accident in there. He holds it to the last minute in the morning , sometimes it is 5am or 8 am, never no. but, I take him directly out side in the morning. Then encourage him to eat and drink, he runs around for about an hour, then pee pee again. I live were there is snow every where and he refuses to poopy outside right now. So out comes the pads. I leave the poop on the pad for a while or move it to the pad if he misses, never say anything to him about the accident, except peepee outside or poopy outside and show him, I dont yell or raise my voice seems to be working well.I used a crate just a little bigger then him the first month, he could just stand or turn around in it, he had 2 accidents in there, I put ;his favorite fleece blanket in there and he didnt do it again. I also left the door open and would put 1 little scoop of food in there , I see him running in it on his own now. I only give treats for outside poddy. I do praise him for the peepee on the pads though. This seems to be working great for me . hope it helps you. Harleys mommy Dee |