[Karrie]

Sounds like you're off to a great start. We potty trained Bailey in 2 months and she was reliable in 4. It wasn't easy - but it was worth it.

We (hubby and myself) spent every free moment in the family room with Bailey waiting for her to make a mistake so that we could scoop her up and take her outside. Scoop, take, reward - Scoop, take, reward - all part of the training process. When we couldn't supervise her, she was in a crate or expen.

Bailey learned to pee on command fairly easily. It was the holding it and telling us that she needed to go outside part that required extra training. As far as pooping - we quickly learned that she poops once a day after eating - so we stayed outside until she pooped, then praised and treated. Poop training took much more patience on our part -esp. out in the cold and rain. Just be careful about letting them back in before they poop.

I have to laugh, even still today (Bailey is three years old) hubby and I always check in with each other about Bailey's poop. We know that once she poops, we can relax for the rest of the day. lol.

You just gotta be consisitent - and that's hard to do. Very hard to do. Its difficult to devote your time to potty training when there's other things to get done. But if you can put your household chores aside for several weeks to potty train, you'll be very glad that you did. And for those chores that must get done - then put the pup in a crate/expen so that it doesn't have an accident while you're back is turned. Otherwise, it will learn to potty in the house when you're not paying attention.

Good luck!