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Originally Posted by PartPixie

I LOVE my little Crickett, but I have to admit, she is a potty training NIGHTMARE! Every little thing causes her to regress.

I'm all for crate training and Crickett sleeps in a crate. But I can't leave her in there all day while I'm at work. I felt guilty leaving her alone all day when we moved (and she stopped goingto daycare) and got her a big ex-pen. Boy was that a mistake.

Now I have her ex-pen large enough for her food, piddle pad, little rascal patch (still trying to convince her that outdoors is better, but she thinks otherwise) her food and water and a cat cube. Yes believe it or not, the cat cube is her favorite place to hang out. She hides her blankie, toys and chew toys in there. (It gives her the den effect but isn't as confining as her crate.)

There is just enough room for her to walk to the potty spots and her food. Thats it! This seems to be working for us. But if I give her any extra room.... I'll be cleaning up piddle messes when I get home. Grrrr....

Good luck!

This is the exact same amount of room I give my three. And it's very rare that the pee pad gets used. They tend to hold it till I get home and get them out. Then two run to pee pads in the house and one goes to the door to be let outside.