If you are using the dog litter, it will help if you spray bitter apple on the pellets, it tastes nasty, and the pup will stop eating it. If she is not peeing or pooping, it helps to pick up the poop and put it in the box, let her smell it, then she will know to go there, the same with pee, just wipe a small amount on a paper towel and put it in the box.
While you are training her to the litter box, the set up you described with the crate and the litter box inside the x-pen will work well. Baxter used the litter box for his first 2 years, but Cooper never liked it, he would only go on a pee pad. I don't think he liked the feel of the pellets.
If you are just starting with this, pee pads in a holder are the easiest way to go, as far as clean up, and cost. I was finally able to do away with the litter box this year & went to strictly pee pads, and they only use those on rainy days. |