[southernbelle04]

Katie Scarlett is 5 months and we have had her since she was 12 weeks. I am a stay at home wife so I keep a close eye on her. For the first month or so, she stayed in the den where her potty training puppy apartment thingie is. But she has been doing so good on her potty training. She hasn't had an accident in weeks. So when I am not in the den, I let her roam around the house while I do my chores or work at my desk. So far, so good...she always goes to the nearest potty pad. I have 3 set up in the house: one on each end of the house and one in the kitchen, which is in the middle of our home. At night, she does not have full run of the house just yet. I am too afraid of her getting into things she should not. Although I have tried to puppy proof our house to the best of my ability, you never know. She sleeps in her big girl bed in our bedroom with us. It has her potty pad set up next to it and a water bowl and then her x pen set up around it. We want to let her sleep with us now since we know she will go to the pad, but we need steps so she can get down off the bed. The steps we have for her are not tall enough so my husband is going to build her some. I don't think I will give her full roam of the house 24/7 until she is much older.