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Originally Posted by natalieann007  hi all! I adopted 2 adult yorkies this past friday. A boy who is 6 and a girl who is 2 1/2. I was going to adopt a new puppy, one who i thought would be at the larger end of the scale since i have small children...but i fell in love! They are both tiny, 2 and 3lbs respectively. Here is my question: I babysit 2 1/2 days a week. I was hoping to exclusively potty train outside, but have decided that flexibility is key since they will need to be confined while i have other children here and since i live in colorado. Today is the first day that they are confined - gated in my laundry room with a bed, food/water and potty pads. They are doing great going on the pad! They can, however, see me and the children (did i mention that my girl (who my 4 yr old daughter renamed lucy) is absolutely crazy about my girls (ages 4 and 21 months)? Lol, she wants us of course! Would it be better to gate them off, say in my bathroom upstairs? Do you think this will cause problems with housebreaking (either to pad or outside, i don't care as long as they aren't peeing all over my house)? I want to set them up for success! Any advice, ideas or btdt would be much appreciated!  |
maybe it would be better , since the dogs are so tiny, if you could get an x-pen and put the potty pads and bed and toys in there. If is not too stressful for the dogs maybe you could put the pen in the corner of the living room so the dogs would not be lonely and it would also help them feel more comfortable around the other children.. Actually confining them in the ex-pen with the potty pads will rienforce the pad training. Good luck