I can't believe i never thought of taping down the corners!!! that's such a great idea... my baby will be 4 months on august 6 and she definitely does not care how many times shes peed on the pad, she lays on them, brings her toys on them, and occaisionally drags them across "her room" (a wide open hallway between my bedroom and bathroom that is baby gated off for her). Luckily she doesn't play with them TOO much, but it does worry me that she doesnt know the difference between where she should and shouldn't go when she lays on them or brings her toys on them... her area is big enough that she has a clearly defined bed area with a pillow as well as a small crate that i leave open for her because she likes to sleep in it occaisionally, as well as an area for her food and water, and some room to play....luckily i had an area in my apartment that was sort of perfect for her, and she is usually GREAT in there....whenever i come home there are always spots on the mats, and when shes in there she knows where to go.
she's also gotten a lot better when i have her on my bed with me and now usually lets me know when she wants to get down to go potty...i've had some trouble distinguishing between her "i wanna get down and pee" barks vs. her "i'm distracted by something and want to run and play somewhere else" barks....but, i'm hoping we'll figure that out in time
...the problem with my little Georgie girl is that when she plays in the living room she just gets too distracted to think about where to pee. My roomate has a 7 pound older poodle mix that Georgie wants to play with ALL the time, and she also likes that she has a bigger area to run in the living room. problem is, shes so happy to run around and play with the big dog that she stops and pees with absolutely zero warning and then is off running around again before i can really tell her no (i know her mind is already on to the next thing) Right now when we're in the living room i leave the gate to the side so she can go back in to her room for food or water or to grab another toy...or pee lol.... i also put one at the far end of the living room by the front door so that as soon as she finishes her shots and i can take her outside, she'll already head to the door when she needs to go....she'll go on the one by the door every now and then, but i think because she cant really see it she forgets that its there (and i havent been able to really make her go on it because she gets too distracted by the bigger space to focus on peeing when i do put her on it) I also worry that maybe im just confusing her and should teach her to go back into her room to pee...but the problem with that is, from her perspective, "why would i leave the big dog and the people to go into my room alone and pee"....as well as the problem that i do eventually want her to tell me at the door when she has to go, and i wonder if that will be a problem if shes going BACK into my room when she had to pee.
....on a slightly different potty note....does anyone know of a way to tell them they're missing the pad when they go there with the right intention, but then have one side of the body on and one side of the body off and miss??? she does this a lot and i dont want to tell her no, because i know she thinks shes doing it right and i'm proud of her for trying and knowing in general where to go....but really, ive had to throw away SO many pee pee pads now because the pee gets underneath it from the side...and idk how long i should l let her miss before i start correcting her
Thanks for any advice you guys have!! I've been reading yt for months now, but just joined last night and this is my first post
really glad this site exists