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mimodok · 08-03-2012, 04:08 AM

Mishka is 12 weeks and 4 days old. I do have her pee pee pad in only one location, where I intend to have it permanently. So I am trying to teach her where to go but also what to go on.

I always praise her when she uses the bathroom on her pee pee pad and occasionally offer her a treat. Even with all the praise, after hearing it for so many weeks she kind of looks it me like "Yeah Mom, I peed on the pad, chill out." Right now if she doesn't use the bathroom in the correct place, I just clean it up without praise or punishment. Should I do something different when she pees in the wrong place?

I will try getting her a dog litter pan like you described. I was going to try using one anyway. I thought it would be best to wait until she was mostly trained to use the pee pee pads without one first. But, I'm sure she'll figure it out.

I guess I will try encouraging her to play and lay down on the rugs, etc. Maybe this will help her understand that their function is not as a bathroom. Although puppies sometimes do all that behavior on their pee pee pad too, so we'll see how that goes.

08-03-2012, 04:08 AM	#7
mimodok Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Wilmington, NC, US Posts: 99	Mishka is 12 weeks and 4 days old. I do have her pee pee pad in only one location, where I intend to have it permanently. So I am trying to teach her where to go but also what to go on. I always praise her when she uses the bathroom on her pee pee pad and occasionally offer her a treat. Even with all the praise, after hearing it for so many weeks she kind of looks it me like "Yeah Mom, I peed on the pad, chill out." Right now if she doesn't use the bathroom in the correct place, I just clean it up without praise or punishment. Should I do something different when she pees in the wrong place? I will try getting her a dog litter pan like you described. I was going to try using one anyway. I thought it would be best to wait until she was mostly trained to use the pee pee pads without one first. But, I'm sure she'll figure it out. I guess I will try encouraging her to play and lay down on the rugs, etc. Maybe this will help her understand that their function is not as a bathroom. Although puppies sometimes do all that behavior on their pee pee pad too, so we'll see how that goes.