I backed off on him for a bit - we go out in the daytime when it's warmer and in the night/early morning he can make his own choice :-) I'd rather he went outside but if he hits his pad then I'll settle for that. I can see he's smart so know that he'll learn the rules in good time. He's got the peeing on command thing down but I haven't managed to make the poo thing work for him - most likely because he doesn't get that much warning himself. I have to work harder to be getting him in the right place before he has to go.
Biggest problem with the pads is that most time he uses them - except when he doesn't. No rhyme or reason to that for me to follow - just doggy logic. Perhaps he's testing out the "treat on pad, nothing on floor" rules.
Just as an aside - that thing he does when he is trying to remember what a command means and then suddenly it comes to him - really comic to watch. Like a cartoon lightbulb. |