I have started retraining my 3 as they had gotten very lax when I had rehomed a senior male yorkie Nikki (RIP). I have new carpets in the bedrooms and wanted to make sure they didn't ruin them. I have now confined them to one side of my room, my bed and the walk in closet that has become their den. I have all carpet covered that they have access to, with plastic or waterproof backed blankets. I have their 2 washable pee pads down in the same spot they have always been with disposable ones on top. Roxie is fine but Cali found a spot that the plastic had moved a little bit from and peed on it. Pixie who I got at 13 months untrained, would never use the pee pads but would go outside and use the bathroom rug (I changed it 1-2 x a day). She's almost 7 now. She no longer has access to the bathroom so I have been taking her out every 2-3 hours and she is doing great. I do have a bathroom mat down for her so if I am gone longer she can use it, but I try not to be gone longer than 4 hours. She is about 4 lbs and I think 4 hours is the longest she's held it since I started retraining a few weeks ago. I don't know if it is just my dogs, but it seems like they pee every few hours. I don't know if I will ever get them to the point where I can take up all the plastic etc. Cali I think will always try and find carpet to pee on, even though when she was an only dog she was 100% trained to the pads. But I'd rather live with plastic on the floors than the urine smell in my house. Since your baby is so small I don't know if she can hold it 10 hours. You may have to keep her confined in a small area with pee pads. Hopefully she will learn from Bindi too. I know my pom was 12 lbs and could hold it all day if she had too and never went inside. Good luck and congratulations on your new baby. |