Thank you all for the great advice. We originally tried pad training him but he would literally drag his toys, blankets and even some food to the pads and lay on them and pee/poop on the floor where we originally set him up a nice little bed with fluffy blankets. He's a special one, thats for sure. He seems to do really well with going outside and I dont want to confuse him to make him think it's okay to go inside and outside. Do a lot of you have them trained to use pads inside and still take them outside when you are home?
As for the x-pen, I have the IRIS playpen for those who are familiar with it. I actually just found a nylon mesh material cover for it that has velcro straps to keep it tight. It's under $20 on amazon so I just got that. Hopefully we dont use it much and our sitter is reliable, but at least we can have peace of mind that he will be safe in there during the day if we need to and not be afraid that he got out and detroyed our house.
As for his size, the only reason I said I expect him to be about 5 pounds is because that's what the breeder said. The mom and dad were only 4 and 5 pounds so I didnt think he would be much bigger than them. |