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Old 01-12-2013, 10:56 AM   #4
Maximo
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I agree, you are on the right track and doing very well. When you can't supervise her closely, keep her enclosed in a small-ish room. Don't let her have free run of the house.

Since she is young and her bladder is still developing, I would keep the paper for her for maybe 3 more weeks.

If your goal is to have a fully outdoor trained dog, and you can provide her with adequate opportunity to get outdoors to potty, then I would remove the paper completely by 12 weeks.

The keys to success will be ample opportunity to get outdoors, continued praise for doing it correctly, casual correction for mistakes (say "uh uh uh") and clean up the mistakes with an enzyme cleaner to remove the scent.

A good potty schedule may mean getting up earlier in the morning while she is tiny, going after meals and playtime or anything exciting, and trips in between.
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