[xoCourtney]

Originally Posted by furrybaby

oh, and sometimes furrybaby crumples up the pee pad and sleeps on it so don't worry!!! I've seen it used plenty of times even though it'd been slept on earlier in the day. Today we went away for a little shopping and the pad was clean so furrybaby is growing up and can hold it!

Originally Posted by furrybaby

Do you have a pet bag that she can sleep in by your pillow or put the crate up on your night stand? That's what I did with my furrybaby. Now furrybaby sleeps in the crate on the floor where he can see me but for months slept next to my pillow in a bag or crate. If he wined, I'd make a "chich" sound and maybe slap the side of the bag a little and whisper, "No!" 13 weeks is way too little to be potty trained. They get better at it by the time they're 5 months. We're still not completely potty trained but working on it at 7+ months but doing much much better!

Erase in your mind the past and don't get mad or scold at any mistakes UNLESS you catch her in the act, then say a firm, "NO!" or clap your hands once, any more excitement is interpreted as praise to a dog...opposite of what we mean so if you get all excited about it, they'll keep doing it. I had to hold it over and over again after every mistake. It's also super important to clean the carpets or any spots that were soiled. A dog likes to go back to the same spot to do their business and if your dog can smell it because it's soaked down into the pad, you're in trouble for the long haul. Get some kind of spray that kills the pet odor.

This is what your day should look like:
Wake up, take puppy out of crate immediately to potty on pad. Praise with cheerful voice, applaud happy time when this happens.

Puppy will want to eat breakfast, right away, go back to the pad because it will come within 5-15 mins. Furrybaby starts making circles and is the fastest pooper you have ever seen or not seen! FAST! lol Give puppy time to go pee again too, sometimes they just don't need to go right away. Stay calm and assume you're going to get good behavior.

What I did for a while, was attach my puppy to me with a leash and set the timer. After we got up in the morning or ate, I set the timer for every 5 min. Every 5 min we went to the spot I wanted furrybaby to go potty. Furrybaby pretty much went too. After 15min-30 min of that, I set the timer for every 10-15 min and got up and took furrybaby to potty every 15 min for 1/2 hour- 1hour. Then I'd tried to hold furrybaby so I could give myself a break for a while. I did this system for quite a while. several weeks. If furrybaby was in the bag then he usually took a nap so I didn't worry. Even if we went out for a while, most of the time it was worthless to try and get him to potty where it wasn't home so we'd make it back home to go potty in the right spot and got lots of praise!

We didn't have paper pads until we stayed in a hotel a few weeks ago. Puppy pads are expensive here but I found the adult bed sheets are about $5 a bag. I took a bag to the hotel, put the pad on the floor having NO IDEA if furrybaby would even look at it. Furrybaby went both pee and poop on the pad without a blink. I was amazed! Now I left the pee on the pad and used the same pad while there over night, why? Because I wanted the smell to be on the pad so furrybaby knew that's where it goes. Now it's so convenient, I tether furrybaby to the soft sided crate when I have to leave, set out food, water and a paper pad next to it and go. I also make sure that furrybaby is parked by a sliding glass window and can see out. It's been reported to me that furrybaby does not cry while I'm away and I'm so happy about that!

After waking up and after meals and drinking, there will be a need to go potty.

So sorry it's been frustrating for you. It'll get better!

Awesome! I might need to look into those adult pads because paper pads really do add up. I left her pee on the pad she went on as well. hopefully she will go back to this pad. Should I take it out of the pen and set it on the floor? she is now asleep in her bed outside of her pen. I really want her to sleep IN her pen to eliminate accidents on the carpet. I feel like she keeps going on the carpet because her scent is probably all over my room.