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Originally Posted by ShowGirlLola  My baby is almost 14 weeks old. I got her on Thursday.
My situation is different than yours because someone is always home with her.
The people I got her from were keeping the mother and puppies in a play pen with a pee pad, and they said the potty training wasn't going so well.
The first few days I didn't press the potty training issue because she was so nervous. If I told her no and put her on the pee pad she wouldn't try to pee again for hours.
I took the pee pad and used it to blot up her pee, then I showed it to her and told her this is where you go potty. Something just clicked for her on Sunday and she's been peeing on her pee pad 90% of the time. Whenever I see her pee on it I praise her. I'm having trouble getting her to poop on it though.
She has supervised free run of my house, but she usually chooses to stay with me.
Today was the first day she really had free run of my room (the attic); she had an accident, so I did the same thing I did downstairs, blotted her pee with the pee pad and then showed her. The second time she had to go she did it on the pee pad.
She sleeps in an open tote on my bed, it has a pee pad on one end and a blanket on the other. She's only peed in there once and that was the first night. I think the only reason she did it on the first night was she just couldn't hold it any more; I got her at 2:30pm and she didn't pee until around 6am.
Sorry if this isn't much help, but this is what has worked for us so far. |
No that was actually A LOT of help!! Congrats on your new baby! Post pictures when you get a chance
I will try blotting her pee with the pee pad thats outside of her play pen! I only work 4 hours at my hospital job and then I don't go back to work (coaching) again until 6 hours after my hospital job. Once she is able to use the pads she is able to come to cheerleading practices with me. I share an office with someone and thats why I can't bring her now. She's also a little nervous when we leave still. I do take her downstairs to run around when I'm down there. She hasn't been home alone since I've gotten her. Someone is always here with her playing with her I just feel like the potty training is my responsibility since I've done all of the research and she's my dog.