I ordered one of these; it arrived the day my puppy came home last Thursday so I started using it right away.
My baby got very sick with coccidiosis over the weekend, and by Monday she was so sick the vet initially thought she had Parvo. She is doing great now thank God, but while she was so sick she pretty much just pottied wherever she was and I didn't care. I figured her illness probably set us WAY back on the potty training, but my baby is so smart!
I can't bear to lock her in the apartment at night, she sleeps with me. If she is restless, I let her down on the floor and she will eat or drink or play with her toys and I let her back up if she paws at the bed. The Puppy Apartment is in my room; I leave it in the hallway to the Master Bathroom with all the doors open. My Lyla goes in there ON HER OWN to potty, and I'm so proud of her! Apparently she got the idea within the first couple of days that that is where she is supposed to potty. She still has a few accidents when she seems to "forget" where her potty is. But when she wakes from a nap and I set her on the floor, she goes to the potty room all by herself; three times yesterday and three times so far today, including going#1 and #2. I'm thinking she should be fully potty trained within a couple of weeks at most. I'm so glad I got the Apartment and kept her in it the first couple of nights so she got the idea where to potty. I think she will be much easier to potty train than I had expected.
I will post an update later on when she is fully trained. Right now I'm thinking it was well worth the money! I will definitely use it for my next Yorkie down the road...because of course Lyla will need a friend!
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