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Originally Posted by yorkietalkjilly

He's got no-to-little control over his bladder or bowel at this very young age - another reason they still need to be with mommie and someone else cleaning up after them - lol. Just keep watching him when he's out of the crate and when he starts circling, sniffing excitedly, humping up or acting "weird" - you'll begin to know his pee/potty signs - quickly get him to the pad. With an infant, as you know, they just poop/pee when it comes out and he's the same right now. So keeping him outside the crate where he plays and so forth only on the pads is probably a good idea for the next month, until he's just beginning to gain more control of his body.

Be careful not to frighten him during these next two weeks as his brain is just now going to be learning about what fear is - imprinting they call it - and loud noises and sudden noises can startle and scare him unduly. When that happens, don't grab him up and say "oh, that's okay, poor little baby" or he might think it's okay to be scared, grow accustomed to that reaction and think it's what you want from him, just immediately start playing and distracting him with squeaky toys or pick him up and take him to another room and play happily with him - anything to redirect him attention to something other than the thing that scared him.

When I See Him About To Pee On The Floor Is It Bad To Clap My hands? Instead of yelling at him