I have had issues with potty training in general....but especially when i introduced potty pads when Ricky came along. Ricky was used to using potty pads in the winter and he gets cold easy. Prince went outside.
When I first got Prince, he wasn't very "potty trained" but he was by the time I got Ricky. As soon as I started with the potty pads, it was like it gave Prince the license to pee inside wherever he wanted....and it hasn't changed since. Ricky, uses them, but often thinks he's on the pad and misses. I've invested in 2 carpet cleaners that get daily workouts and I want to get rid of my carpeting.
I got both of my dogs as adults...one was about 1.5 years old, the other was 7 years of age as was a former stud dog. He also lived in a pack of yorkies.
If I had to do it all over again, I would either a.)litter box train my dogs or I would b.) buy one of the crates that has a potty area(the name is escaping me but they are beautiful and have a wood frame with potty area on one side and a bed/food/play area on the other). I would train them to use that so they had to go inside that certain fenced in area to go potty. |