[karen24]

Update:
Well, the potty training seems to be progressing reasonably well. I feel like I am being trained to watch this little pup and when I slack I am cleaning up something. Unless I or my husband are playing with him, he is in his ex-pen or crate (one connected to the other). If he is not in his crate with the door closed, I have to watch him like a hawk and take him out about every hour or so that he is awake. When I have gotten lazy/tired or otherwise occupied, I end up cleaning up a mess. The potty pads in a box in the garage are working out well. It is cold, but not too cold, and he does get the job done quickly so he has rarely been out there more than a few minutes. We have had him 2 weeks now and he is about 11 weeks old. I can see that this will be my life for quite some time. I am working on getting a Superyard Play Yard for him so that he can have more play space as well as access to the area near the door we go out for "potty". I would like to put up Potty Bells next to the door and train him with them. Sometimes he does sit and whine abit, I take him right out and he goes, so I think he is getting the message that he needs to ask somehow to go out. ???