It takes a long time. For most of them 4 to 5 months.
I keep mine penned in the laundry area at night. She cried in the crate, so I took the door off and now she sleeps in it but goes out of it to pee on the paper.
She's 13 weeks and does not poop at night at all. During the day she has the run of the kitchen where I have the pee pads in two different spots. Spots of her choosing. She hits them most of the time. Sometimes for pooping she starts out on the pad but she tends to walk as she poops, so by the time it drops she might be off the pad.
When I am here in the computer room, she is here with me. I Also have two pee pads in here. she is not allowed on the floor in any other areas of the house.
She is hitting the pads 90% of the time. I take her outside first thing in the morning and after naps. She always squats right away when I take her out.
So that's how we do it. As the weather gets nicer we will be outside more, and I hope she'll be trained by summer time. |