My girls are 61/2 and 41/2 months old.......
I just moved into a new house.... White carpet!
(can you see where this is GOING!)
Pixie was totally in super potty training mode! Doing awesome! 99% there! the 1% was when mommy missed her "Pee-Pee Dance" and she could not wait! So we are in the new place... Paris joins the gang.... She picks right up... All is well! I am loving life! They are trained... I give them run of 80% of the house... The living room, den, halls, kitchen and my room at night....
STUPID ME!
I totally deserved what came next!
i started noticing spots around the house... Little yellow spots... Yikes! I was now spot cleaning the carpet! Ok... no big deal... I can stay on top of it! But then it got a little out of hand... I got bust, I missed a couple of day of spot cleaning... The spots started adding up... It really started becoming obvious to not only me, but to my husband! my girls were not potty trained at all!
Why was I letting a 6 and 4 month old puppy have run in my house??? Cause I was STUPID! and I totally deserved every pee spot I ended up with!
There is no way in heck that two puppies that age have any idea what they are doing in this BIG house! Even with the doggie door, and yes they even know how to use it! Anyone who thinks that their puppy is some mutant genius dog that was born with the knowledge of "How to Potty Train Your Dog for Dummies" already implanted in their apricot sized brains, needs a serious reality check. I got that reality check, in the form of a $225.00 carpet cleaning bill, and 3 $39.95 baby gates from petsmart.
Now my girls are blocked off at two doors and have the kitchen and breakfast nook area, which is all hard wood floors, to play in all day!. And at night I have another gate on my bathroom door right off my bedroom. If they stand at the gate, they can watch me sleep!
I am pleased to report that they are almost accident free and have adjusted well to the confinement... It took a week of whining and barking, but they are over it and doing fine!
We go outside every hour on the hour! And spend 20 minutes in the sun and grass! they love it!! and in the cooler parts of the after noon, they spend an hour outside playing and running and just hanging out!
Its nice to get up at 6 am and find no potty in the bathroom... I snatch them up and run outside and they go right away! Pee and poop! Then we run inside to the kitchen and get treats! then its back to the bathroom so mommy can get some more sleep! he he he
They just nap and chew.
Sorry for the long post! But Its been such a fight and I feel like I am winning now!!! I just had to share!