I have had pretty good luck so far with my furbabies. Even with the litter Emilee had in February. The new owners are quite impressed with their puppies potty habits. It may not work for everyone, but so far it has for me.
I have an x-pen. I fix it so it's large enough for a very small crate, water and food bowl and one or two pee pads. They (as puppies) have never gone in their crate, always on the pee pad. When I take them out to play, I have a pee pad in the same room. I sit on the floor to play and when I see them sniffing around, I gently put them on the pad. If they don't go, I let them play and keep watching for sniffing and then put them back on the pee pad. After a little while they go and I give them a treat, play for another 15-20 minutes and put her back in the pen. I usually get the treat before I let them out so I give it to them right when they stop pottying (I use Frosted Cheerios. It has worked for me so far. Emilee will be 3 in Dec., Joey will be 2 in July, Gidget is 15 months and Izzie is 12 weeks. All the older go on the pads, and Izzie, she's doing great, haven't had an accident in 7 days. No to say that there won't be accidents, she is still so much a baby, but with constant supervision when she is out of the x-pen and plenty of love and praise she is on her way to be pad trained.
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Janet |