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Ladylavender · 10-20-2006, 07:45 AM

Never punish her after the fact. If you don't catch her in the act of making the mistake or error, you will need to "let it go" and clean it up. There is no training taking place if you are punishing her 1 minute or longer after she has gone potty. All you are doing is teaching her to be afraid of you for no reason. Of course her demeanor is apologetic after the punishment, but not because she knows what she did wrong, but for something that got you mad.

When you do catch her in the act, slap your hands together sharply and say "NO!" very loudly and take her to her box to finish up. Only then can she associate the deed with the discipline.

If you are giving her free time, that's ok, but you will need to keep a close eye on her. You cannot give her free time (at this age) and not supervise her. Because while she is learning to be litter boxed trained, she really is NOT trained yet (otherwise she would not keep having mistakes) and it may take several more months, before she is.

So as stated above, you are just going to have to be in "potty training" mode for a few more weeks or months. Consistency is key and you need to make sure she has more successes than failures. So you need to keep showing her the litterbox on a schedule so that you make sure the successes keep happening.

It's really exhausting and a chore, but well worth the effort in the long run.

Praising her is excellent when she does do the correct behavior so keep that up.

She seems like a real smart little girl and I think she will catch on before too long!

10-20-2006, 07:45 AM	#5
Ladylavender YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Soddy Daisy, TN Posts: 733	Never punish her after the fact. If you don't catch her in the act of making the mistake or error, you will need to "let it go" and clean it up. There is no training taking place if you are punishing her 1 minute or longer after she has gone potty. All you are doing is teaching her to be afraid of you for no reason. Of course her demeanor is apologetic after the punishment, but not because she knows what she did wrong, but for something that got you mad. When you do catch her in the act, slap your hands together sharply and say "NO!" very loudly and take her to her box to finish up. Only then can she associate the deed with the discipline. If you are giving her free time, that's ok, but you will need to keep a close eye on her. You cannot give her free time (at this age) and not supervise her. Because while she is learning to be litter boxed trained, she really is NOT trained yet (otherwise she would not keep having mistakes) and it may take several more months, before she is. So as stated above, you are just going to have to be in "potty training" mode for a few more weeks or months. Consistency is key and you need to make sure she has more successes than failures. So you need to keep showing her the litterbox on a schedule so that you make sure the successes keep happening. It's really exhausting and a chore, but well worth the effort in the long run. Praising her is excellent when she does do the correct behavior so keep that up. She seems like a real smart little girl and I think she will catch on before too long! Last edited by Ladylavender; 10-20-2006 at 07:47 AM.