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Originally Posted by The Quick Spoon My wife and I have two little ones now, an 16 month old and a 5 month old. I'm in grad school and my wife works. We have moved three times since we got Ender the 16 month old because of school and none with the 5 month old Valentine.
I spent everyday for a month last Christmas "re-pottytraining" Ender after the move. I had some success. I prefer treat reward, so does Ender he usually lets me know with a scraping he has done his business.
We live in Phx so outside training is brutal during most of the year. Neither responds well to being outside in 115 degree heat in the middle of the day. So we have elected to try the peepads. Since the move Ender has now become hit or miss and Val is well, untrained would be the nice way to say it. I'm posting really late 'cause I obsessing about it.
My wife looks at them as her babies, but will more or less go with me on attempts to train.
We confine them to the kitchen most days, and they have access to water and peepads in the laundry room, which they seem to use with some success while we are gone. But once we come home its a nightmare.
If we completly sterilize the apartment with Nature's Miracle and just keep them in the kitchen how will they ever get to the rest of the house?
Should we confine them in the living room with us and put pads down out there?
What is a successful method? If I put them together in a larger crate during the day would that be successful crate training? Our schedules have unavoidably become hectic, and just seeking some advice to keep my sanity.
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I trained mine to pee pads and outside (they have a doggie door). I keep them confined to the kitchen and they do fine, but when I would let them into the livingroom in the evenings with us, they would pee on the carpet. So I started taking the pee pad into the living room, (I keep it in a shallow box). I'd sit it right in the middle of the floor so they couldn't miss it. I also kept a fairly close eye on them. I gradually put the box a little closer to the kitchen each night. Eventaully they got the message and started bypassing the box and going outside.
They view each room as being totally separate, so just because they are trained in one room does not mean they are trained in every room. It just takes time for them to make the connection. But they will eventually. Don't give them too much freedom until they have proven themselves. I still confine mine to the kitchen for most of the day.