At that age, I put a bellyband on my pup and let him run and play all over the house.
I didn't even try to pee pad train, etc.
From the get-go.... I took my pup outside every couple hours to pee (summer and winter). And, of course, with his bellyband on - if he had an accident in the house - he didn't do any damage.
I think the one thing that got him going as far as peeing outside.....was his being able to smell where my other dog had pee'd. Everytime he smelled where he had pee'd earlier or where my other dog had pee'd --- he'd pee.
Without this - I'm not sure he would have learned to pee outside so quickly.
*** I don't think a bellyband should keep you from house training your pup. You just need to be faithful in taking the bellyband off and taking him outside often...
I don't know about you - but I really don't think I house trained my dog. I think I house trained me. I am the one who is trained to go outside every couple hours. If I do this - my dog never pees in the house - and, if I don't - he will. So which one of us is really trained? Guess it doesn't really matter. Whatever works - right!
Carol Jean
PS: I work - and when I go to work, I leave my Yorkie confined to the kitchen/laundry room. When he was a pup, I did leave a pee pad in there, but he ripped it to shreds every day. Today - he's older - used to peeing outside and can hold it longer - I could count on one hand the number of times he has pee'd in the kitchen in the last six months. He almost never pees when I gone (for 6 or 7 hours). And - he never pees during the night. But, I do take him out first thing in the morning and last thing at night. |