we started on papers, but I quickly decided it was not for me, so we switched to outside early on. Only the first time, did she look at the grass, and then me like "yeah? what do you expect me to do with it?" After that, she peed and pooped out there fine. She did still use pads/papers at night in her x pen to take care of herself at night, but when she started having clean papers in the morning, we closed her crate and she now goes all night without breaks.
We can leave her in her crate in the day for up to about 4 hours or so (though she is rarely left that long). I don't know if she would even use the papers again if I set it up that way again. |