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Well Miss Mika is 7 months and counting and I just got through wiping up to puddles on my wood floor. She never signals that she needs to go out and will not hesitate to do it in the kitchen or wherever. We did "crate training and everything was going well until she was spayed.

Lord help me I love her, but for ONCE I would love to have a trained dog I can enjoy in my home. I work from 6:30 AM- get home around 5:30 PM. Can't help that.

Any advice?????

Do you want her pee pad trained or do you expect her to hold it the whole time you are at work?

No way can she hold it for that long so your best bet would be pee pads, on the days when you are not working, get some really tasty treats that you know she loves. Everytime she wakes up, finishes playing, after she eats, drinks, if she sniffs the floor or circles etc etc pop her on the pad and of she potties say good girl gently and reward her. Don't tell her off for peeing where she shouldn't because that may just result in her wanting to go where/when you can't see her which would slow the training process down big time.

She will get the hang of it eventually, she's still only a baby.

Hi there :D I have a little Meka too, though obviously spelled different... we call her MeMe for short. None the less, my baby is 8 mo's this mo and is pretty much there w/ the potty training. We use pee pads for her. She is confined to her area w/ pad near, during the day. And we have no real problems. When she is upstairs w/ the fam, I just try to take her to the pad every 30 min or so... I also, use a spray on the pee pad that helps her "know" that she's suppose to go there. I hope this helps a little... remember patience and consistancy... :D

How long has it been since she was spayed? Sometimes they can have a house training relapse after spaying/neutering but things go back to normal in a short time. My boys both had trouble after they were neutered but it didn't take long for them to get things under control again. Be patient...it may not be her fault right now.

We had her spayed about a month and a half ago.

Pee Pads
 

Oh she loves those, tears them to smithereens.....she's BAD!!!!

I would make sure she knows where her pads are and use the spray on them. I'd also give the vet a ring and ask if she could have gotten an UTI from the spay.

:lol tears I know what you mean i have a 18 & a 14 wk old they love to tear them up to. I came home tonight & had to vacume the living room & sweep the kitchen. It's definately an ongoing thing with the potty training with mine:thumbdown

What is your set up for when you are not home? I would definitely get an x-pen and confine her in that. I would put her bed and toys in it and then some peepads. I would cover any area that shows floor with the pee pads and continue to do so until she starts peeing in a preferred area and you can start removing the other peepads until you are down to one.

My next piece of advise is NOT TO LET HER HAVE FREE RANGE OF THE HOUSE. Keep her confined to one room at a time and that room should be the room you are in. Never ever ever take your eyes off of her. If you are watching TV have her in your lap or get on the floor and play with her while watching. If you are doing launry or cooking or other chores, stick her back in the x-pen until you can give her your undivided attention.

Take her out every hour and stay out there with her. Make sure she is on a leash, so that you can re-direct her in to thinking about going potty and NOT playing. Give her high quality treat immediately after she goes potty.

Take her on a 30 minute walk every day. Preferrably after you come home from work. That way she will get her energy out that has been pent up all day and she can pee and mark to her hearts content.

These are just a few suggestions to start off with. You cannot assume that just because she is a certain age that she should be potty trained or even ask to go out. She will only ask to go out, when it is no longer acceptable to have accidents in the house and you have developed (in her) a preference to potty outside and not soil inside. And it will no longer be acceptable, when you create an environment where she CANNOT have an accident in the house. You must be an active participator in the potty training or she will be 7 years old and still not potty trained. If she continues to have accidents, then these are your accidents not hers. She absolutely cannot learn without you being there showing her what is acceptable and what is not. And even though you don't think you allow her to go potty indoors, but every time she goes in the house you are sending her the message that it's ok.