Here's a quick pic of our cardboard gate... it's not pretty, it's a pain to step over, but it's easy to expand your pup's area really really slowly. We expanded Nikko's area by about 6sq ft at a time. Just remember that he can never be left unsupervised in his gated area - if he's in there, you're watching him. If you're not watching him, he's gotta be on your lap or in his crate.

From when we got him at 3 months old, Nikko had a full two months of gradually diminishing accidents, with small success streaks then potty breakdowns, and back again. A horrible yo-yo of frustration for him and us. Two months of obsessively watching him, getting tiny pees inside the house even after he had just peed outside, and all those other problems with housebreaking... definitely some of the longest couple months of my life! But then at about five months old, with us constantly and carefully watching him, he hit the beginning of his current over a month long accident-free streak. Recenly now, and with the nice weather we've been having, we've begun just leaving the door open during the day. He stalks in and out whenever he wants, and even happily deposits his pee and poop outdoors when we aren't paying attention! It is awesome!

Here's the pic of our cheapie gating system:Attachment 269606

Pottie Talk
 

I think these pups are driving us nuts. Today Zipper had 1 accident. He is 18 weeks. :Let's face it ....it is us who are trained. I have it down to two hours and then take him out. First thing in am and then late at night to cover the poos. They are to small to indicate they need to go out. Zipper has done real well but there is still a long waqy to go!

Day 1, but...
 

So, we cleared day 1 yesterday, yeah! But.....today, the beginning of day 2, i found a little poo pile outside her pen as i was leaving and putting her in this morning as i left for work.:eek: So, can there be seperate counts for pee and poo?

Hi I've posted about 2 threads on this yorkie log but no one ever responds to my thread so I'm just going to go ahead and try this...

Does anyone know where I can find a divider to put in a crate. I believe my crate is to big and I can't put a cardboard box in there with my baby because she might start eating at it.

divider
 

i can't tell you where to get one because my crates both came with a divider. I will tell you that i just use a carrier for my cleo because she is so small and that seems to be working well!

I was thinking a carrier but then I would feel bad that she is in the carrier all day... I want her to start going outside and I'm having trouble because she is pooping and pee in the crate and I feel its because its to big and she is coherent that its her sleeping area as well since I take her bed out when she is left in it during the day..

i only use a carrier for sleeping at night. During the day she is in her pen with a pee pad during the day b/c i work all day and there is no way she can hold it that long. The only time she uses the pads is while i am working and she is in the pen, otherwise she does her business outside like the big dogs!

Then God Bless your little one.. Mine gets so bored she tears the pee pads up in her pen.. She use to be in a pet yard in my kitchen and I stopped because she wasn't using the pads but she was ripping them apart.. :(:(

she rips them every now and again, but for the most part leaves them alone. I do think that the cat likes to jump in and tear it up also. i want to get a tray like some others were talking about to try and prevent the cats and cleo from tearing it. I have noticed that the grass scented ones get torn up more than the arm and hammer ones...

I have to see what I can do because I'm going on vacation in 2 weeks and I'm leaving her with my dad and my dad isn't that young to be leaning over all the time. Its hard to train her my way when i'm up by 530am and my then when she goes to my dad it'll be like 8am LOL!!!!!

Another day = day 2 accident free! :happyboun

Well, one poop was off the pad, but that is because we didn't change out the pad after she had already made three spots. We KNOW she won't go where she has already been. :rolleyes:

Lauren, we did your box thing today! I made a path from my office through the dining room to the kitchen and blocked it off from there. She only gets about 4 "skips" to the kitchen over laminate flooring, so hopefully she won't decide to do anything there. :eek:

At this time, we have a pad in the office, where she has been going for two days successfully, and a pad at the end of the kitchen that she has yet to use. No accidents though!

:cool: You're stylin', baby.

Oh my goodness! Thor just cocked his leg in the hallway! :eek:

He didn't actually pee - I shrieked No and he stopped before any damage was done. That was scary! He certainly keeps me on my toes.

So my baby is getting the pee thing, but we're having problems with the #2. We have 2 days with no pee accidents. She goes on the pads while i am working and outside when i am home, but we can't get the poo thing down. I will come home from work and it is on or near her bed. I actually see her go outside atleast once or twice a day, but she still had these accidents and seems to refuse to go on her pad. Any suggestions?

lucirbc, first off, how old is your baby? It's hard to expect too much from them when they are 2-3 or four or even five months old... sometimes even older! So what I'm trying to say is if she's still pretty young, keep working hard, but don't get too frustrated. :-)

It may help you to put your girl on a very specific feeding schedule... if you know when she eats, you can learn within a few days how long it takes after eating for her to poo. Then you will be able to either adjust her feeding times to match when you are able to be there to direct her to poo, or you can just be there to redirect her at the times you learn are her poo times, when she starts doing her little poo dance before she poos somewhere inappropriate.

Either way, it is you who will be trained before she is, and that just seems to be the way it is with these little buggars. Eventually though, it will get better, so long as you keep at it.

Lauren & Nikko

PS: Way to keep your eyes glued to Thor, Quicksilver! :-)