Day 1 of crate training. Since we brought Poppy home she has slept in her play pen with her bed, food/water and toys at one end and her pee pad at the other. She was trained on her pee pad from around 3 months old and we are now starting to train her to go outside. So last night I switched her pen for the crate. I expected her to cry one or two times in the night for potty as this was the first time she couldnt go potty when she needed it. But she was so good! I let her out for potty before bed and she went in the crate without a problem. She didnt cry once through the night and didnt potty in her crate either. :D First thing in the morning I took her outside to potty and she peed and did 2 poops in the garden! Lets hope she keeps it up. ;) |
Woohoo! Go Poppy :D A very good start to potty training! |
That is good to hear. I was thinking of switching Riley from xpen to crate and am wondering how he will do...... :-) |
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Plus its alot easier to clean then the white fur one which I bought at the weekend. I thought it was best to crate her as at the moment she makes no attempt to "hold it", so crating seems like the best way to teach her that she can hold it. :) Good luck! |
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Good job!!! too bad I didn't crate train lexi. Lexi sleeps with me in my bed, and I LOVE IT! and she's pretty good with holding it till morning (sometimes there are accidents..too much freedom, I KNOW). Anyways great way to start off your furbaby! |
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Some crate train young and it works great for them, but as I work full time Poppy can be by heself for upto 5 hours sometimes. (not often it all depends on which shifts my parents are on but never anymore then 5 hours. This was why I put her in the pen with her pad when she was younger as I knew she wouldnt be able to hold it for that long. But now she is older she has no problems holding it for that length of time. :) She actually stopped going potty in her pen as much a few weeks ago so this was a sign to me that she was beginning to hold it. Which is why im not crating her. :) |
Sorry I ment to write 'which is why im NOW crating her' :) |
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I think that with her being so young pee pad training would be a good option at the moment. I used to keep a pad in the pen with Poppy so she had a place to potty away from her bed. I think this is something you should consider because your pup cannot like sleeping near or with pee/poop. I brought Poppy home at 6 weeks which I know is very young but I began to pad train her straight away, and by the time she was 3 months she was completley pad trained. We would then leave a pad at the back door and she would go to it all by herself to potty. While they cannot hold it for long I really do think this is something you should consider, plus its easier to clean! :) |
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sorry...let me clarify....she has pads in her x-pen on the opposite side of her bedding as well as her food and water which is away from the pads. she has toys to play with as well. she just doesn't get it yet, i guess. |
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I dont know how exactly I got Poppy to use the pads, I just praised her lots and she sort of got the hang of it. Are the pads you are using scented? If not im pretty sure there is some sort of spray you can spray on them which makes dogs want to pee on them. :) |
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Come to think of it when Poppy was smaller she pooped in her bed twice I think... but I think the bed was too big for her and maybe she couldnt get out in time, im not sure. Im sure your baby will grow out of it, as like I said dogs are clean animals and dont like to mess in their sleeping area usually. :) Also you could try giving her a treat when she uses the pad, mine go crazy for cheese! |
Congrats!!! |
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