Tag Team Disaster (aka Potty Problems)
 

My wife and I have two little ones now, an 16 month old and a 5 month old. I'm in grad school and my wife works. We have moved three times since we got Ender the 16 month old because of school and none with the 5 month old Valentine.
I spent everyday for a month last Christmas "re-pottytraining" Ender after the move. I had some success. I prefer treat reward, so does Ender he usually lets me know with a scraping he has done his business.
We live in Phx so outside training is brutal during most of the year. Neither responds well to being outside in 115 degree heat in the middle of the day. So we have elected to try the peepads. Since the move Ender has now become hit or miss and Val is well, untrained would be the nice way to say it. I'm posting really late 'cause I obsessing about it.
My wife looks at them as her babies, but will more or less go with me on attempts to train.
We confine them to the kitchen most days, and they have access to water and peepads in the laundry room, which they seem to use with some success while we are gone. But once we come home its a nightmare.
If we completly sterilize the apartment with Nature's Miracle and just keep them in the kitchen how will they ever get to the rest of the house?
Should we confine them in the living room with us and put pads down out there?
What is a successful method? If I put them together in a larger crate during the day would that be successful crate training? Our schedules have unavoidably become hectic, and just seeking some advice to keep my sanity.
thanks.

Too excited!
 

I got my Yorkie three weeks ago, she's 3 months now and I've potty trained her within 3 days! Yeah I'm really lucky!!! I'm with her all day and I made sure she knew who was boss by using the treat or no treat method. But when my friend came to stay at my place for a week, she started missing left and right and didn't even care where she peed.

So it looks like in your case, your lil' ones are just too excited. There's someone to play with now so they're distracted. The best way is to just keep them in the Kitchen for now and if they want to be in the living room with you guys, make sure you also have a pad there. Sometimes they prefer pads in two areas. Maybe that will do the trick. Let us know. :)

Seems to me, each room I add, its training all over again. I found out fast, that just because she pees on her pad in the kitchen, doesn't mean she's "fully house trained".

I had to put a pad in the living room, and watch her like a hawk when she is in there! I finally put the pad in the spot where she likes to pee. I also make sure I take her back to the kitchen for her pad in there a lot. If I see her sniffing, or circling, I say "NO" and put her promptly on the pad.

I've also kept my carpet cleaner "parked" in the living room for accidents. When she has one, I stop whatever is going on, put her on the pee pad, and clean the carpet up fast.

Each room I add, has been like starting over. And it's harder for them to learn on carpet too. And rugs?? omg, mine are still put up right now.

I trained mine to pee pads and outside (they have a doggie door). I keep them confined to the kitchen and they do fine, but when I would let them into the livingroom in the evenings with us, they would pee on the carpet. So I started taking the pee pad into the living room, (I keep it in a shallow box). I'd sit it right in the middle of the floor so they couldn't miss it. I also kept a fairly close eye on them. I gradually put the box a little closer to the kitchen each night. Eventaully they got the message and started bypassing the box and going outside.

They view each room as being totally separate, so just because they are trained in one room does not mean they are trained in every room. It just takes time for them to make the connection. But they will eventually. Don't give them too much freedom until they have proven themselves. I still confine mine to the kitchen for most of the day.