| Ladylavender | 09-19-2007 05:33 AM |
to successfully potty train you need to minimize her failures and up the successes, so it's never too early to worry about it. In other words, the less mistakes she has, the better her housebreaking will go.
So you have 2 options:
1. You can leash her while you go out for potty and keep repeating "go potty" while you redirect her and keep her from playing. You stay out there the whole time, no matter how long it takes, re-directing her from play until she goes. Praise her and treat her immediately. After that you can unleash her and let her play. That way she can begin to understand that she goes potty first and then play after.
There will be times, where you will need to only go potty then go back in. This is ok, because she needs to understand that she must potty every time she goes out, but play is only sometimes.
2. You can place an x-pen in a designated potty area outside and when you take her out, she goes in the x-pen and you keep repeating "go potty" and keep redirecting her until she goes. Then when she goes, she gets immediate praise and treat and "gets out of jail" as an added treat, and then play time. But x-pen 1st and play 2nd. Eventually she will potty fast, so she can play sooner. | 