Just getting her on a schedule of confinement/sleep, out to potty on pads and then eat, play, kiss/love mommie sessions, train, live, etc., then back to the potty pad and confinement again for sleep will soon set her to rights and she'll learn what to expect when. She'll learn when to hold it and when it's time to come out of confinement and "go" and she'll expect that schedule and come to be just slightly ahead of you. At the end of two hours out and playing, she may head over to her pads all on her own, go and then head to her crate for bed.

Not if she wants to sleep. If she just got up to potty and then went back to sleep, she is probably ready for bed. Good job, on getting her to go!

Hi Courtney,
I'm glad your little girl peed on the pad :)
Just remember a few things
- your pup is just 13 weeks old. She is still so young and has so much to learn.
- she has been with you only for a couple of days. It takes time to get used to the new inviroment.

My nena wasn't pad trained. It took me a while to teach to potty on the pad. After a couple of months (yes, months) she finally learned :)
My rufus was pad trained. In the beginning it was like heaven compared to nena but when he was 4 months old, he started a horrible habit of peeing his bed. No matter what I did, he kept on peeing his bed until he finally stopped.
What I wanted to say is that even if they are completely trained, they will have accidents and in some cases, weird habits. When having a small dog that stays in the house for the mayority of the time, it is important to be patient and not mind cleaning up. This will avoid you and or the dog getting frustrated and not enjoying each other.

Thank you! She woke up to eat and drink so I'm waiting for her to go potty again before I put her back to bed. Although I'm not going to wait long because her pad is next to her bed

Do you have a pet bag that she can sleep in by your pillow or put the crate up on your night stand? That's what I did with my furrybaby. Now furrybaby sleeps in the crate on the floor where he can see me but for months slept next to my pillow in a bag or crate. If he wined, I'd make a "chich" sound and maybe slap the side of the bag a little and whisper, "No!" 13 weeks is way too little to be potty trained. They get better at it by the time they're 5 months. We're still not completely potty trained but working on it at 7+ months but doing much much better!

Erase in your mind the past and don't get mad or scold at any mistakes UNLESS you catch her in the act, then say a firm, "NO!" or clap your hands once, any more excitement is interpreted as praise to a dog...opposite of what we mean so if you get all excited about it, they'll keep doing it. I had to hold it over and over again after every mistake. It's also super important to clean the carpets or any spots that were soiled. A dog likes to go back to the same spot to do their business and if your dog can smell it because it's soaked down into the pad, you're in trouble for the long haul. Get some kind of spray that kills the pet odor.

This is what your day should look like:
Wake up, take puppy out of crate immediately to potty on pad. Praise with cheerful voice, applaud happy time when this happens.

Puppy will want to eat breakfast, right away, go back to the pad because it will come within 5-15 mins. Furrybaby starts making circles and is the fastest pooper you have ever seen or not seen! FAST! lol Give puppy time to go pee again too, sometimes they just don't need to go right away. Stay calm and assume you're going to get good behavior.

What I did for a while, was attach my puppy to me with a leash and set the timer. After we got up in the morning or ate, I set the timer for every 5 min. Every 5 min we went to the spot I wanted furrybaby to go potty. Furrybaby pretty much went too. After 15min-30 min of that, I set the timer for every 10-15 min and got up and took furrybaby to potty every 15 min for 1/2 hour- 1hour. Then I'd tried to hold furrybaby so I could give myself a break for a while. I did this system for quite a while. several weeks. If furrybaby was in the bag then he usually took a nap so I didn't worry. Even if we went out for a while, most of the time it was worthless to try and get him to potty where it wasn't home so we'd make it back home to go potty in the right spot and got lots of praise!

We didn't have paper pads until we stayed in a hotel a few weeks ago. Puppy pads are expensive here but I found the adult bed sheets are about $5 a bag. I took a bag to the hotel, put the pad on the floor having NO IDEA if furrybaby would even look at it. Furrybaby went both pee and poop on the pad without a blink. I was amazed! Now I left the pee on the pad and used the same pad while there over night, why? Because I wanted the smell to be on the pad so furrybaby knew that's where it goes. Now it's so convenient, I tether furrybaby to the soft sided crate when I have to leave, set out food, water and a paper pad next to it and go. I also make sure that furrybaby is parked by a sliding glass window and can see out. It's been reported to me that furrybaby does not cry while I'm away and I'm so happy about that!

After waking up and after meals and drinking, there will be a need to go potty.

So sorry it's been frustrating for you. It'll get better!

oh, and sometimes furrybaby crumples up the pee pad and sleeps on it so don't worry!!! I've seen it used plenty of times even though it'd been slept on earlier in the day. Today we went away for a little shopping and the pad was clean so furrybaby is growing up and can hold it! :D

Awesome! I might need to look into those adult pads because paper pads really do add up. I left her pee on the pad she went on as well. hopefully she will go back to this pad. Should I take it out of the pen and set it on the floor? she is now asleep in her bed outside of her pen. I really want her to sleep IN her pen to eliminate accidents on the carpet. I feel like she keeps going on the carpet because her scent is probably all over my room.

okay, thank you!!

Here's a better picture and you can see where she went pee on the pad!! She's in bed asleep right now.

Progress!

Aw, she's a doll baby!!! Looks so sweet swaddled in her pretty things! She looks so comfy she's making me sleepy!

My baby is almost 14 weeks old. I got her on Thursday.
My situation is different than yours because someone is always home with her.

The people I got her from were keeping the mother and puppies in a play pen with a pee pad, and they said the potty training wasn't going so well.

The first few days I didn't press the potty training issue because she was so nervous. If I told her no and put her on the pee pad she wouldn't try to pee again for hours.

I took the pee pad and used it to blot up her pee, then I showed it to her and told her this is where you go potty. Something just clicked for her on Sunday and she's been peeing on her pee pad 90% of the time. Whenever I see her pee on it I praise her. I'm having trouble getting her to poop on it though.
She has supervised free run of my house, but she usually chooses to stay with me.

Today was the first day she really had free run of my room (the attic); she had an accident, so I did the same thing I did downstairs, blotted her pee with the pee pad and then showed her. The second time she had to go she did it on the pee pad.

She sleeps in an open tote on my bed, it has a pee pad on one end and a blanket on the other. She's only peed in there once and that was the first night. I think the only reason she did it on the first night was she just couldn't hold it any more; I got her at 2:30pm and she didn't pee until around 6am.


Sorry if this isn't much help, but this is what has worked for us so far.

haha thank you!! I love her to pieces!! She just got up to get water and I froze like you would when a newborn wakes up hahaha I thought she would bark for me and act crazy but she crawled right back under her blanket!!

:) New Mommy! You'll get this! Even though I have 3 previous dogs that I got through potty training, Cinders was tough to break. I wanted to give up at least 100 times before she finally got it. Everyone is giving you great advice, I just wanted to give you support and a hug! ((HUG))

At least she got 1 pee on the pad!!! That's a step in the right direction! :cheer: Good girl Miley!!! Pretty soon there will be a few pees on that pad, and a POO!!!!

No that was actually A LOT of help!! Congrats on your new baby! Post pictures when you get a chance :) I will try blotting her pee with the pee pad thats outside of her play pen! I only work 4 hours at my hospital job and then I don't go back to work (coaching) again until 6 hours after my hospital job. Once she is able to use the pads she is able to come to cheerleading practices with me. I share an office with someone and thats why I can't bring her now. She's also a little nervous when we leave still. I do take her downstairs to run around when I'm down there. She hasn't been home alone since I've gotten her. Someone is always here with her playing with her I just feel like the potty training is my responsibility since I've done all of the research and she's my dog.

yes and she DID POOP on the pad!!!!! she went on the disposable AND washable pad though. I wasn't thrilled about it but I still praised her because at least it was on the pad and not my carpet! Thank you for your support. You've been so supportive since before I even got my baby!