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TTUSpoo · 01-06-2012, 06:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Arcticfox

Well, she is in the crate on and off, quite often throughout the day. It has a divider so She's only using about 60% of the sapce right now, just enough room for her to lie down and stretch a bit. She can't avoid her puddles when she makes them, so she's had a bath each time she messes the crate. I don't want to keep her in there ALL day except for walks, so I leash her to me for a while each day so she gets used to being around the apartment. She's also out and about for her training sessions.

Well crud- there goes my advice!

Did she do any better today?

Arcticfox · 01-07-2012, 12:38 PM

I'm starting to get much more vigilant about it, she only gets water right before we go outside, she's crated more and lying at my feet less, I'm taking her outside every 1.5-2 hours even though I know she's capable of holding for longer than that at 4 months. We've been accident free for 2 days now and counting, though tomorrow is the first day my boyfriend and I have overlapping work shifts by more than an hour, she'll be alone for approximately 3 hours. She's still not using her pee pads even if I bring her to them right after being crated for an hour so I don't know if I should leave her in a long term confinement area or crate her for 3 hours. Her long term area is our old storage room, about the size of a king size mattress, maybe a little longer. I have her crate at one end and pee pads at another, and the doorway's blocked off with a baby gate, since there's no actual door.

petitpie · 01-07-2012, 02:15 PM

I used a 3' by 3' puppy playpen lined with pads to train my poodle puppy. She could use a corner to pee in and still have enough room to walk around and not be in it.

I kept her in her playpen during the day and I don't remember having a problem with housetraining. She slept with me at night and if she woke up, I could take her to her playpen. We didn't need to go out in the dark!

sgeorge · 01-07-2012, 04:42 PM

I think what I would do would be to put her in the long term confinement area but box it off just leaving her crate, open, and pee pads surrounding it. That way she has no option but to use the pads.

Arcticfox · 01-07-2012, 05:13 PM

Lol! that sounds like a solution. She thinks the pee pads are her bed right now, every time I lead her to them she lays down and snuggles right in. It's probably because I took the blankets out of her crate since she's peed in it a couple times. She's also started chewing the newspapers I put under them.

happybooker1 · 01-09-2012, 07:00 AM

Try taking her out WAY more often than you THINK she needs to. Don't believe the 'books' that say 'Puppies should be able to hold it one hour per month of age'. Most pups I know don't read the books--LOL!!

The reason they can hold it for longer during the night is just like humans -- our bodily responses slow down and the production of body waste is down to a miminum.

Also block off all but the room you're in at the moment so you can keep an eye on her. Giving her too much freedom too soon is detrimental for housebreaking also.

For 8 week-old small breed pups, we go out every 30 minutes unless they are sleeping, in which case we hustle out RIGHT after they wake up. I usually carry them to the door at first because they want to squat and go before they get to the door.

At 10 weeks, we're up to every 45 minutes to an hour, and I should know their poop schedule pretty well. By 12-13 weeks, it's a good hour to 1.5 hours, but if they start having accidents I back it back down to more frequently.

I hold it at 1.5 hours up until 4-5 months. If they are going the majority of times we go to the potty place, I'll maintain that timing. If they aren't going some times, I might try lengthening it to 2 or 2.5 hours.

In other words, I DON'T go by what some book says the puppies SHOULD be able to hold it. I go by what the actual PUPPY'S bodily schedule is.

During the night is a whole 'nother ball game. 8-10 weeks -- maybe 2X/night. 10weeks up -- once a night, gradually tapering off to none a night.

stealthq · 01-09-2012, 07:32 AM

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Originally Posted by sgeorge

I think what I would do would be to put her in the long term confinement area but box it off just leaving her crate, open, and pee pads surrounding it. That way she has no option but to use the pads.

Isn't this how it's recommended to start paper training? Cover everything with the pads, then slowly start removing them until there's one left? I think I remember reading that on some breeder's website ...

Good luck, OP.

I'm going through potty training with my Kohl now. He's 13wks. and not yet able to hold it in his crate for longer than 2 1/2 hrs. He does make it through the night 80% of the time - occasionally he needs to poop in the middle of the night. I'm lucky in that he is letting me know when he needs to go. We've had 4 days without accidents just following his lead.

But. He is running me out every 45min - 1hr. and I can tell by the amount that he doesn't HAVE to go. He just wants to, and I can guarantee you that if I didn't get up and head for the door, he wouldn't hesitate to go inside. That time should increase as his capacity grows and he gets more accustomed to holding it.

I'm thinking maybe your Tesla is similar - not HAVING to go, just feeling a little uncomfortable and deciding to relieve herself earlier than she technically has to. Patience is our friend in this instance