I trained Minnie by putting her in her crate and repeating "go potty, and u
can get out", as soon as she went potty I opened the door and I gave her a
doggie treat. Now, the crate door is open all the time , except when
she's eating, to keep my Lacie from getting her food and vise versa, and now
she goes in and out to go potty, or to take a nap when I am busy. All other
sleeping is done on my lap or in bed with me :-) I still give her doggie
treats everytime she goes in to go potty. I know this sounds un-believeable
but, she has only pottyed on the floor 8 time since I got her Dec 26,06, so I
am very happy with my method of crate training, kinda like a reverse crate
training. I am blessed, that I can be home with her, but when I run to
town and it's too hot or cold to take her with me, I can put her in her crate
and she has a safe, dry place she can go potty. With the grate over the pee
pad, she is always dry footed :-) I also have a bird water bottle, that
she licks, hanging on the side of her crate. I'm never gone long enough for
her to get hungry, or at least fed.....LOL.....she's hungry all the
time....LOL. Of course she acts like I have been gone for days....LOL.
My
only problem with Minnie is that when she hasn't seen someone for a
while....like more than 24 hrs....lol.....she gets so excited, she
wiggles her butt so fast, she flings little drops of pee all over the person
that picks her up. I have over come this by putting her diaper on her when I
take her to see people, but it would be nice to not have to do that, Any one
have experience with this?
Marie wrote:
These may focus more on training to go outside, but the information can
just as well be applied to going inside on a pad or whatever. Your best bet,
from everything I've read, is confinement. Mind you, this doesn't have to be
in a crate. It can just be in a fenced off (or xpen) area - room for the
bed, for food and water, and for the pad - only that amount of space. And
since you have two - maybe one is better than the other - but how will you
ever know? Maybe a separate area for each? I don't know. Maybe someone
will comment on this. You don't mention ages or sexes. Age shouldn't matter
except perhaps in length of time it will take them to learn. Sex might be a
different thing if one or both are male.Also, once you are home, if they're
not trained - you still cannot let them have free run of the house. It only
takes a second for them to go - and everytime they go in the wrong place,
maybe the longer it takes to 'untrain' them. You need to keep them
constantly in sight or put up until they're trained.
From what I've read.
Marie
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