pirateLola
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When I got Lola in December last year she was essentially house trained and only went on the newspaper, which was fantastic!
Now she's almost 6 months old she seems to have totally forgetten her toilet training. She'll run into my room, jump on my bed and sort or pee and run at the same time so she puts a nice long streak of wee across the whole length of the bed! If she manages to get into the room on her own she will just pee in the one place on the bed so there's a big puddle on my duvet. I have special trays (about 2 inches deep and measuring 3ft x 2ft) that I put clean newspaper in for her to use as a toilet and she always used this before this relapse. One of these trays is in the hall outside my room, the other in the hall outside the kitchen, so it's not like she didn't have a chance to get to a tray before my bed!!
I've caught her in the act "bed-wetting" 99% of the time and I give out to her, her head goes down and she rolls over so I'm guessing she realises peeing on the bed is wrong? Maybe not!
When she goes on the paper I praise her like crazy and I know by her body language that she realises she's being praised.
How can I re-train her to only go on the paper? It's getting to the stage if I have to get these duvets dry cleaned one more time I'm going to go crazy!!!
P.S. Does anyone know of any reasons why she has relapsed? There's been no disruptions or changes to her routine, this relapse has just come out of the blue.
Now she's almost 6 months old she seems to have totally forgetten her toilet training. She'll run into my room, jump on my bed and sort or pee and run at the same time so she puts a nice long streak of wee across the whole length of the bed! If she manages to get into the room on her own she will just pee in the one place on the bed so there's a big puddle on my duvet. I have special trays (about 2 inches deep and measuring 3ft x 2ft) that I put clean newspaper in for her to use as a toilet and she always used this before this relapse. One of these trays is in the hall outside my room, the other in the hall outside the kitchen, so it's not like she didn't have a chance to get to a tray before my bed!!
I've caught her in the act "bed-wetting" 99% of the time and I give out to her, her head goes down and she rolls over so I'm guessing she realises peeing on the bed is wrong? Maybe not!
When she goes on the paper I praise her like crazy and I know by her body language that she realises she's being praised.
How can I re-train her to only go on the paper? It's getting to the stage if I have to get these duvets dry cleaned one more time I'm going to go crazy!!!
P.S. Does anyone know of any reasons why she has relapsed? There's been no disruptions or changes to her routine, this relapse has just come out of the blue.