Zumie05
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Ok, I am having problems with potty training; only VERY minor though. I was looking for some advice to fine tune my program.
My 10 week old puppy will always go potty outside. She is very good at it. In fact, she will ONLY poop outside.
I am amazed at the fact that thus far she only poos once, or twice a day, and she can hold her pee for hours. To my understanding, I thought pups would go poo pretty much right after they eat, and pee right after they drink!
The reason why I know she can hold it so long is because I would also like to cross train her to potty pads. My ultimate plan is to not keep the pads indoors, but to eventually have a potty area out on my enclosed deck so I can let her out to do business from my home rather than leash her up to go out into our unfenced yard (for those lazy days )
The potty pad training is tough. We have not had a single "full on" accident, meaning every time I have caught her pottying in the house, I was able to quickly get her to a pad. One time, she did pee on the pad and got 100% on it! Today I had her inside a pen, half with her food, toys, and bed, the other half all pads. She peed on her bed? I was very confused as to why she did this. All the time we had her so far, she has been sleeping, chewing her bones, and playing with her toys on her bed. I am not sure why she thought that was the right place to go. And her pen was just a regular puppy exercise pen, nothing very large. Because of this incident, I did make her bed area smaller, and pad area larger, hoping this will help her make the right choice next time.
Also, at night, around 3am so far we wake up and put her on a pad, then she pees immediately. Last night, she would not. I put her on the pad at 3am, and 5am, and she did not want to go. Then come to find in the morning she had peed in her bed.
Currently, today I have experimented a bit. I have only taken her outside once. She pooped and peed. Now it has been 10 hours. She has drank, and had 2 meals since. No pee, or poo. I am regularly putting her on a pad. I am baffled, and confused? SHe is not whining or pacing at all and seems fine and playful, perky and happy.
Any tips? I could just only take her outside, which for the most part I have been with no problems, but again I really want to get this potty pad thing worked out!
My 10 week old puppy will always go potty outside. She is very good at it. In fact, she will ONLY poop outside.
I am amazed at the fact that thus far she only poos once, or twice a day, and she can hold her pee for hours. To my understanding, I thought pups would go poo pretty much right after they eat, and pee right after they drink!
The reason why I know she can hold it so long is because I would also like to cross train her to potty pads. My ultimate plan is to not keep the pads indoors, but to eventually have a potty area out on my enclosed deck so I can let her out to do business from my home rather than leash her up to go out into our unfenced yard (for those lazy days )
The potty pad training is tough. We have not had a single "full on" accident, meaning every time I have caught her pottying in the house, I was able to quickly get her to a pad. One time, she did pee on the pad and got 100% on it! Today I had her inside a pen, half with her food, toys, and bed, the other half all pads. She peed on her bed? I was very confused as to why she did this. All the time we had her so far, she has been sleeping, chewing her bones, and playing with her toys on her bed. I am not sure why she thought that was the right place to go. And her pen was just a regular puppy exercise pen, nothing very large. Because of this incident, I did make her bed area smaller, and pad area larger, hoping this will help her make the right choice next time.
Also, at night, around 3am so far we wake up and put her on a pad, then she pees immediately. Last night, she would not. I put her on the pad at 3am, and 5am, and she did not want to go. Then come to find in the morning she had peed in her bed.
Currently, today I have experimented a bit. I have only taken her outside once. She pooped and peed. Now it has been 10 hours. She has drank, and had 2 meals since. No pee, or poo. I am regularly putting her on a pad. I am baffled, and confused? SHe is not whining or pacing at all and seems fine and playful, perky and happy.
Any tips? I could just only take her outside, which for the most part I have been with no problems, but again I really want to get this potty pad thing worked out!