Me and my partner have a 15 week old puppy, today marks 2 weeks since we’ve had her.
I’m really proud of the progress she’s made so far. She’s learnt “sit”, when you call her name she comes to you, she’s learnt “leave it”, and last night was the first night she didn’t cry when in her crate at bedtime.
My partner works full time and I study from home, I’m with her by myself from 8am – 5pm, so I know it’s kind of on me to get her trained.
The only thing that is taking her a bit longer is toilet training. She goes on her puppy pads in the house, but won’t go outside. Yesterday I removed the puppy pads from upstairs, and now she only has them by the back door. We also purchased a bell so she can let us know when she needs to go outside.
I’m very understanding and patient with her, I’m aware we’ve only had her for two weeks, but I feel like my partner is putting a lot of pressure on me to get her toilet trained for when we stay at his mum’s house for the weekend in two weeks.
I told him I doubt she’ll be fully toilet trained in just two weeks, and now he’s getting stressed out which is stressing me out. He doesn’t seem to be understanding that she’s already made a lot of progress.
He’s now getting advice from his mum who is saying to put puppy pads in her crate at night and don’t let her out for toilet breaks, which I’ve made it clear I strongly disagree with that.
1-2x a night I will let her out of her crate to go to the toilet and put her straight back in once she’s done, I don’t want her soiling in her own bed as I believe this will undo a lot of progress we’ve already made.
I’m just looking for advice on how to toilet train her better, I’m a first time dog owner and have never dealt with this before, and my partner isn’t helping.
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