Picked up my puppy a week ago, and have totally flopped on the potty training.
She can hold it for SO long. She woke up at 6 AM this morning, and after I fed her I took her out of her crate every 20 minutes to pee. My partner took over at 8 AM. When I rejoined him at 10 AM, he told me she had got the best of him. He had let her into her indoor playpen, and she had gone on the kitchen floor.
The last time she went was last night at like 7 PM! I’m impressed and so, so, tired.
It’s been a week and she’s peed outside probably 3/25 times. It’s cold here, so I get it, she prefers the nice and warm kitchen. My last puppy would pee on the hour rain or shine and was a breeze to potty train, so this has been a tough week of rude awakenings.
We’re going to be stricter about no playpen until peeing, and keep a whiteboard of when she goes so we can hopefully establish a pattern. I’m wondering if letting her play outside before pee is a bad idea and we should keep it boring, because obviously she wants to play when she wakes up, and is very upset that she has to go back in her crate for hours and hours.
And if anyone has any other advice, or even just reassurance, I would appreciate it!
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