We have a 14 week old corgi and we’ve had him since 8 weeks. He’s is in the final stages of potty training, where he knows going inside is a no no and will sometimes alert us! But sometimes I just take him out because I know his digestive schedule. He’s only peed in the house twice, and both were times where we thought he alerted but also couldn’t really tell. So my first question is: How do you teach them to not only go outside, but also alert they need to go? I was hoping I would eventually be able to ween him off me forcing him to go outside, and he just goes when he has to. Is this something that will just come in time? I’m aware we are still in the early stages.
Secondly, crate training. So he is crate trained, although he now sleeps through the night with us because for some blessed reason he can sleep through the night pretty easily, and the times he hasn’t he woke us up from sleeping to potty. So currently he’s only in the crate Sun-Tues when my husband and I’d work overlaps. I was hoping one day he’d be able to just roam in a confined area like our living room. Is this an eventually possibility? Or do most people never graduate from the crate because they prefer it? More looking advice/input from people who do/don’t leave their dogs to roam and why? Obviously he’s not in any position to do this anytime soon, but eventually?
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