We need help with potty training! Fresh perspective or ideas or something!
I've trained all of our previous dogs(7! some came to us as not house-trained adults) no problem, only one was a Chi.
Our current dogs are Fiona-adult house trained, Midnight-9 months house trained, Cowboy-5 months NOT! house trained, and Diva-6 months NOT! house trained. We have only had Cowboy and Diva for a month and a half so I don't expect perfection but I feel as though we have made no progress.
Our current set-up is a 48"x30" crate in our kitchen it contains their cat house with bed in it, water dish, pee pads and toys. For the pee-pads we have tried covering the whole back half, using just one, using a tray to hold it, and a litter box with pee pad and tiny bit of litter. We have tried all these different things because they dig, shred, and play with the pee pads and then just go on the floor of the crate.
At night they sleep together in a small crate in our bedroom and hold it all night just fine.
At this point they can only be out while we are holding them or outside or a few minutes in confined areas because as soon as they feel the urge they go wherever they are. I'm spending most of my day managing them and it's making me crazy.
I would love if they went outside all the time but every other Friday night the kids and I are gone from 12pm-9pm at the earliest. While my DH would let them out I worry about how long they can hold it, he works from home and can get wrapped up in problems and not realize how long it has been.
So... Help?!
I've trained all of our previous dogs(7! some came to us as not house-trained adults) no problem, only one was a Chi.
Our current dogs are Fiona-adult house trained, Midnight-9 months house trained, Cowboy-5 months NOT! house trained, and Diva-6 months NOT! house trained. We have only had Cowboy and Diva for a month and a half so I don't expect perfection but I feel as though we have made no progress.
Our current set-up is a 48"x30" crate in our kitchen it contains their cat house with bed in it, water dish, pee pads and toys. For the pee-pads we have tried covering the whole back half, using just one, using a tray to hold it, and a litter box with pee pad and tiny bit of litter. We have tried all these different things because they dig, shred, and play with the pee pads and then just go on the floor of the crate.
At night they sleep together in a small crate in our bedroom and hold it all night just fine.
At this point they can only be out while we are holding them or outside or a few minutes in confined areas because as soon as they feel the urge they go wherever they are. I'm spending most of my day managing them and it's making me crazy.
I would love if they went outside all the time but every other Friday night the kids and I are gone from 12pm-9pm at the earliest. While my DH would let them out I worry about how long they can hold it, he works from home and can get wrapped up in problems and not realize how long it has been.
So... Help?!