need help in potty training
Hi Everyone !
I'm sorry that I haven't been writing but so much has been happening with our new girls! Three weeks ago I bought 2 puppies a golden and a tri colored cordi's! They are just something else. They are sisters and have been good I think so far.
I need to ask if I am doing well in the potty training situation, here is my schedule. Puppies are crated for the night. And husband lets them out when he gets up in the morning, feeds them and brings them in for the morning. I get up and takethem out again, however sometimes I don't make it in time and we have an accident in the kitchen. They are confind in the kitchen and that is also where there crate is. We have a baby gate between the kitchen and livingroom. After breakfast they have a little play time, then by that time we are ready to go to work, we put them outside and they pee and poop again. Everytime I take them out they pee or poop. I praise them and give each a treat when they do there business.
After that we come into the house and they are put in there crate. My mother comes about 11 to let them out, they pee or poop depends, water them and lets them play for 1/2 hour then back inside and in the crate.
At 3:30 husband and child comes home, out immediately, they pee and poop depending if thay have to go or not. They go for a walk in the back yard for exercise, then back into the kitchen for bone time and play time, sometimes they nap in ther beds. After supper outside again, but then in the evening we have an accident. Just before bed we put them outside again and we usually have a good pee .
How are we doing? They are listening to us, they sit, come and now are telling me when they need a drink of water. We are working on the chewing of hands and they are getting better with that.
My question is...how long before they will stop having accidents in the kitchen ? Am I doing good or am I just impatient with them because they are so small yet and they are going to be prone to do accidents til they are a little older? My huband says that they are just little in puts and out puts until they are four or five months old.
Please let me know if I'm doing good or bad. Thanks
Robinlee
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