amygims
09-08-2007, 07:44 PM
Hey!
I just adopted a puppy last Monday. She is 7 months old and was already house trained to go outside. We are going to be moving into an apartment together when I go to school and so I am trying to litter train her. I have gotten her to go potty in her box sometimes, but the problem is that she holds it for so long before she will go that I am worried it is unhealthy for her. She will usually hold is for I'd say 10-11 hours or more before she finally just cannot hold it anymore and starts going and I put her in her box and praise her and give her a treat. We have only been doing this for a few days so I don't expect her to understand that she is allowed to go in her box yet. I am sure she will catch on soon but just worry because she holds it for such extended periods of time and don't want her to develop a bladder infection or anything like that.
Have any of you had a similar experience? Is there something else I should do to make her understand that she can go in the box or should I just wait for her to catch on the way we are going? I have already tried putting grass in the box, putting the box in the yard and the commercial potty training sprays/pads and none of them seem to help.
I just adopted a puppy last Monday. She is 7 months old and was already house trained to go outside. We are going to be moving into an apartment together when I go to school and so I am trying to litter train her. I have gotten her to go potty in her box sometimes, but the problem is that she holds it for so long before she will go that I am worried it is unhealthy for her. She will usually hold is for I'd say 10-11 hours or more before she finally just cannot hold it anymore and starts going and I put her in her box and praise her and give her a treat. We have only been doing this for a few days so I don't expect her to understand that she is allowed to go in her box yet. I am sure she will catch on soon but just worry because she holds it for such extended periods of time and don't want her to develop a bladder infection or anything like that.
Have any of you had a similar experience? Is there something else I should do to make her understand that she can go in the box or should I just wait for her to catch on the way we are going? I have already tried putting grass in the box, putting the box in the yard and the commercial potty training sprays/pads and none of them seem to help.