House training advice please.

mandy4727

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We have become the proud owners for an 8 weeks old cavalier girl named Sasha. She has settled into our household really well. The cats are terrified of her though.... Anyway. Before we got her we read loads and loads on the internet before hand. About whether to crate or not, ways to toilet train etc etc. We have now had her 4 days and she has been in her crate all night long without a peep out of her, no cries or wimpers at all. But it is the toilet training aspect I am not sure if we have right. Every morning we have found she has weed on her bed in her crate. We take her outside every 45 mins to an hour, after feed, after a sleep and first thing in the morning. When outside we don't play with her or anything until she was been to the toilet and then praise her when she has finished (no treats just praise). We then play with her afterwards and have a good run round with her. Sometimes she has 3 or 4 wees. But she will then come in and wee on the carpet not every time but at least twice every day since we got her. No poos yet. Just wees and they are so tiny. We clean them up properly and use a deodouriser afterwards so she won't get used to the smell she leaves. Is this normal and are they just little accidents. We just ignore the what she has done no shouting or scoulding. I am not sure what we should be expecting and how quickly. Thanks in advance for the advice.
 

Sounds like you are doing a great job and she is heading in the right direction.

Can you put some newspaper down in her crate and hopefully she will go on there rather than her bed. I think 8 weeks is a little young to expect her to go all night yet.

I would advise you to just continue as you are. I would however, give a little growl and a sharp "Ah,Ah, NO" when she pees on the carpet and pick her up and put her back outside. I think you will find she will stop this pretty soon as it sounds like she is getting the toilet training idea pretty quickly. Well done and good luck with her.
 
Forgot to say newspaper is in her crate and she went on that last night instead of her bed!!! No accidents in the house today until I came home from work. Typical.
 
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