| I am fortunate to have a very smart girl!! She has always slept in our room at night from the very beginning (almost 7 wks old). She has a blanket folded up on the floor by my side of the bed. I set my alarm clock to go off at 2 am (we go to bed about 11) then 5am, then I get up at 7am to get son off to school, or 8 am on weekends to feed her. Well after a week or so of this schedule she now wakes me up to go out if the alarm has not gone off yet. She has not had a poop accident in our room in over a week. and has only had one pee accident in well over a week. The poop one was before she went to the vet for having mucosy stools with blood. (giardia). Since she was treated for it, she has had no poo accidents at night. Last night she woke me up (she puts her paws on my side of the bed and nuzzles me.) and I took her out. She immediately went #2. then she peed. So she is letting me know at night that she has to go because she dont want to relieve herself in the bedroom. WHY wont she do the same thing during the day!!! I do watch her close, and try to keep to a schedule of taking her out every two hrs.
The times she sneaks off to go inside is when I am doing stuff, like cooking, and I lose track of time. I think Im going to start setting my kitchen timer to go off every two hrs. when Im busy doing stuff.
I also have a gated off pantry that I use as her 'room', it has her food/water bowls, blanket, toys, and newspapers in case she needs to go. This is her safe place when we have to leave and cant take her with us. I sometimes put her in there when I am doing dishes and stuff and cant watch her.
So you guys think she is doing good for her age?  |