House Training has been going well

I believe keeping GYPSY on a regular schedule has increased her success in house training. Rewarding her with treats and extra playtime has been an insentive to take care of her business fairly quickly. Ususally ahe will pee very readily when we get out side. While she is peeing I will say "Go Pee" while she is peeing. She is picking up what this command is. Within about a minute she will go poo-poo. I will also say "Go Potty" while she is going. Sometimes there has times when she has needed a lil extra time, and by staying out the extra 5 or 10 minutes . I will walk her around the yard a few minutes if she doesn't go right away. Then I will bring her back into her designated potty area. I will say say "Go Potty" She will go potty. I praise her and tell her she is such a good baby and pet her .... also I always keep treats in my jacket pocket.

I also have been very consistant when I walk her, to always have her walk on my left side. I have been also working with her, when she starts to want to run while she in on leash with me walking her... I been teaching her "Slow" by showing her I taking baby steps... also I do use the "No" command if she wants to lead me. She does stop looks at me ... Then I say to her "Wait" This is proviing to be very effective. She is a fast learner.

Although we have a very large securely fenced yard... I believe by using the wonderful shared adviced that has been passed onto me... This is very good and absolutely feel this will be the rewards of the future, by taking the time with her now. I do allow her supervised free time off the leash inside my yard... I do not allow her out of my sight. I too do use her leash with her in the house... I have closed doors and put up kiddie gates to keep her in the same room I am in during her play time. I do not let her run free in the house w/o supervison. This is for her safety. At night time I do have her in the kennels near my bed.

Speaking of night time. At first I did take her out every 45 minutes during the first week around the clock. At eleven weeks it has already increased to about 3 to 3 1/2 hours. She does let me know when she needs to go out at times... But I have been ahead of her for the most part and I think this is better not to wait til she is all but ready to bust. That is pushing for a accident to happen. I have had to hurry when I seen her start to sniff and hunt. That tells me I waited to long inbetween her going out. Also the great advise I too received was not to leave her food and water down for her to eat or drink when ever she wanted to... Has definately helped her success. By being willing to meet her needs to her body functions of her schedule makes a difference too. But she is the one who gets all the credit... she is doing so well.