Well, Stella is certainly pushing my buttons on the potty training train. Moved her play pen into the so-called dining room in order to keep a closer watch on her. She likes to pull the potty paper out of the litter box and shred it up. She eats some of it, so a big no, no.
She also climbs into the minus potty paper litter box and pees.
So I needed to solve this problem. At least now anytime she starts to take the potty paper out, I can tell her no and hopefully break the habit. I put a 5x7 rug on top of the apartment rug, and then two carpet topped rubber mats, the kind they sell at Costco, on top of the rug. All this to protect the wall to wall carpet.
Yup, she peed on Costco mat.
. Cleaned it with puppy Resolve, washed it, and put her back into her pen. While later, she peed in the same spot.
. Ok, was bedtime anyway. Put her away, cleaned the spot again, turned the rug and placed the littler box on top of the pee spot. She starts peeing in the litter box again and pooped in it. YAY, back on track.
Then, yesterday I take the trash out and someone has put their small car rubber mats out by the dumpster. I have wanted a small rubber mat to put her food and water on, but I hate to spend the 20 bucks for one. Hmm, I grab one of those car rubber mats.
Put the mat in my shower, clean both sides with hot water, then put bleach on both sides, soak, clean with hot water, dry, put in her play pen, and put her food and water on top of the mat. Get up at midnight, put her in her litter box as usual, she walks out of her litter box, sniffs the mat, walks to the far side of her play pen,and, yup, pees on the Costco mat.
Hmm. Apparently you can lead a puppy to a potty pad, but you can not make it pee on one.