Toilet and crying

[VanillaBean]

OK we have made a rod for our own back I think.

We have done house training and because OH was at home for the first week and a bit and I managed to WFH we managed to train Honey to go to toilet outside very easily and to tell us when she needs to go outside. Great I hear you all say, so what is your problem.

Well because of this, when we go to work, we leave Honey in her room with pads down in a certain area. She has never used the pads in that area, has used pads upstairs but not really anymore as we pick her signs and she goes to the door. She knows to go on the pads as she used to seek them out upstairs, downstairs not because we used to take her out straight away.

So now that we are back at work, they are left for a couple of hours before someone comes in to let them out. Of course, when Honey wakes up and then needs the toilet she cries and cries and will not go in the house on the pads. I know as I WFH one day as wanted to find out what was happening and pretended, I was not in, so normal routine as OH leaves after me. As soon as I opened the door she bolted outside and did her business.

So do I ignore this and let her get used to it as eventually she will be able to hold it, as once you have to go you have to go surely. Or do I train her to go on the pads downstairs? If so by training her, do I set her house training back?

Thoughts?

 

[Selina27]

Gosh, that's a difficult one, what a good little girl to have got housetraining so quickly!

I would only say that you can't be sure she didn't know you were home, they have an uncanny knack of knowing these things. I guess the only way you will know is by getting a webcam thing.

 

[snowbunny]

It sounds as if she doesn't want to go inside, so is holding it so she doesn't do that. My feeling is that she would be quite distressed if she did actually have to go in the house at this stage, if she's as reluctant as this to use the pads.
She will gradually be able to hold it for longer, of course, as she matures, but it's difficult in this interim because her instincts are telling her not to go inside, but physically she really needs to, and that's upsetting for her.
I don't think it will be a straightforward thing to train her to use the pads downstairs, but if you can, then I would. Yes, it might put your housetraining back a bit, but that's better than her being distressed, physically and emotionally. And as she physically matures, she just won't need to use the pads, and you can remove them so that cue is no longer there.

 

[Boogie]

Bless her.

The problem will sort itself out quite quickly as her bladder matures. Until then I’d leave the pads available in case she’s desperate. She will soon forget the upset of having to go indoors - and it’s really good that she doesn’t want to. Some pups are quite blasé about going indoors until they can hold it!

 

[VanillaBean]

Thanks, well it is the distressing crying that I don't like.

@Selina27 she is fine as I have been at home and she will whine for about 30sec if that then go to sleep. But when it comes to the toilet she just howls the place down and yes it is good that she does not want to go inside.

@snowbunny and @Boogie I know it will come as she gets better at holding it. We have changed the feeding time in the morning last couple of days to see if that will help. Hopefully it will and I now it will get better over time. I will see what happens as I have put more pads down in different places to see if that will help. Problem is in trying to train her downstairs is that she looks at me as if to say 'the door is here and the lawn is outside'. I will see what happens but she did manage to sleep through from 10pm to 530am without a toilet break. so hopefully this will gradually translate trhough to a couple of hours during the day.