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We found/still find these bed protectors useful for toilet training, accidents and muddy paws generally, pretty big and washable too.
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Sounds heartstopping. Can't imagine letting the pup out of my sight for a second at the moment.
Thanks for the encouragement all. It's been a week today. It has been quite hard going, but I never thought it was gonna be an *looks to camera - walk in the park - so i'm pretty sanguine about the sleeplessness and the War on Bugs(TM) in general. My missus is really struggling though. It may be all wrapped up in the family mess but for whatever reason she's experiencing high anxiety just not coping terribly well - then spiralling because she gets anxious her anxiety meaning that's not coping etc. It's all a bit trying but i'm determined to keep a calm head and be the voice of positivity.
Must admit I did struggle last night standing outside on the patio in my pants for the umpteenth time waiting for the pup to pee, only to have her run back inside and pee then try to get into my camp bed.
On toilet training, I think we're admitting that we're expecting too much too quickly. She can only go an hour max without needing to pee for the first half of the night, so unless one of us is up every 45 minutes until around 2 or 3am we're gonna have to try something else. Also trying to convince a baby animal the size of a guinea pig to leave her cozy bed and go outside in the night time autumn drizzle to pee isn't proving easy (hence the standing on the patio in my pants last night).
As we want to start transitioning away from being in the room, we're gonna put a pen round the crate with a pad in it and try sleeping on the sofa-bed on the next floor up from the basement kitchen where crate is tomorrow. We shall see. Any top tips on manging night time toilet training tiny pups very welcome.