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potty training my chihuahua

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Question
my chihuahua is about 4 months old and she pees on the carpet alot, but on the pads when she wants, it seems like she knows what she does wrong because when she does it i lock her in her kennel and dont let her oput for about 30 minutes what should i ddo HELP!!!!

Answer
The best way is with a crate and the way to do that is to keep her in there all the time,except to take her outside,to feed her,to play with her,to take her on walks ect And do this for about three weeks,then slowly let her out more,but if another accident happens back in the crate her goes for another week

Now another method you can do is to either keep her in one room or put her in a gate,and put down either papers or puppy pads and when it looks like she might go,put her on the pads/paper and praise her,and start to move the papers/pads closer to the door and that often moves them outside as well

You can pick either method although the crate seems to work faster