Even though I've only had Trixie for 3 weeks and we've been totally housebroken a week or so, Trixie and I made a deal that if she doesn't go potty when I take her out the last time of the night (not just a pee, the FULL potty), she can't sleep on my bed and needs to go in her crate.. Last night, she did the full potty, so she slept on my bed..
Now, my bed is VERY high up off the floor, she needs a lift up, it's too high for her to jump.. and she HATES her crate, even to the point of lipping off at me when I put her in.. she just HATES it... I've followed the proper procedure for crate training, we just NOT are going to do it..
I woke up around 2:30AM and went up on my elbow to see how she was, and she wasn't on my bed! So I'm thinking 'OK, I either kicked her off or she fell off.. where is she.. ?' I turn on my bedlight, and low and behold! She's in her crate! When I said 'Hey, you good girl!', she came running back over and wanted up again.. so I lifted her up and we slept until I woke up for real this time.. =) I think she thought she would go in her crate and wait until she got another invite from Mommy to come up..
I put her in her crate while I got dressed and ready to take her out, I did a check of the house and get this.. NO ACCIDENTS! She did indeed hold it all night, even though she was off my bed and had run of the house..
*huggles her good Trixiegirl*
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