Hi all.
I have had my cavalier bitch for a week now (she's 7 weeks old). When I got her the breeder told me she had started to paper train her and that she was used to going when she woke up etc. I hve tried to continue this but she will never go on paper, only on the carpet. If i catch her doing it i tell her NO and put her on the paper. I then clean up her mess with special stuff that takes the smell and stain away but she has continued to do it. There seems to be no pattern to when she wants to go and when i notice her circling etc and put her on the paper she will wait til i've let her go and then go off somewhere else and do it 5 mins later! I cant train her outside as there are foxes etc regularly in our garden and I dont want her catching anything before she has had her shots.
Any advice?
Thanks

For the times that you pick pup up and place her on the paper, when she does perform do you make a big fuss and tell her shes a good girl ??
Pups need praise and encouragement . Also shes REALLY young so dont expect too much from her just yet . You need to watch her all the time. Where are you leaving the paper by the way - maybe pup cant reach it easily or its too far away
Maybe she doesnt like the sound or feel of the paper  We used old towels . Gus learnt very quickly but having said that he was really good when he came home from his breeder so there had obviously been effort put in there .
Only problem with towels is all the washing involved .  :(
Can anyone else offer information on puppy pads?

I do make a fuss when she goes but she has this amazing habit of stopping when i move her! then starting again somewhere else. I don't think she minds the paper as she drags her toys over it occasionally and if i hold her there she'll just lay down or start playin. I have moved the paper to a better spot as i think it may have been too close to her food n water bowl b4 but now it is away from them and in an easy access place

If you prefer the paper method..... Once she has done a wee, even if on the carpet:( soak it up with the paper then put this 'smelly' bit down where you do want her to go, preferably by the exit. Pups always go back to the same spot, that's why you have to clean it with bio wash powder to eliminate all smells. Also you may find it best to limit her space, until she gets the hang of things.

Personally I don't do paper training, only with my pups when they are still here but once they go to their new homes I suggest that people do not continue as IMO this suggests to the pup that it is OK to do it indoors and also you have to teach them twice.  So rather than put paper down take her outside when you notice the signs and show her the route to the back door too, so that she learns where to go. Take her outside when she has eaten and apx every half hour. I am afraid it is a case of watching her 'every' move.  Pups are naturally clean, honest, as soon as they can walk they leave their bed to do 'hurry ups'   Incidentally it is best that you use a word such as this, you are teaching her your language, when you take her outside and go with her, as soon as she has been tell her 'good hurry ups' and realy praise her.
I have a 10wk old pup who has only twice done a wee indoors but he is not 'house trained'  I am puppy trained ;)
An excellant book to buy is  'The Perfect Puppy' by Gwen Bailey, an absolute must buy for all puppy owners.  
Good luck, HTH
Debbie.

PS  If the breeder has taken the time to paper train you are half way there.  I have no experience of puppy pads but again I just think you have to train twice, I think vigilence is the answer, however tiring it may be. :)

I also teach the pup to go outside straight away, it seems easier. And they don't get used to doing it in the house at all :)

Lindsay

Paper training is a waste of time IMO -- as everyone else has said, you just have to train the puppy twice and it can be very confusing. You're better off just training them to go outside. Yes, you have to run around like a madman for a few weeks (or sometimes months), but you're much better off in the long run.

And stand outside in the rain at all hours of the day and night, my neighbours think I'm very strange :)