Smart little pups!

In an effort to ease housebreaking later, and to make my clean up easier, as soon as they have space I start trying to get them paper trained.  When I moved them I set up an area with newspaper.  Then came the work part - I have to clean and deodorize every area except where I want them to go as often as I can catch them.  This is a "fun" job since it involves stepping in the pen, which means lots of puppy "help", chasing the rag, climbing on me and so on.

But, I am pleased to say it already seems to be paying off.  Today they all ate then ran over to the area and made their little messes!

Next step - opening the door to the outside and moving that habit out of the house.  I didn't want to do it this past weekend because it was a bit warm here, and the house stays cool if I close it up when the outside temp exceeds the indoor.  This week the temps are supposed to be back to normal, so I will start getting that set up.