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we live in an apartment and the only 'outside' we have is a balcony. however, there is a flyscreen door that needs to be opened to get there so it will be hard for the puppy to get in and out of the balcony unless we leave the flyscreen door opened.

Chloebear, I have bought him many chewing toys and he has a kong too. We're going to put away the cables now becuase it's too dangerous. Persephone, we live in an apartment and the entire apartment is carpeted except for the laundry room and the kitchen. In fact the method that i have mentioned to toilet train him was suggested by the trainer of the puppy preschool that we were going to attend next saturday. We are certainly willing to give other methods a try too. he's only had his first vaccination. Is is alright to take him out for a walk?

hi, I've just got a cavalier male puppy last week and it's 8 weeks old now. We've had him for the last 6 days and we're desperately trying to get it toilet trained. We have laid newspaper in the laundry room and we take him to the laundry room after he wakes up, has eaten, after playing with him or when we notice that he's sniffing around and is going to pee or poo, we'll take him to the laundry room and we stay there with him, close the door and ignore him. We were hoping to praise him and give him a treat when he does his pee/poo. However, when we leave him on the newspaper, he will move away and then lie on the ground and look at us. After a few minutes, we would let him out and he would then pee on the carpet. It got worse today when we let him on the couch and he pees on it. He also chews on some of the cables on the floor which is dangerous. We would catch him in the act, tell him firmly "NO" and then give him a toy to play with but he seems very stubborn and will continue to attempt to chew again. We love him a lot and know that he's very smart (he learnt to 'come' and 'sit' the 3rd day we had him) but we're not getting anywhere with regards to toilet training and his chewing. We have enrolled him for puppy preschool which will start next sat. But from now until then, we hope to get some advise from here. Thanks.