Hello!!! Our  names are  Tae and Reann. We just got 2 rat terriers yesterday.. Penni & Bleu. Penni is about 7wks & Bleu is 2 months.  OK... I have been reading your post to get advise for the last 2 months and this is the best advise I could have ever found about getting rat terriers. I have also been watching the show It's Me or the DOG on Animal Planet  w/ the dog trainer Victoria Stillwell...  As my topic states...My Living Room is now a potty room....... HELP!! We have been running around the apartment cleaning up pee stain after pee stain. We havent been this tired since... Well we can't remember... Is it too soon to be training them to use the bathroom in one spot of the apartment since they are so young.. I believe the breeder we got them from didnt potty train them in the least and they see this big room and just want to mark it all up...  Any advise would be greatly appreciated.. Again thanks for all the tips from the other topics i have been reading .....

Welcome to the forum!  Be sure to read the pinned topics at the top of the forum on crate training and house training. I don't believe I would be giving these puppies free run of the house until they are potty trained. Do you have a kitchen with durable flooring you can close off with a child barrier? That way you won't be letting them ruin your carpet and cleanup will be quick & easy. Potty training can take a couple of months.

well, we are the same ones who wrote the above post. Our computer messed up. Since our computer shut down and deleted my previous account, I just created a new profile. Hope to get some responses soon... We need some advise.... Thanks again....

 Well my girls are older now and are potty trained. Princess Lilybelle is 7 months old. When she gets upset with me she will piddle for me, where I can see it. Sooo we deal with it. Ratties are very smart and will catch on soon.

Just wanted to say your babies are so CUTE!  Love the avatar!

Crate training, confine them until they can hold it...read the pinned posts as Peggy suggested.

You are quite brave to take on housetraining 2 pups at once! You'll have your hands full for a while but hang in there.  Your pups are absolutely adorable!

Brittany, I think you should take your pup to the vet.  Sounds like it might be a virus like several have been dealing with recently (which would require meds).  I'd let your vet evaluate because so much diarrhea alone can dehydrate and the blood sounds even more serious to me.

Hope it continues to work for you.  Remember, they are babies and still have very poor eye/muscle coordination.  So when they put their front end on the pad, they have no earthly idea the backk end is off.    Remember, walk them outside frequently!  I start out hourly at 6-8 weeks, then every two, then every three and so on.  The name of the game is "beat them to the urge" to go inside!  Has really worked with all my many dogs over the years.  Keep us posted on how it's going.