Toilet Training Weeks Three and Four

Gizmo started phase two of the Litter Kwitter system last Sunday. This is also known as the "amber phase". She seemed to be pretty curious about the hole in the middle of her litter box. She frequently would stick her head in or a paw or two to see what was in the hole (toilet water).

She started off well, using it for #1 and #2, but using copious amounts of litter for burying and overall litter shenanigans that she likes to pull. We figured she was doing okay, so we started decreasing the amount of litter we put in the tray.

She did not like this at all. In fact, she took to "climbing mountains" aka walking on the beanbags. We thought she was just being goofy, but in fact she was finding a new place to do her "business". That was a great ending to our morning before school, cleaning up poop and throwing out one of our beanbag chairs.

So we went back to copious amounts of litter. We'll see how that goes. She doesn't seem to mind having the litter box on the toilet, but I don't know how she's coping with the idea of going potty in a hole. Week two on the second phase is about the same. She is going regularly in the box, but is ignoring the hole in the middle. We have to teach her to go in the hole before she can move on to the next phase. It's going to be awhile, probably 3-4 more weeks, so I will not update until she is moving on to the "red phase"