Absolutely it will, especially if you're trying to interrupt a pee in the wrong place. It's like a human baby. Babies pee and poop all the time when they're being carried. What works best is a strict schedule. I found a great post for you on pee pad training. I've posted it below (can't seem to find a link for it, but you can find it on the Rat Terrier forum at Rat-Terrier.com and look for the thread "Potty Training Help! (Very frustrated and sad!)" in the Training section)
Here's a great article on crate training, which it looks like you've started
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http://www.humanesociety.org/animals..._training.html
"I'm not a huge advocate of piddle pad training, but if that's the route you want to go down.... it can be done. One thing I caution everyone about is not trying to train a puppy to both (piddle pads and going outside) because it's way too confusing for the puppy and being inconsistent in our efforts is not fair to the pup.
So the first thing you need to do is to decide on which route you wish to take with potty training efforts. (1) Do you want her to be pad trained or (2) do you wish for her to be trained to do her business outdoors. That's step # 1... a decision you need to make.
Assuming that your decision is to go the piddle pad route based on your initial thread... let's talk about that a little. The basic concept is that a pup prefers to do her business where she did it before... wherever that might be. I would invest in an x-pen ... which will keep the pup confined but also allow some freedom. You don't want to allow your pup to run free (and out of sight) before understanding where she is to relieve herself. Make sure this space is visible to you, and preferably in a tiled or easily cleaned area. You don't want your pup to feel punished or left alone in this area, and you also don't want to be cleaning up "accidents" on carpet.
At one corner of the confined area, place a piddle pad. These pads smell like pee to the puppy (not to humans though!!), which makes her want to go there. Over time, you can cut these pads down, but at first, use a whole pad so there's a better chance of your pup peeing on the actual pad. The pad should be as far away from their sleeping and eating area as possible within the space as your puppy will instinctively want to keep the sleeping and eating area clean. If you want... put the crate in there and leave it open so she can go in and out when and if she wants.
If you catch your pup in a squat off her pad, interrupt her quickly (not negatively - just a simple "ah-ah" will do), lift her up and move her to her pad. When she pees there, praise her big time. Clean up any mess off the pad quickly and quietly - being sure to use a urine smell removing cleaner.
As your pup seems to be getting the hang of peeing on the pads in her confined area, you can expand her space, but do it gradually. You may want to put multiple pads around the areas you want to let her explore, so that if she needs to go now, she can easily find a spot. This will also allow you to move her quickly if you catch her going off her pad. I think the key to success in ANY potty training effort is praise. Supervise her... praise her when she's successful in offering the behavior you are seeking. And remember to NEVER punish her for pottying somewhere she shouldn't unless you see her in the actual act of doing so. And even then... do it verbally with a firm "NO !!! " and never spank her. Not saying you do... or that you will... just saying I've known folks to do that and it can yield disastrous results.
I just added a six-month old female rattie to my pack. She's been litter-box trained. I don't do litter boxes, so I'm having to now REtrain her to go outside. At this point she stays crated a lot, but as she becomes more consistent with pottying outside, she'll earn more free time outside of the crate. It's good and beneficial to set boundaries like this for your pup. They need to learn what is expected of them at an early age. You can leave her crated if you want.. up to an hour per month of age plus an hour. So if she's 4 months old you should be able to leave her crated for 5 hours. It won't hurt her... pups sleep a lot anyway. Crates are wonderful aids in potty training.
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