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12-08-2008, 08:12 PM | #1 |
YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Cupertino, CA, USA
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| Making a Schedule and Sticking to it I have to keep reminding myself how good of a dog Max is, because I keep getting frustrated and I don't think it is helping him. The problem is the pooping. If he isn't outside at the moment HE needs to go, he goes in the house. I know he can hold it, he just doesn't understand. I'll take him out for 10 minutes, bring him in, and 5 minutes later he will poop when I am watching him. I suppose I am doing something wrong. I praise him when he poos outside in his area (so far, the count is 1). He has poo'd in the house about 6 times and I've had him 3 weeks. He poops normally once per day around 6-8. Now, that being said, I can just take him on a walk everyday so he poos. My friends dog does not pee or poo besides on walks and I do not want Max to be like this and never be fully potty trained. I am writing this to see what I'm doing wrong and so I stick to a schedule. It is probably a little to harsh for him but it is only temporary until he learns. I know he will poo on the walks so I try to make him poo in his area before walks. I am just starting this now and it worked yesterday but today he won't get a night walk. I want him to learn as soon as he poos in the area he gets a treat, praise, and a walk (which he loves). I think this is unfair to him but I am so upset that probably is not helping. Week 1 and 2: Keep him on a tight leash or in the crate. No exceptions. Take outside: 6:30 AM, 1 PM, 6 PM, 6:20, etc every 20 minutes until he poos. If he poos, go on a walk and praise. If all goes well: Weeks 3 and 4: Keep on leash or in room. No exceptions. Take outside and follow the same rules. I will continue to watch him for the next few months. Christmas break is coming up so I will be able to give him 100% attention. I am so frustrated I am looking for a trainer, but I definitely do not have the money. I found a really good trainer that either takes him to her house for 3 weeks for $800. He would get socialization, house training, obedience, and she would teach him off leash stuff as well. She has a lot of good reviews and I may pet sit for a Pug for a month to get some money. If I do I will probably do the training since I know it would be better in the long run. Here goes.. Vanessa |
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12-09-2008, 05:19 AM | #2 |
Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Alexandria, VA, USA
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| Everyone says, be patient.. Oh girrrrl, I'm going to get his Bordetella shot and hopefully Rabies if I can tonight so I can sign him up for classes. My puppy is driving me nuts as well. The only issue I have with him is peeing and that's if my boyfriend is taking care of him or if he's at my boyfriend's house. Here is my schedule for him. 6AM - Walk (if he doesn't poop/pee put him back in the crate and then try again in 10-15 miunutes if he does poop/pee I put him in the bigger crate with his food) 7:30AM - My boyfriend wakes up and walks him again and then puts him back in the big crate 11AM - I go home to walk him 3-4PM - I walk him again and then he gets to play 5-6PM - He should have already had dinner (I leave a bowl for him so he can eat whenever he wants) 7PM - Walk him again and then let him play 10-11PM - Walk him again and then slowly try to get him to go to sleep (that is the part I'm having issues with..he barks for half an hour until he tires out) Sometimes I can cheat and I'll skip the 11AM walk but my puppy is 3 months old and really good at holding it in (mostly because he's crated and he won't eliminate where he sleeps) although he'll be way too hyper to want to sleep later that night so I have to take him for a long walk around 3-4PM. |
12-09-2008, 05:29 AM | #3 | |
Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Alexandria, VA, USA
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In any case, if he doesn't go do not award him with space and play time but put him back in the crate and try again until he eliminates outside. He will associate going outside with good things, I think. Also, I've been telling my Sylar to "hurry up" and he goes in a matter of 5 minutes. I'm not sure how I got him to associate "hurry up" with hurrying to sniff out a good spot to potty and eliminate but he does. I praise him right when he's doing his deed. You may want to try treats, I haven't had to do that but it may very well work. | |
12-09-2008, 06:37 AM | #4 |
YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Cupertino, CA, USA
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| I do give him praise and treats and if he poos he gets a walk (he only poos at night). At least now I know he poos every night about 6-8 and he will poo and then have to go poo again 10-15 minutes later. I just noticed this from the last few days. I went to sleep in tears yesterday because I was going to stick to the schedule but when I took him in the bathroom so I could shower like I do everyday, he poo'd again and I had taken him out RIGHT before. What I'm doing is going to make him hate his crate, hate me, and probably confuse him. If I don't have him in his crate he poos.. so he has to go in his crate unless I'm training him, going on a walk, or grooming him. That's pretty much the entire day (since he also goes in it at night now that he has started pooing everywhere). It's like it gets worse everyday. Today there are no exceptions. I knew I wasn't going to follow my schedule.. Vanessa |
12-09-2008, 01:44 PM | #5 |
Thor's Human Donating Member | There are a ton of threads here on crate training your puppy -- it might help to read some of those. I've heard that this can happen with puppies. They are thrilled to be outside and then when they get back inside, they're like, oh right, I was going to potty, better take care of that now! I adopted a mostly house broken yorkie, and the one thing we really have trouble with is playing fetch inside. Even if I take him outside to pee RIGHT before, he still pees after he really gets into it. Maybe I need to break fetch time into five minute intervals. Oh, also - if he poops in front of you, do you correct him? I would think that's a good sign, actually, because he's not stealth-pooping. It seems like he just hasn't made the connection yet. |
12-10-2008, 06:59 AM | #6 | |
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