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08-04-2009, 11:36 AM | #1 |
YorkieTalk Newbie! Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Sandy
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| Potty Time HELP!!!! Hello, I am new to YorkieTalk! My husband and I got our cute little baby named Bentley about 4 weeks ago! He is almost 17 weeks old now and we are having a hard time with potty training him. Here are a few of my problems if you have any suggestions please tell me I am a first time dog owner and I probably need the training more than our puppy! He is crate trained at night, he whines about 1 time per night and I take him out to go potty, he goes we come back in and he goes straight to his crate until morning. Yeah!!!! My husband and I are both working full time and going to school full time. So we are gone for about 10 hours a day. We keep him in a part of our kitchen, it is very small (about 12"x5") and we have doors to keep him in this area. We have puppy pads in there. When we are gone during the day he usually uses the puppy pads or goes within a foot from them. So he is doing ok with that. It is the evenings that I am having a very hard time with. After we get home, I take him out about every hour. I tell him to go potty (knowing that he gets a treat he will go) but when we come back inside, he'll pee again. It seems like no matter how much I take him out he still pees small amounts all over the house! And another issue. He won't go #2 outside. When I see him sniff and squat to poop I grab him and run outside. He won't go out there, he'll come in and the same thing will happen and I keep running him outside but he just won't go!!! Does anyone have any advice for me, I am trying the best I can. I don't know what else to do. Any advice about potty training with our work schedules or how to hold his pee and eliminate it all at once instead of a little bit every 15 min. and last but no least how to get him to poop outside? Thank you so much any help is appreciated! Geertsen |
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08-04-2009, 03:22 PM | #2 |
Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: GA
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| Hello. I am also having similar issues with my dog. I posted a thread in the general discussion board, I am new too, and I just noticed this "training" section. My dog, Molly, is 1.5 years old. I have only had her for about a month. She doesn't like to poop outside either, her fav spot is in my kids room! She will poop outside, but not in my yard, only in neighbors yards! So I feel your pain and look forward to seeing what others say on this issue! |
08-05-2009, 12:31 AM | #3 |
Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Bavaria, Germany
Posts: 56
| I suggest the book How to Housebreak Your Dog in Seven Days - it is great! Basically, though, you need to be a little more patient. You need not give in to him so quickly. You need to continue to take him to his potty spot to poop, no matter how many time it takes. Once you see he needs to go and take him out and he won't go, bring him back in but *crate him*. Wait ten minutes, take him back to the potty spot, and praise and treat him to high heaven if he goes. If not, back into the crate. Repeat until he poops. The first day or two you may spend the entire evening doing this, so you need to be ready to devote the time. Also, don't feel bad or like it's punishment. It is training and once it is done you'll both be happier. You can even put the crate in the living room with you (or wherever you are during the evenings) so that he's not isolated or punished, he's just confined so he won't poop anywhere but where you want him to. Once he does poop, give him the freedom he's normally allowed and lots of praise and attention!! However, his "freedom" should include being watched like a hawk at all times. If you can't keep two eyes on him, then he should go into his kitchen area with his pads or into his crate. Just don't give him the option to make a mistake. Or, since he avoids pooping outside, you can put him on the potty pads if you don't mind him pooping on them in the house - but you need to do the same tactic. Leash him and put him on the pads so he can't run off and go play. He needs to know it is time to do business. And then crate him in between just like above. Or you can leash him to you while he's in the house with you and watch him like a hawk. Each and every time you see him ready to have an accident, whisk him out to the potty area and do as above. It may take days or weeks, but he will get it. But you really do need to stay consistent and not give in. As for peeing once he comes in even though he's peed outside, I'm not entirely sure. But I do strongly suggest that you clean up any previous accident spots with enzyme cleaner (I'm sure you've already cleaned, but if you can remember his favorite spots it is good to clean with an enzyme cleaner so he can no longer smell his scent and be attracted back to it), pick up any rugs he has a fondness for, and if possible keep him away from his favorite accident spots (don't let him in that room or area if possible). This will go a long way towards breaking the bad habits he's adopting. And I think if you use the above methods to get him to poop, you'll also get him to pee more often outside and hopefully avoid any more pee accidents as well. |
08-05-2009, 12:35 AM | #4 | |
Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Bavaria, Germany
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Crate, take out to potty, if she goes - treat and praise, then walk or free time in the house (supervised). If she doesn't go, back into the crate, try again in fifteen minutes. Keep her out of your children's room. Period. At least for a few months until she unlearns her bad habit. Clean the carpets with enzyme cleaner and just do not let Molly in there. It isn't going to be forever, but while training you need to do what you can to break the bad habits and form the good ones. This one will go a long way towards you having a happy family, dog and house. | |
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