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03-03-2010, 02:07 PM | #1 |
Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: USA
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| Number Two My little 4 year old is fine when it comes to using her wee pad, but I can't seem to get her to use the 'litter box' that I purchased for her. It's been this way since she was a puppy. It's embarrassing and frustrating! I just moved into my first 'established' home, and it's got all the bells and whistles including white furniture. I need to take control of the situation and hold myself accountable for her behavior, after all it's my problem not hers. I don't know where to begin. Should I hire a trainer? I can't have her defecating on my furniture or on the floors, or anywhere but her litter box anymore, I've had enough and am prepared to do the leg work. Please help! |
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03-03-2010, 02:30 PM | #2 | |
Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: El Paso, TX
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03-03-2010, 02:38 PM | #3 |
Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: USA
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| Hey! Thanks for the advice. She's never been crate trained, since she's 4 I think that experience would be quite traumatic for her. When she was a babe I kept her on tile in the bathroom with her bed, a wee pad, and her food & water when I needed to leave for brief periods so that she would have space. She caught on to using the wee pad back then for both. However now that she's grown into the spoiled princess she is she does as she pleases. I've just dealt with it thus far, from time to time I'll find that she's used the wee pad for both, but it's like she's afraid of the pellet box. I assume you have the same setup, it's similar to a cat's litter box and uses horse grain-like pellets. I think I may hire an in-home trainer. I wish I could get in touch with Victoria Stilwell or something :P |
03-03-2010, 02:56 PM | #4 |
Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: El Paso, TX
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| lol, that is too funny! I love her. I do have the box with the pellets also. Maybe you should place the pad in there with a thin layer of pellets. Hope you can find someone but you know the whole new house thing could also be an issue. You might want to put her in an xpen with the box, not as confining as the crate but the same fuction. Good Luck girl!
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03-03-2010, 03:11 PM | #5 |
Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: USA
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| Maybe I should just start keeping her in the bathroom again when I leave, she seems to do her business when I'm away. In strategically placed areas!! Like hey, Mom, F-you for leaving me here! |
03-03-2010, 03:14 PM | #6 |
Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: USA
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| In my old place I once came home to see that she had stooled on the LANDING. The exact place your eyes go to when you begin to walk up the stairs. I couldn't believe it, I had no idea she was capable of revenge! I think yorkies are far more intellectually capable than we realize. |
03-04-2010, 09:46 PM | #7 |
Thor's Human Donating Member | Do you feed her at regular times? If so, she should toilet at about the same time every day. An hour after she eats, take her to her box and do not let her leave until she poops. When she poops, give her a huge reward. If she poops somewhere and you don't catch her, make sure you clean it with an enzyme cleaner so she can't smell any remains. Also, I have not used a litter box, but I've found that Thor is much better about pooping on a clean pad. I'm not thrilled about that, because it means I have to change his pads right after he pees, and then change one again five minutes later, but it's better than the alternative. I'm not sure if he actually prefers a clean space, or if the smell of urine prompts such a strong urge to mark that he can't think about pooping. I've wondered if that's why dogs take such a long time to find the perfect poop spot outside - maybe they are trying to find a totally odor-free area. In any case, maybe set up a special "pood pad" somewhere that she only uses for poop. Also, I think dogs can be crate trained at any age, but if you don't want to do that, you can either use the "umbilical cord" method, or get her an x-pen. Or just crate her after she eats. Again, take her out every fifteen minutes and put her on her pad. Give her five minutes to poop, and if she doesn't she goes back into the crate. She should learn pretty quickly that poop is the way to food and freedom. The key to training yorkies is to not let them out of your sight during potty training. She may prefer to poop in private (many dogs do), or she may be vaguely aware that pooping in the house seems to upset you, so she wants to sneak off when she does it. You must be completely focused to break her of this habit. BUT, once she gets there... trust me, it's worth it! |
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