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CappysMom · 12-08-2005, 12:17 PM

This is my first time having to potty train a pup....and I think he was trying to impress us the first couple of days bc he was soo good! But now I guess I just have to be patient....

We were letting him sleep with us...well he would fall asleep, then I would move him to box next to the bed where he would sleep until 2-3 am, then start whining....I would bring him up on the bed with us and he would sleep the rest of the night cuddled wtih me...until 2 nights ago! He peed on the bed...TWICE. When I caught him, I put him right back in his box....didn't yell or anything, just said NO, so last night I tried crating him.....oddly enough, he went into the crate by himself......a called him back out and stood over his pee pads and kept saying..."go pee, go pee" (Thats what I say when I take him out) He peed right in the middle of the pee pad, so I gave him a treat and cooed and pet him.....not even 2 minutes later I followed him to our mudroom where he was going #2, I said NO, picked him up and put him on the pee pad (sorry this is long!!) He didn't go......so I waited and he still didn't go..... so I said, "go to bed, go to bed..."and pointed to his crate...he went in and I gave him a treat!! He slept peacefully until about 230am when I thouhg I heard him yelp...I went down, let him out.....he went pee, I put him back in his cage...thats when the crying started..and last for about a half hour...then he fell back asleep....at about 5 when my husband woke, he started crying and I got him out and let him up in bed with me (I do want him to be able to sleep with me...he is such a cuddlebug and I love it) and right away he peed on the bed.....so my H took him downstairs into his penned area with all the pee pads where we keep him during the day......

After my shower I brought him upstairs with me while I dressed and he started going poop, so I caught him, said no and put him on his Pee pad....he whined, ran off it, started going poo again..this happened a total of 3 times, then he peed on the area rug, so I took him downstairs and put him back in his pen. What can I be doing differently so he gets a consistent message that the pee pads are the only thing its okay to go pee and poo on? I am considering getting a large crate to have the bed AND pee pad in for the days and nights...he is only 10 wks!

Thanks! Again, sorry for the length!

Lexi Rae · 12-08-2005, 12:40 PM

well what i did when i got lexi, i first crated her and let her out every
hour or so even during the night,and put her on the pee pad so she could goand would not let her off until she did,,as she got alittle older i was able to sleepwith her . she have never peed onmy bed... i made a ramp for her and she goes down the ramp and on the pad in my room...it take a while let me tell you, i was exhaused, cause i had to go to work everyday and was up all nite trying to train her the right way...i mean now, she will still pp on the rug, why, i have no clue , that irks me so bad, but most of the times shes a good girl.. and have to tell you, everytime she went on the pad, oh a big fuss i made .. i mean a really big fuss.. good girl, good potty.. just keep up what you are doing, your doing just fine...i learned it all from this lovely site and these wonderful people on here.

Teddy_Q · 12-09-2005, 06:25 PM

The best thing that worked for me and it took me until teddy was 6months to finally do it was crate training. I would leavve him in there with the door closed whenever he was unattended and as soon as i would take him out I would immediately put him on the pad. While i was at work i would keep him in his pen with a pee pad in there and if i got home and he had pooed or peed on the floor i would show him the pee say no and put him on the pad and then praise him. THis is kind of gross but i even put the poo on the pad and said good boy. Soon enough he got it! good luck and dont worry eventually he himself will get disgusted by his own pee and will WANT to go onthe pad!

jerodancrystal · 12-10-2005, 03:30 PM

It sounds like you have met my dog Homer!! HaHa. When I first got him he was great! Then he started sleeping with my husband and I, and he kept going to my husbands side of the bed and pooping or peeing at the foot of his side of the bed. I finaly figured out why Homer was doing it. He was so small that he couldnt get back on the bed after he got down to go potty the first few nights, so he learned quickly that if he went potty at the place farthest from where he had to sleep it would be ok....... (not ok). After I firgured this out I left a blanket on the bed that hung off the side. It is the craziest thing, but he didnt have anymore bed accidents again, because he could get down, go potty, "climb" back in bed & get a treat in the morning for being a good boy. Good Luck with the potty training... sometimes the solution is easier than you think

SnowWa · 12-12-2005, 02:03 AM

CappysMom ----

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. . . at about 5 when my husband woke, he started crying and I got him out and let him up in bed with me (I do want him to be able to sleep with me...he is such a cuddlebug and I love it) and right away he peed on the bed....
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I just couldn't pass up giving you a bad time about the above. It sounded like you were talking about your husband --not your dog. But then, -- maybe you were!!!!

Pronouns can be such tricky little things..........................

Carol Jean

Ladylavender · 12-12-2005, 06:01 AM

I think your perception of how you are training should be shifted. Rather than think that you want to train your puppy to go on pee-pads, think that you want your puppy to go in a "designated" area. This should be the only place you take your puppy to go potty. So if you are pee-pad training, and you have an x-pen with peepads in it, make the x-pen the only place your puppy goes. So everytime you want to take him to go potty, don't place him on a pee-pad, place him in his x-pen. (make sure it is wall to wall peepad) Don't let him out until he does his business. But stay there and watch him, so when he goes you can praise him. But the fact that he is in the x-pen and is covered with pee-pads, will ensure that he goes on the pee-pad. Eventually you can reduce the amount of pee-pads to one or two, but it will always be in the x-pen. At some point you will have to keep the x-pen open so he can go in and out of it at will to relieve himself. (but only when he catches on and has more freedom in your household).

If you eventually want to move the peepads to another area permanently for him to go on, you will have to move the x-pen in small increments until you get the peepad moved to where you want it to be.

Just remember - you are training your puppy that there is only one place to go, and that is in the x-pen, and just coincidently there is a peepad in the "designated area"! You are not specifically training it to go on the pee-pad.

Of course you don't have to use the x-pen, it can be the bathroom, or some other contained area, but the area must be contained, so he can reference it in his brain as the "potty" area.

Eventually he will only go on the peepads, because you have created a habit and preference of the surface of which he likes to void.

Also, limit your puppy's freedom. Keep him in the x-pen or crate when you cannot watch him. And when you can watch him, keep him in one room at a time. And keep him off the bed. He should only sleep with you, when he has "earned" the right to do so. Part of that is to be fully house broken. (Don't worrry, You'll have many years to sleep with him. So help him now, by not allowing him to create bad habits, so you can enjoy him in the future)

Its hard but well worth the effort.

12-08-2005, 12:17 PM	#1
CappysMom Yorkie Talker Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Maine Posts: 22	It seems we all have the same prob with potty training This is my first time having to potty train a pup....and I think he was trying to impress us the first couple of days bc he was soo good! But now I guess I just have to be patient.... We were letting him sleep with us...well he would fall asleep, then I would move him to box next to the bed where he would sleep until 2-3 am, then start whining....I would bring him up on the bed with us and he would sleep the rest of the night cuddled wtih me...until 2 nights ago! He peed on the bed...TWICE. When I caught him, I put him right back in his box....didn't yell or anything, just said NO, so last night I tried crating him.....oddly enough, he went into the crate by himself......a called him back out and stood over his pee pads and kept saying..."go pee, go pee" (Thats what I say when I take him out) He peed right in the middle of the pee pad, so I gave him a treat and cooed and pet him.....not even 2 minutes later I followed him to our mudroom where he was going #2, I said NO, picked him up and put him on the pee pad (sorry this is long!!) He didn't go......so I waited and he still didn't go..... so I said, "go to bed, go to bed..."and pointed to his crate...he went in and I gave him a treat!! He slept peacefully until about 230am when I thouhg I heard him yelp...I went down, let him out.....he went pee, I put him back in his cage...thats when the crying started..and last for about a half hour...then he fell back asleep....at about 5 when my husband woke, he started crying and I got him out and let him up in bed with me (I do want him to be able to sleep with me...he is such a cuddlebug and I love it) and right away he peed on the bed.....so my H took him downstairs into his penned area with all the pee pads where we keep him during the day...... After my shower I brought him upstairs with me while I dressed and he started going poop, so I caught him, said no and put him on his Pee pad....he whined, ran off it, started going poo again..this happened a total of 3 times, then he peed on the area rug, so I took him downstairs and put him back in his pen. What can I be doing differently so he gets a consistent message that the pee pads are the only thing its okay to go pee and poo on? I am considering getting a large crate to have the bed AND pee pad in for the days and nights...he is only 10 wks! Thanks! Again, sorry for the length!

12-12-2005, 02:03 AM	#5
SnowWa YT 2000 Club Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: USA Posts: 2,992	CappysMom ---- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- . . . at about 5 when my husband woke, he started crying and I got him out and let him up in bed with me (I do want him to be able to sleep with me...he is such a cuddlebug and I love it) and right away he peed on the bed.... ---------------------------------------------------------------------- I just couldn't pass up giving you a bad time about the above. It sounded like you were talking about your husband --not your dog. But then, -- maybe you were!!!! Pronouns can be such tricky little things.......................... Carol Jean __________________ http://tinypic.com/ipxhmb.jpg A Yorkie is worth a thousand words.

12-08-2005, 12:40 PM	#2
Lexi Rae Gina, (Lexi's Mommy) Donating Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: LONG ISLAND,NY Posts: 10,455	well what i did when i got lexi, i first crated her and let her out every hour or so even during the night,and put her on the pee pad so she could goand would not let her off until she did,,as she got alittle older i was able to sleepwith her . she have never peed onmy bed... i made a ramp for her and she goes down the ramp and on the pad in my room...it take a while let me tell you, i was exhaused, cause i had to go to work everyday and was up all nite trying to train her the right way...i mean now, she will still pp on the rug, why, i have no clue , that irks me so bad, but most of the times shes a good girl.. and have to tell you, everytime she went on the pad, oh a big fuss i made .. i mean a really big fuss.. good girl, good potty.. just keep up what you are doing, your doing just fine...i learned it all from this lovely site and these wonderful people on here. __________________ Gina & Lexi CLICK HERE for our Photo Album ...

12-09-2005, 06:25 PM	#3
Teddy_Q Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Miami Posts: 78	The best thing that worked for me and it took me until teddy was 6months to finally do it was crate training. I would leavve him in there with the door closed whenever he was unattended and as soon as i would take him out I would immediately put him on the pad. While i was at work i would keep him in his pen with a pee pad in there and if i got home and he had pooed or peed on the floor i would show him the pee say no and put him on the pad and then praise him. THis is kind of gross but i even put the poo on the pad and said good boy. Soon enough he got it! good luck and dont worry eventually he himself will get disgusted by his own pee and will WANT to go onthe pad!

12-10-2005, 03:30 PM	#4
jerodancrystal Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: San Diego CA Posts: 57	It sounds like you have met my dog Homer!! HaHa. When I first got him he was great! Then he started sleeping with my husband and I, and he kept going to my husbands side of the bed and pooping or peeing at the foot of his side of the bed. I finaly figured out why Homer was doing it. He was so small that he couldnt get back on the bed after he got down to go potty the first few nights, so he learned quickly that if he went potty at the place farthest from where he had to sleep it would be ok....... (not ok). After I firgured this out I left a blanket on the bed that hung off the side. It is the craziest thing, but he didnt have anymore bed accidents again, because he could get down, go potty, "climb" back in bed & get a treat in the morning for being a good boy. Good Luck with the potty training... sometimes the solution is easier than you think

12-12-2005, 06:01 AM	#6
Ladylavender YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Soddy Daisy, TN Posts: 733	I think your perception of how you are training should be shifted. Rather than think that you want to train your puppy to go on pee-pads, think that you want your puppy to go in a "designated" area. This should be the only place you take your puppy to go potty. So if you are pee-pad training, and you have an x-pen with peepads in it, make the x-pen the only place your puppy goes. So everytime you want to take him to go potty, don't place him on a pee-pad, place him in his x-pen. (make sure it is wall to wall peepad) Don't let him out until he does his business. But stay there and watch him, so when he goes you can praise him. But the fact that he is in the x-pen and is covered with pee-pads, will ensure that he goes on the pee-pad. Eventually you can reduce the amount of pee-pads to one or two, but it will always be in the x-pen. At some point you will have to keep the x-pen open so he can go in and out of it at will to relieve himself. (but only when he catches on and has more freedom in your household). If you eventually want to move the peepads to another area permanently for him to go on, you will have to move the x-pen in small increments until you get the peepad moved to where you want it to be. Just remember - you are training your puppy that there is only one place to go, and that is in the x-pen, and just coincidently there is a peepad in the "designated area"! You are not specifically training it to go on the pee-pad. Of course you don't have to use the x-pen, it can be the bathroom, or some other contained area, but the area must be contained, so he can reference it in his brain as the "potty" area. Eventually he will only go on the peepads, because you have created a habit and preference of the surface of which he likes to void. Also, limit your puppy's freedom. Keep him in the x-pen or crate when you cannot watch him. And when you can watch him, keep him in one room at a time. And keep him off the bed. He should only sleep with you, when he has "earned" the right to do so. Part of that is to be fully house broken. (Don't worrry, You'll have many years to sleep with him. So help him now, by not allowing him to create bad habits, so you can enjoy him in the future) Its hard but well worth the effort.