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01-09-2013, 04:23 PM | #1 |
YorkieTalk Newbie! Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Texas
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| Training an older Yorkie Hi all, I'm new here and I could use a little advice. This last summer I rescued a full-blood 3 and a half year old Yorkie from the side of the road, and after searching for the owner I decided to keep him. He is absolutely a great and lovable dog, but he has been the hardest to train. Early on Alfred (that's his name) was really bad about using the restroom in the house, and cleaning up accidents was a daily thing. It has been around 6 months since I got him and I have gotten him to go outside a lot more, but occasionally we will have bad days and he will leave a few surprises. Overall he has gotten a LOT better. But the problems arise when he does go outside. He has a hard time recognizing commands. He knows he's going outside when I say "Outside?", because he goes absolutely crazy. But I've tried so many times to get him to use the restroom on command, but he usually just runs around and marks different places, and then I have to walk him around the block before he goes number two. I would really like it if he would be able to learn some commands, but I'm just not sure how. He's also not neutered yet, and only has one testicle (sorry for the detail haha). Will this complicate things when neutering does come? I live in a house we three other roommates, and I'm working part time and I'm a full time college student, so I admit that consistency is a hard thing to maintain. I try to take him out every morning and when I get home, and a couple of times in the evening. Accidents still happen, and some days it's pretty frustrating. Any advice for maintaining some form of consistency with my Alfred? Thanks for any help! |
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01-23-2013, 09:28 AM | #2 |
♥Momma's Bambino♥ Donating Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Ca
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| Hello and welcome! Congrats on your Alfred! How sweet of you to take him in- He is lucky to have found you. The first thing I would do is get that lil man neutered! He probably has both testicle’s however that one has not descended. So the Vet will have to go in and get it- so to speak. It usually is a pretty simple surgery. Have you taken him in to get a Vet check? If not I would take him in just to get an overall health check- then you can talk to the Vet about his testicle and he will be able to explain everything to you- The neuter alone might help his marking. My male is neutered and was neutered at 6 months and he still marks like a dickens- I can’t really give you too much advice on potty training bc my 5 year old still has “accidents”. All I can say is you have to watch them and stay on them 24/7. To get him to potty on command maybe watch his water/food intake- when he starts sniffing around take him out on a leash and tell him to potty- then reward him if he does. Keep doing that so he gets use to it..Potty training is just watching them, knowing their schedule and working with it. Good luck, hopefully I have helped a little! Would love to see a picture of Alfie!!
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01-23-2013, 09:34 AM | #3 |
Cedric♥Lola♥Keylo Donating Member Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Gilford, NH, USA
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| welcome and congrats on alfred. did you try potty pads? does he has an xpen area set up during the day when your gone? or does he have free range...? my lola still has an accident here and there. shes 5 and im not sure what her years were before me but consistency and watching her i have to go out signs are key for us.
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01-27-2013, 08:12 PM | #4 |
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| You might get more views putting this also in "general discussion" SOmetimes it takes a walk for them to get the urge to poop. He may just not be ready when you take him out. Can you poop on command? Are you using a "potty" word or does outside mean potty? We use outside to mean simply, outside, and potty for going pee or poo. Try rewarding him immediately when he poos outside. Say "good potty". You have to treat the moment he poos because once he goes in he won't know what the treat is for. When you are inside with him you have to watch him carefully for signs he needs to go out. We used to notice Maggie sniffing intently, and even starting to do her "circle dance" that precedes her squat. We'd ask her if she had to go "potty" and she'd run to the door. Now she just goes to the door and sits there and looks at us. If we aren't nearby she'll whine a little. If you feed him in the morning he will be more likely to poo, so you'll need to do a little walk about 15 minutes after. If you aren't letting him out after he eats that could cause accidents too. We discovered that Maggie, who is now 10 pounds is perfectly ok eating her main meal at dinnertime. If people are home and she gets a little snack during the day, good for her, but she doesn't need it. If I walk her mid-day she will usually go, but if she doesn't get that walk she can hold it until later. You need to make sure all the residents of the house know her words, potty/outside, and her cues (sniffing, sitting by door-whatever signal she may give) I've only ever trained this one dog, and she was a puppy, so I'm no pro at all, but I know consistency helps and treats sure do to. Treats with a healthy dose of "what a good dog, good potty, yay!" Last edited by maggiefromnj; 01-27-2013 at 08:13 PM. |
01-28-2013, 06:51 AM | #5 |
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| I rescued an older yorkie as well and potty training her took some time but with patience and consistency, it can be done. To trained her for outside I used treats. Everytime she would potty, I would say potty while she was pottying and then reward her with a treat after she has potty. She learned to associate the command potty with pottying and getting treats. Now the drawback to the treat method is these little guys are so smart that Brandi would start fake pottying to just to get the treat, so you have to make sure your little one has actually pottied before getting the treat. Brandi is potty pad trained (great for late night potty breaks and cold winter days) and goes outside as well. To trained her to use potty pads, I simply put the potty pad where she had most of the accidents and she gradually started using the potty pads. I would also place her on the potty pads and say "potty". If you don't like the location of the potty pad, you can always gradually move it a little bit at a time to the location you want it to be. She now has full run of the house and if she has an accident it's it's because I didn't change the potty pad quick enough for her. |
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