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Old 05-31-2013, 08:12 AM   #1
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I have a 7 month old yorkie/aussie terrier mix. The issue is that he won't do his business outside. He is perfectly trained inside on the pads. We've tried everything from crate training to bringing the pads outside but he simply won't do it.

He's now recently developed a nasty habit of constantly evacuating himself of any waste as opposed to holding it. We know he can hold it in for a long time, but there is never any need to hold it so he just goes several times per day.

What can we do? We're tired of buying pee pads and having to constantly be covering up the smell of urine and feces.

Worth noting that we live way up in an apartment building so taking him outside is sometimes gruelling (leash on, lock up, wait for elevator, ride down, get outside).

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Welcome to Yorkie Talk. No need to apologize for starting a new thread. It's encouraged so that more people will see your thread and try to offer advice.

I believe Yorkies and small dogs need frequent potty breaks. How old is your boy? When Max was a pup, he thought he could only potty on his pad. He didn't understand he could go outside until one day during our walk, he couldn't hold it any longer. When he peed and I praised him wildly, he wanted to do it every day. Same with pooping.

Although my boys would prefer to go outside, it is difficult for us to take them outdoors as often as they need to go -- and I don't like taking them in our yard after dark. Therefore, we leave the pads for them.

If you would like to maintain the piddle pads and save on the expense, you could use washables.

If you prefer to change to strictly outdoor training, it is like starting over with training. Set up a schedule of frequent breaks and take your boy out when he wakes up from sleeping or naps, after meals, whenever he gets excited or after play time, and maybe in between.
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Forgot to add, always praise him when he goes in the right place. Never stop offering praise no matter how old or how good he gets about doing it right.
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My dog is 7 months old, also named Max lol Currently wearing a cone after being neutered a little over a week ago.

We've tried waiting him out, but to no avail. Waiting for up to 2 hours once. Tried first thing in the morning bringing him out, if nothing, than back in the crate, and tried again 15 minutes later. This went on for the first 3 hours of the morning until finally I caved and let him go inside, I didn't want to risk him having an accident in the crate or something internal.

We're not hell bent on him being strictly an outdoor dog, but it would be nice to cut the amount of indoor wastage by half.
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Welcome to YT hopefully you will get some good responses.

I am still dealing with this with my 6 month old yorkie Bentley. He is excellent with his pee pad training. I live in an apartment as well. When I first got him he was not allowed outside due to cold weather and waiting on getting all his vaccinations completed.

Now that he is so good a his pad training we are working on getting him to potty outside as well. It was a struggle to get him to potty outside the first time. Now he's just hit and miss as to if he goes outside or not. I can take him out and right away boom he pees. Other times I can walk him for 30 minutes, will not go and then he goes right to his pad as soon as we get inside. He has only pooped one time ever outside.

Don't have much suggestions other than trying to be constant with taking him outside and even anticipate his need to go out. Watch his ques as well, he will paw at me if he wants to go out. But like always hit and miss. He pawed me yesterday evening, I took him out, not a drop, but right to his pad when we got inside.

Maybe it's a stubborn male thing. *Runs and hides from all the male YT members on that comment.* lol
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Hi and welcome to YT!
Princess Sophie is just about 6 months old and we are in the midst of the exact same thing. We started with pads because we always want Sophie to know there is an option for her if it's pouring down rain or so cold no one wants to go out. LOL

I am going to be trying the washable pads because I can sew and it would save us a great deal of money over the long haul!

Sounds like you are looking for immediate assistance so I would concur with the previous poster that suggested making and keep a tight schedule. I understand the inconvenience in living in an apartment and trying to potty train a puppy. It is more than a challenge! It can however be done and done successfully! I'm sure you will be able to handle this. If you have more specific questions or others please don't hesitant to ask. You're on your way!!
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Welcome to YT hopefully you will get some good responses.

I am still dealing with this with my 6 month old yorkie Bentley. He is excellent with his pee pad training. I live in an apartment as well. When I first got him he was not allowed outside due to cold weather and waiting on getting all his vaccinations completed.

Now that he is so good a his pad training we are working on getting him to potty outside as well. It was a struggle to get him to potty outside the first time. Now he's just hit and miss as to if he goes outside or not. I can take him out and right away boom he pees. Other times I can walk him for 30 minutes, will not go and then he goes right to his pad as soon as we get inside. He has only pooped one time ever outside.
This is exactly what happened with us. Got Max in February and it was just brutal to take him outside in the cold. He's also perfect on the pads. The one time he pooped outside was when we left him with a friend for the weekend. She has a bichon frisee.

I thought perhaps taking him to an area with a lot of dogs would perhaps encourage him to mimic their going outside. But nothing.

I am all for taking him outside and maybe it'll happen on it's own. But I want a more proactive solution. I've attempted to train Max to go on command. Catching him doing his little potty dance near the pad, stopping him, and then repeating the command "do your business" and he does it. Unfortunately, this command has not translated into the outdoors.
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The way we taught our puppy was waiting to see how long she took to have to poop after she ate and what times during the day she normally pooped. So after each meal we wait about 15 minutes and take her outside and immediately reward her once she does it. Now she knows after she eats if we're taking to long she will bark to get our attention that its time to go outside.
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I currently have a 3 month old yorkie and he will NOT go potty on the grass unless we are outside for hours. I also had to start him out on puppy pads since it was so cold out. It is very convenient for me to use puppy pads since I also have 3 kids to care for as well. And now my 4 and 6 year old are able to take him to his potty spot if I am busy around the house. He is very good at remembering to potty on the pads. I'm very happy about that. But I think as much as it rains here and is all around weird weather (I live in Missouri ) I will always have to use puppy pads and I am ok with that. But I will not buy disposable puppy pads anymore. They would get ridiculously expensive. So I got on eBay and looked for washable pads and ended up finding some. It was a 6 pack of 18x20 pads that were each washable up to 300 times. I figured that those 6 would probably last me at least around 5 years (if they do hold up for 300 washes, which they have done great so far). Not too bad! They also don't smell AT ALL. And when he poops on them, I just pick it up with toilet paper and flush it. No smell in my house at all. I wish you luck on finding your solution.
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