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xoCourtney · 06-11-2013, 07:25 PM

Please anybody...I am begging for help on potty training Miley. She does not go on the pads at all. She went in the car in the pad but that was the only time. She pees all over my room. I even tried getting the spray to help attract her to the pad. It was the natures miracle brand spray and it did not work. Please anybody

Jess87 · 06-11-2013, 08:05 PM

Have you tried crate training? Or even tethering her to you? Perhaps she has too much freedom. I've got Dexter pretty much potty trained but during the process, we laid blankets down in our living room and confined him to there where I could keep a close eye on him. If I saw him about to potty, I'd take him outside and he'd go. With the blankets down, if he did have an accident, we could just pick up the blanket and throw it in the wash, thus eliminating the smell and the urge to pee there again.

xoCourtney · 06-11-2013, 08:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Jess87

Have you tried crate training? Or even tethering her to you? Perhaps she has too much freedom. I've got Dexter pretty much potty trained but during the process, we laid blankets down in our living room and confined him to there where I could keep a close eye on him. If I saw him about to potty, I'd take him outside and he'd go. With the blankets down, if he did have an accident, we could just pick up the blanket and throw it in the wash, thus eliminating the smell and the urge to pee there again.

I haven't she cries and screams in her crate. The only time she goes in her crate is to go to the bathroom while driving. What is tethering? She doesn't have much freedom she's confined to my room at the moment.

kjc · 06-11-2013, 08:33 PM

To tired to type, lol, see this thread: http://www.yorkietalk.com/forums/gen...ning-help.html

MyGirlSasha · 06-11-2013, 08:42 PM

I've never had a yorkie puppy, and I know yorkies are a bit different in that they need freedom with food/water, but for house training it's easier to give them food/water on a schedule so that you know when they'll need to potty. Like giving them a drink u know about 20 mins later they'll pee, and same with food.

I guess my recommendation would be to keep her in an area where there's hardly any area without a pee pad. Where she'd have to go really out of her way to miss it. Don't let her have free reign of your room. Hold her or crate her or have her in the area with the pads, but that's it. And when she does use the pads, praise like crazy.

I hope the potty thread was more helpful than me. Good luck and don't lose hope!

yorkietalkjilly · 06-11-2013, 09:00 PM

Here are some thoughts you might use for your dog. You've got to cage her so that her cage is wall-to-wall pads and she has no other place to potty but the pad to start with. After weeks and weeks of going on only that surface, you can remove a couple of pads and make a space for her bed and food on the plain floor within the cage. However, she should still want to go on the pads since that is the surface and scent she's grown used to when relieving herself all these last weeks and it will seem only right for her to use the pads. Eventually, when you see that she has gotten habituated to using only pads, you can begin to let her out and about in a room which is mostly closed off so she cannot escape that room and it is mostly covered in pads on the floor. Watch her like a hawk and when she potties on the pad, praise and treat her and remove the pad. Just before you take it up, however, touch one of the remaining pads to a spot of pee or where a piece of feces had been to transfer a small amount of scent to a remaining potty pad in the room. This should lure her back to the area but just in case, keep taking her over to that pad that is "scented" so that she knows it is there and where it is and watch her like a hawk. If she should try going on an unpadded part of the closed off room, run to her and say "uh oh" in a matter of fact way and pick her up, move her to the "scented" pad and keep herding her back to that pad should she try to wander off it until she's used it. You can also "scent" pads near it too, to increase her area she's allowed to use while housebreaking and this should increase her odds that she will go on a "scented" pad. In time, with you watching her whenever she is in that room and cannot get out of it to parts of the house where no once is watching her, she should become habituated to going to just that area where the "scented" pads are kept and avoid the other, unscented pads. Eventually, you should be able to take those unscented pads up, watch her and have to go to just the "scented" pads area and use only it. When she keeps going to the pads you want her to use and does her business there, really praise and treat her to reinforce this is the place to go. If you do catch her trying to go or sniffing around another area, say "uh oh" and take her right over to the approved pads and say "potty on the pad" or some such command to say every time and then eventually when she does go on the approved place(and you watch until she does and do not look away until she's finished - I don't care it it takes 30 minutes) - treat and praise immediately and take up the used pad(s), scenting from them onto new pads. Just keep this up until she's using only a single pad and going there every time. By this time, you should be able to trust her occasionally and briefly in other parts of the house for short periods of time but then bring her back into the room with the scented pad and point it out to her so she remembers where it is.

Watch her for signs she needs to go and put her on the scented pads when she shows signs of sniffing at the floor, running around in excited circles, standing and staring at you, running back and forth in the same area, those are dead giveaways she needs to go and should be put on her pads and watched until she does. Keep herding her back and telling her gently and patiently she needs to "go potty" until she does, then praise/treat when she does, clean up, scent another pads.

Crate training is still another way and you keep the dog in the crate except when you are watching her, which should be 98% of the time with her in the crate a mere 2% or so - only in that crate when you are out of the room or gone. Rest of that time she's out playing with you and you are watching her for need to go signs and putting her on the scented pad when she does show it and she is confined to a single room, with you being watched or crated. When she is with you in another part of the house, be sure it's not around the time she needs to go potty like after meals or play. Restrict her visits to other parts of the house to just after she's pottied so you know she won't need to go for at least another 15 or 30 minutes or so. This lessens her chances for accidents in other parts of the house. Don't keep her in other parts of the house except briefly - the rest of the time she should be in the approved and fenced off area so she cannot have accidents.

If you don't allow her out of the area covered in pads, with a portion of them scented in the spot you want her single pad to be placed when she's fully pad trained, she can't help but have only success. That's why you have to confine or fence them off to only the covered floor area. Some people use little pens called X-pens to keep the dog in the pad-covered area or a portion of a larger room fenced off. Once she's habituated to using only pads over and over, then you can begin decreasing her pads on the floor to just those in the approved area and watching her, returning her to her approved pad area frequently so her puppy mind remembers where it is and reminds her to "go". Put her on the pad after eating a meal, drinking water, playtime, grooming sessions, loving sessions, naps, after guests arrive, after guests leave, i.e., after every thing that gets her up and moving for a while, after eating/drinking or after any and all excitement.

The trouble arises when dogs are not fully confined to just a the areas covered with only pads and aren't slowly weaned from the entire surface being covered to just a portion of the floor covered and the dog watched to be sure it goes to the approved scented pad when it's showing signs of needing to go or put there and watched until it goes after meals, excitement and activity. Dogs that are given too much freedom too soon don't usually get totally housebroken.

Sorry this is rambling and disjointed but it's late but you get the idea.

Lovetodream88 · 06-11-2013, 09:11 PM

She needs to be kept in a pretty small amount of area. Tell her no when you see her going potty in the wrong place and put her on the pad then tell her how good she is when she goes on the pad and give her a treat. Sense she is not potty trained and a puppy she really needs to stay in the crate at night and if she cries you will just have to ignore it. Which is hard but just something that is necessary. Callie was the worst crying and screaming at night but I had to ignore her and when she would start again in the middle of the night I would suit up and take her outside to go potty and then put her right back in the crate.

Acer · 06-11-2013, 09:58 PM

There are a lot of good post on here, when I got my yorki he was already about a year old.. But this might help I'm she's like my little guy ace confined to the room, and he was peeing EVERYWHERE so we started taking him outside every few hours, then longer and longer times without taking him out.. We also hung his harness by the door so he actually scratches it when he needs to go.. But he'll hold his pee for 5-8 hrs while we're at work ((HE WON'T PEE ON THE PAD)) I know this is helping with tranning her on a pad but this might be a good alternative good luck...��

Acer · 06-11-2013, 10:12 PM

I recently noticed that my yorki of 1yr and 1/2 that I just got 7 months ago is losing hair by his tail.. I'm really worried because I had a German shepherd when I was young and the same happen to him, and went on to lose more and more hair then passed away.. We were feeding him pedigree that was the cause..
I know that Yorkis are delicate, I've read that it could be change of food (( I've only had him for 7 months) fleas, shampoo, how can i fond out what it is without a vet.. just yet

things that I've seen on other sites ask if they he has the following:
Loss of appetite ---no
Weight loss----no
Itchiness--- yes
Rash--- yes
New pets or babies--- no
Please anything helps.. He has thinning hair by his tail, red rash please help I don't know what to do my fiancé is so attached to him and I will take him to a vet if need be but I don't want to over react..

katiex10204 · 06-12-2013, 06:07 AM

I wish I could help. When I got my shorkie, Eva, I DESPERATELY wanted her to be pad trained instead of outdoors, since it was winter & bad weather, etc. She never once, no matter what I did.. understood going on the pad.. She would just pee/poop in my room if I did not take her outside. Still to this day she does not understand the whole pad thing- so we gave up pads/indoor methods all together. She is trained outdoors now, but it took about a month for her to really get the hang of it. She is almost 1 now and she does still have accidents, but she understands going outside is the right thing to do & I am happy with her progress

Overall, just hang in there & keep trying.. it will get better I promise. The first couple weeks are so hard, but once you get past it.. it only gets better with time!

Maximo · 06-12-2013, 06:35 AM

I agree with using an xpen lined with piddle pads. Start by supervising her in the pen as much as you can. When she goes potty on the pad, praise her like she just performed the best trick in the world. Give her a small treat like a single kibble.

Then start removing the pads until you are down to one.

Or use one pad in the xpen, put her on it at least once an hour (while you are awake) and use key phrases like "Go potty." She may not do it, but keep up the routine.

When you catch her going potty in the wrong place, say "Uh oh!" and put her on the pad and use the key phrase, or say "Potty here."

Always praise when she gets it right and don't be angry when she gets it wrong.

When you have her out of her xpen, playing or for whatever reason, keep the pad really close by.

Good luck!

dawn27 · 06-12-2013, 06:44 AM

I've had much success with all of my pups and I am glad to share my methods. You are welcome to look at my training techniques on m web site. Hopefully you will find something there that will help. The link is in my signature below.

Cage training, leash training, and just simple commands are among the things you will find that are the first steps to having a well trained pup.

xoCourtney · 06-12-2013, 07:11 AM

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Originally Posted by MyGirlSasha

I've never had a yorkie puppy, and I know yorkies are a bit different in that they need freedom with food/water, but for house training it's easier to give them food/water on a schedule so that you know when they'll need to potty. Like giving them a drink u know about 20 mins later they'll pee, and same with food.

I guess my recommendation would be to keep her in an area where there's hardly any area without a pee pad. Where she'd have to go really out of her way to miss it. Don't let her have free reign of your room. Hold her or crate her or have her in the area with the pads, but that's it. And when she does use the pads, praise like crazy.

I hope the potty thread was more helpful than me. Good luck and don't lose hope!

She only has free reign right now because I had to order her a different play pen. The new one came in yesterday and believe me I can't wait to set it up haha also I realized her cleaner does NOT have the enzyme in it that kills the smell of urine so that's probably not helpful haha.

xoCourtney · 06-12-2013, 07:17 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by yorkietalkjilly

Here are some thoughts you might use for your dog. You've got to cage her so that her cage is wall-to-wall pads and she has no other place to potty but the pad to start with. After weeks and weeks of going on only that surface, you can remove a couple of pads and make a space for her bed and food on the plain floor within the cage. However, she should still want to go on the pads since that is the surface and scent she's grown used to when relieving herself all these last weeks and it will seem only right for her to use the pads. Eventually, when you see that she has gotten habituated to using only pads, you can begin to let her out and about in a room which is mostly closed off so she cannot escape that room and it is mostly covered in pads on the floor. Watch her like a hawk and when she potties on the pad, praise and treat her and remove the pad. Just before you take it up, however, touch one of the remaining pads to a spot of pee or where a piece of feces had been to transfer a small amount of scent to a remaining potty pad in the room. This should lure her back to the area but just in case, keep taking her over to that pad that is "scented" so that she knows it is there and where it is and watch her like a hawk. If she should try going on an unpadded part of the closed off room, run to her and say "uh oh" in a matter of fact way and pick her up, move her to the "scented" pad and keep herding her back to that pad should she try to wander off it until she's used it. You can also "scent" pads near it too, to increase her area she's allowed to use while housebreaking and this should increase her odds that she will go on a "scented" pad. In time, with you watching her whenever she is in that room and cannot get out of it to parts of the house where no once is watching her, she should become habituated to going to just that area where the "scented" pads are kept and avoid the other, unscented pads. Eventually, you should be able to take those unscented pads up, watch her and have to go to just the "scented" pads area and use only it. When she keeps going to the pads you want her to use and does her business there, really praise and treat her to reinforce this is the place to go. If you do catch her trying to go or sniffing around another area, say "uh oh" and take her right over to the approved pads and say "potty on the pad" or some such command to say every time and then eventually when she does go on the approved place(and you watch until she does and do not look away until she's finished - I don't care it it takes 30 minutes) - treat and praise immediately and take up the used pad(s), scenting from them onto new pads. Just keep this up until she's using only a single pad and going there every time. By this time, you should be able to trust her occasionally and briefly in other parts of the house for short periods of time but then bring her back into the room with the scented pad and point it out to her so she remembers where it is.

Watch her for signs she needs to go and put her on the scented pads when she shows signs of sniffing at the floor, running around in excited circles, standing and staring at you, running back and forth in the same area, those are dead giveaways she needs to go and should be put on her pads and watched until she does. Keep herding her back and telling her gently and patiently she needs to "go potty" until she does, then praise/treat when she does, clean up, scent another pads.

Crate training is still another way and you keep the dog in the crate except when you are watching her, which should be 98% of the time with her in the crate a mere 2% or so - only in that crate when you are out of the room or gone. Rest of that time she's out playing with you and you are watching her for need to go signs and putting her on the scented pad when she does show it and she is confined to a single room, with you being watched or crated. When she is with you in another part of the house, be sure it's not around the time she needs to go potty like after meals or play. Restrict her visits to other parts of the house to just after she's pottied so you know she won't need to go for at least another 15 or 30 minutes or so. This lessens her chances for accidents in other parts of the house. Don't keep her in other parts of the house except briefly - the rest of the time she should be in the approved and fenced off area so she cannot have accidents.

If you don't allow her out of the area covered in pads, with a portion of them scented in the spot you want her single pad to be placed when she's fully pad trained, she can't help but have only success. That's why you have to confine or fence them off to only the covered floor area. Some people use little pens called X-pens to keep the dog in the pad-covered area or a portion of a larger room fenced off. Once she's habituated to using only pads over and over, then you can begin decreasing her pads on the floor to just those in the approved area and watching her, returning her to her approved pad area frequently so her puppy mind remembers where it is and reminds her to "go". Put her on the pad after eating a meal, drinking water, playtime, grooming sessions, loving sessions, naps, after guests arrive, after guests leave, i.e., after every thing that gets her up and moving for a while, after eating/drinking or after any and all excitement.

The trouble arises when dogs are not fully confined to just a the areas covered with only pads and aren't slowly weaned from the entire surface being covered to just a portion of the floor covered and the dog watched to be sure it goes to the approved scented pad when it's showing signs of needing to go or put there and watched until it goes after meals, excitement and activity. Dogs that are given too much freedom too soon don't usually get totally housebroken.

Sorry this is rambling and disjointed but it's late but you get the idea.

Don't apologize, this was helpful the main problem with crate training is I work 8 hour days sometimes.

sasha2334829 · 06-12-2013, 07:21 AM

I am crate training my pup. He is 14 weeks old and I am puppy pad training him. He is only allowed in the living room right now. He does sleep in our room with us, but in his crate. I leave his food and water out all day for now until he is older. But I am home all day long so it might be a little easier for me. But I will only let him out of his crate to eat, drink, play and potty. If I cannot watch him at all (doing chores around the house)

he is in his crate. The crate I have him in is just big enough for him, maybe a little extra room, but he doesn't potty in it. When I take him out of the crate, it is straight to his potty pads. Which I have washable ones and they will save a lot of $. Then after he potties I give him a treat and LOTS of petting and attention as well as saying "GOOD POTTY" the whole time he is going. He always gets so excited about going on the pads since I give him lots of praise. Then I let him eat, drink and play for about an hour at a time. After an hour, if he hasn't went to his pad, it is straight to his pad to see if he needs to go. Most of the time he goes. Then praise, praise, praise! Then it's time to eat, drink and play all over again unless he's starting to lay around and then I put him in his crate for an hour nap and no more than an hour then I start all over again from there. Now, if you work during the day, an x-pen is your best option. Put the pads down in there along with food, water and toys. And then do as everyone has said about eliminating a pad at a time and they will get used to pottying on that surface. It will take a while to do this, but better than going on the carpet.

Also, on the spots where they do potty on the floor, you HAVE to clean in with an enzyme cleanser. I use Natures Miracle. By doing this kind of training for my little guy, he has really gotten the hang of it. He has only had one accident in the last week and a half. Not too bad if you ask me.

Just do these little tips that everyone has suggested and your little pup will get it. It DEFINETELY takes time.

06-11-2013, 07:25 PM	#1
xoCourtney Donating YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: United States Posts: 1,035	I am begging for help... Please anybody...I am begging for help on potty training Miley. She does not go on the pads at all. She went in the car in the pad but that was the only time. She pees all over my room. I even tried getting the spray to help attract her to the pad. It was the natures miracle brand spray and it did not work. Please anybody __________________ Courtney Miley my baby girl is finally home

06-11-2013, 08:33 PM	#4
kjc I♥PeekTinkySaph&Finny Donating Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: Baltimore, Maryland Posts: 18,866	To tired to type, lol, see this thread: http://www.yorkietalk.com/forums/gen...ning-help.html __________________ Kat Chloe Lizzy PeekABooTinkerbell SapphireInfinity

06-11-2013, 08:42 PM	#5
MyGirlSasha Donating Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: May 2013 Location: Bakersfield, California, USA Posts: 445	I've never had a yorkie puppy, and I know yorkies are a bit different in that they need freedom with food/water, but for house training it's easier to give them food/water on a schedule so that you know when they'll need to potty. Like giving them a drink u know about 20 mins later they'll pee, and same with food. I guess my recommendation would be to keep her in an area where there's hardly any area without a pee pad. Where she'd have to go really out of her way to miss it. Don't let her have free reign of your room. Hold her or crate her or have her in the area with the pads, but that's it. And when she does use the pads, praise like crazy. I hope the potty thread was more helpful than me. Good luck and don't lose hope! __________________ ~Jess~ Sasha Binky Kiki https://www.facebook.com/sasha.hickman.52

06-11-2013, 09:00 PM	#6
yorkietalkjilly ♥ Love My Tibbe! ♥ Donating Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: D/FW, Texas Posts: 22,140	Here are some thoughts you might use for your dog. You've got to cage her so that her cage is wall-to-wall pads and she has no other place to potty but the pad to start with. After weeks and weeks of going on only that surface, you can remove a couple of pads and make a space for her bed and food on the plain floor within the cage. However, she should still want to go on the pads since that is the surface and scent she's grown used to when relieving herself all these last weeks and it will seem only right for her to use the pads. Eventually, when you see that she has gotten habituated to using only pads, you can begin to let her out and about in a room which is mostly closed off so she cannot escape that room and it is mostly covered in pads on the floor. Watch her like a hawk and when she potties on the pad, praise and treat her and remove the pad. Just before you take it up, however, touch one of the remaining pads to a spot of pee or where a piece of feces had been to transfer a small amount of scent to a remaining potty pad in the room. This should lure her back to the area but just in case, keep taking her over to that pad that is "scented" so that she knows it is there and where it is and watch her like a hawk. If she should try going on an unpadded part of the closed off room, run to her and say "uh oh" in a matter of fact way and pick her up, move her to the "scented" pad and keep herding her back to that pad should she try to wander off it until she's used it. You can also "scent" pads near it too, to increase her area she's allowed to use while housebreaking and this should increase her odds that she will go on a "scented" pad. In time, with you watching her whenever she is in that room and cannot get out of it to parts of the house where no once is watching her, she should become habituated to going to just that area where the "scented" pads are kept and avoid the other, unscented pads. Eventually, you should be able to take those unscented pads up, watch her and have to go to just the "scented" pads area and use only it. When she keeps going to the pads you want her to use and does her business there, really praise and treat her to reinforce this is the place to go. If you do catch her trying to go or sniffing around another area, say "uh oh" and take her right over to the approved pads and say "potty on the pad" or some such command to say every time and then eventually when she does go on the approved place(and you watch until she does and do not look away until she's finished - I don't care it it takes 30 minutes) - treat and praise immediately and take up the used pad(s), scenting from them onto new pads. Just keep this up until she's using only a single pad and going there every time. By this time, you should be able to trust her occasionally and briefly in other parts of the house for short periods of time but then bring her back into the room with the scented pad and point it out to her so she remembers where it is. Watch her for signs she needs to go and put her on the scented pads when she shows signs of sniffing at the floor, running around in excited circles, standing and staring at you, running back and forth in the same area, those are dead giveaways she needs to go and should be put on her pads and watched until she does. Keep herding her back and telling her gently and patiently she needs to "go potty" until she does, then praise/treat when she does, clean up, scent another pads. Crate training is still another way and you keep the dog in the crate except when you are watching her, which should be 98% of the time with her in the crate a mere 2% or so - only in that crate when you are out of the room or gone. Rest of that time she's out playing with you and you are watching her for need to go signs and putting her on the scented pad when she does show it and she is confined to a single room, with you being watched or crated. When she is with you in another part of the house, be sure it's not around the time she needs to go potty like after meals or play. Restrict her visits to other parts of the house to just after she's pottied so you know she won't need to go for at least another 15 or 30 minutes or so. This lessens her chances for accidents in other parts of the house. Don't keep her in other parts of the house except briefly - the rest of the time she should be in the approved and fenced off area so she cannot have accidents. If you don't allow her out of the area covered in pads, with a portion of them scented in the spot you want her single pad to be placed when she's fully pad trained, she can't help but have only success. That's why you have to confine or fence them off to only the covered floor area. Some people use little pens called X-pens to keep the dog in the pad-covered area or a portion of a larger room fenced off. Once she's habituated to using only pads over and over, then you can begin decreasing her pads on the floor to just those in the approved area and watching her, returning her to her approved pad area frequently so her puppy mind remembers where it is and reminds her to "go". Put her on the pad after eating a meal, drinking water, playtime, grooming sessions, loving sessions, naps, after guests arrive, after guests leave, i.e., after every thing that gets her up and moving for a while, after eating/drinking or after any and all excitement. The trouble arises when dogs are not fully confined to just a the areas covered with only pads and aren't slowly weaned from the entire surface being covered to just a portion of the floor covered and the dog watched to be sure it goes to the approved scented pad when it's showing signs of needing to go or put there and watched until it goes after meals, excitement and activity. Dogs that are given too much freedom too soon don't usually get totally housebroken. Sorry this is rambling and disjointed but it's late but you get the idea. __________________ Jeanie and Tibbe One must do the best one can. You may get some marks for a very imperfect answer: you will certainly get none for leaving the question alone. C. S. Lewis

06-11-2013, 09:11 PM	#7
Lovetodream88 Yorkie mom of 4 Donating YT Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: LaPlata, Md Posts: 23,247	She needs to be kept in a pretty small amount of area. Tell her no when you see her going potty in the wrong place and put her on the pad then tell her how good she is when she goes on the pad and give her a treat. Sense she is not potty trained and a puppy she really needs to stay in the crate at night and if she cries you will just have to ignore it. Which is hard but just something that is necessary. Callie was the worst crying and screaming at night but I had to ignore her and when she would start again in the middle of the night I would suit up and take her outside to go potty and then put her right back in the crate. __________________ Taylor My babies Joey, Penny ,Ollie & Dixie Callie Mae, you will forever be in my heart!

06-11-2013, 08:05 PM	#2
Jess87 Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Missouri Posts: 72	Have you tried crate training? Or even tethering her to you? Perhaps she has too much freedom. I've got Dexter pretty much potty trained but during the process, we laid blankets down in our living room and confined him to there where I could keep a close eye on him. If I saw him about to potty, I'd take him outside and he'd go. With the blankets down, if he did have an accident, we could just pick up the blanket and throw it in the wash, thus eliminating the smell and the urge to pee there again.

06-11-2013, 09:58 PM	#8
Acer YorkieTalk Newbie! Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: Chula Vista Posts: 4 Blog Entries: 1	There are a lot of good post on here, when I got my yorki he was already about a year old.. But this might help I'm she's like my little guy ace confined to the room, and he was peeing EVERYWHERE so we started taking him outside every few hours, then longer and longer times without taking him out.. We also hung his harness by the door so he actually scratches it when he needs to go.. But he'll hold his pee for 5-8 hrs while we're at work ((HE WON'T PEE ON THE PAD)) I know this is helping with tranning her on a pad but this might be a good alternative good luck...��

06-11-2013, 10:12 PM	#9
Acer YorkieTalk Newbie! Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: Chula Vista Posts: 4 Blog Entries: 1	Any help helps please I'm worried I recently noticed that my yorki of 1yr and 1/2 that I just got 7 months ago is losing hair by his tail.. I'm really worried because I had a German shepherd when I was young and the same happen to him, and went on to lose more and more hair then passed away.. We were feeding him pedigree that was the cause.. I know that Yorkis are delicate, I've read that it could be change of food (( I've only had him for 7 months) fleas, shampoo, how can i fond out what it is without a vet.. just yet things that I've seen on other sites ask if they he has the following: Loss of appetite ---no Weight loss----no Itchiness--- yes Rash--- yes New pets or babies--- no Please anything helps.. He has thinning hair by his tail, red rash please help I don't know what to do my fiancé is so attached to him and I will take him to a vet if need be but I don't want to over react..

06-12-2013, 06:07 AM	#10
katiex10204 Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: PA Posts: 79	I wish I could help. When I got my shorkie, Eva, I DESPERATELY wanted her to be pad trained instead of outdoors, since it was winter & bad weather, etc. She never once, no matter what I did.. understood going on the pad.. She would just pee/poop in my room if I did not take her outside. Still to this day she does not understand the whole pad thing- so we gave up pads/indoor methods all together. She is trained outdoors now, but it took about a month for her to really get the hang of it. She is almost 1 now and she does still have accidents, but she understands going outside is the right thing to do & I am happy with her progress Overall, just hang in there & keep trying.. it will get better I promise. The first couple weeks are so hard, but once you get past it.. it only gets better with time! __________________ Eva (7lb Shorkie) & Katie (Proud Mommy)

06-12-2013, 06:35 AM	#11
Maximo ♥ Maximo and Teddy Donating Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Northern Virginia Posts: 25,041	I agree with using an xpen lined with piddle pads. Start by supervising her in the pen as much as you can. When she goes potty on the pad, praise her like she just performed the best trick in the world. Give her a small treat like a single kibble. Then start removing the pads until you are down to one. Or use one pad in the xpen, put her on it at least once an hour (while you are awake) and use key phrases like "Go potty." She may not do it, but keep up the routine. When you catch her going potty in the wrong place, say "Uh oh!" and put her on the pad and use the key phrase, or say "Potty here." Always praise when she gets it right and don't be angry when she gets it wrong. When you have her out of her xpen, playing or for whatever reason, keep the pad really close by. Good luck! __________________ Kristin, Max and Teddy

06-12-2013, 06:44 AM	#12
dawn27 2+2=4 X the Love ♥ Donating Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Bean Town Ohio Posts: 9,456 Blog Entries: 1	I've had much success with all of my pups and I am glad to share my methods. You are welcome to look at my training techniques on m web site. Hopefully you will find something there that will help. The link is in my signature below. Cage training, leash training, and just simple commands are among the things you will find that are the first steps to having a well trained pup. __________________ Mommy to: Quincy, & Ruby Bella / Miah & Brandi Gone but Never Forgotten Visit: Bella Dawns for all of your Custom Pet Wear needs.

06-12-2013, 07:21 AM	#15
sasha2334829 Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: May 2013 Location: Missouri Posts: 150	I am crate training my pup. He is 14 weeks old and I am puppy pad training him. He is only allowed in the living room right now. He does sleep in our room with us, but in his crate. I leave his food and water out all day for now until he is older. But I am home all day long so it might be a little easier for me. But I will only let him out of his crate to eat, drink, play and potty. If I cannot watch him at all (doing chores around the house) he is in his crate. The crate I have him in is just big enough for him, maybe a little extra room, but he doesn't potty in it. When I take him out of the crate, it is straight to his potty pads. Which I have washable ones and they will save a lot of $. Then after he potties I give him a treat and LOTS of petting and attention as well as saying "GOOD POTTY" the whole time he is going. He always gets so excited about going on the pads since I give him lots of praise. Then I let him eat, drink and play for about an hour at a time. After an hour, if he hasn't went to his pad, it is straight to his pad to see if he needs to go. Most of the time he goes. Then praise, praise, praise! Then it's time to eat, drink and play all over again unless he's starting to lay around and then I put him in his crate for an hour nap and no more than an hour then I start all over again from there. Now, if you work during the day, an x-pen is your best option. Put the pads down in there along with food, water and toys. And then do as everyone has said about eliminating a pad at a time and they will get used to pottying on that surface. It will take a while to do this, but better than going on the carpet. Also, on the spots where they do potty on the floor, you HAVE to clean in with an enzyme cleanser. I use Natures Miracle. By doing this kind of training for my little guy, he has really gotten the hang of it. He has only had one accident in the last week and a half. Not too bad if you ask me. Just do these little tips that everyone has suggested and your little pup will get it. It DEFINETELY takes time.