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11-02-2014, 06:01 PM | #1 |
YorkieTalk Newbie! Join Date: Jul 2014 Location: Auckland, New Zealand
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| Yorkie has untrained herself. My 8 month old yorkie (first dog) wasn't easy to toilet train. I got her at 3 months, and at about 4 months we had her trained to not go in the house (both #1 and #2). We kept a vigilant eye on her and every time she peed in the house scolded her, and whenever she went outside we praised and gave her a treat. Somehow, seemingly overnight, it clicked in her head that she can't go inside and only ever went outside (left the door open, the dog can go in/out as she pleases -- our house is fenced off). We didn't have any accident for over 2 months. ZERO accidents. But now suddenly she has lost all her toilet training. She pees in the house constantly. It started on the weekend, and just toys morning she's done it twice. I used to be able to leave her and work in my home office all day, but I can't do that anymore for fear that she may soil the carpet. There have been no changes to her diet or environment. What gives? |
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11-03-2014, 08:49 AM | #2 |
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| Following - I am experiencing a similar issue. Maggie went outside for a good while, I could leave the house for a quick errand and he was trusted. And then one weekend she decided she would rather go inside. I have no idea why. I take her out frequently, sometimes she goes but usually not, and then goes on the floor when we come in (the minute I turn my back).
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11-03-2014, 11:09 AM | #3 |
I ♥ Joey & Ralphie! Donating Member | Some would say, you should never scold when they have an accident, only praise for success. Scolding can produce submissive peeing. I'm not sure if that's the problem you are experiencing, I don't think it is because that usually happens when they first see you and will pee when greeting you. Since it happened so suddenly, I'm wonder if something scared her while she was outside? Yorkies are such small dogs and are very vulnerable to being outside alone even if your yard is fenced. You could start taking your dog outside every hour, you could teach your dog to ring a bell, so you'll open the door and take her outside. You could consider pee pads if you don't want to go outside with her. Another consideration is a bladder infection, especially if a spay has been recent.
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11-04-2014, 04:00 AM | #4 |
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| I find that yorkies, like babies have different temperaments as they grow. Some would say you are in the defiant toddler stage. Jess went through that. Kind of like a toddler testing the boundaries. I continued the same training I always did but limited her space. Then as soon as the behavior started it stopped and she went back to being good. She has her days of occasionally having an accident but like kids they tend "to forget" when distracted.. |
11-07-2014, 06:14 AM | #5 |
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| It is not unusual for a young dog to have lapses in their potty training. You just need to start at square one again. Take her out at regular intervals and praise and give her a treat when she goes in the right place. You will find she picks up on it again very quickly. Praise and a treat work much better and faster than scolding. Some dogs just get more sneaky about where they potty inside when they are afraid of being scolded. Praise and treats are something they look forward to. Your girl is still a youngster and kids tend to get ideas of their own. If she is left unsupervised much of the day it is not strange that she would just start doing what comes naturally. |
11-12-2014, 12:55 AM | #6 |
YorkieTalk Newbie! Join Date: Nov 2014 Location: Canada
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| It can take 18 months to train small dogs. Ours is 2 yrs old, and because we changed strategies a few times out of desperation and listening to the wrong people, he still poops inside on the floor on occasion. He's good with pee, thank heavens! I agree about scolding... when we tried that, he simply went behind the couch and in bedrooms. Our biggest problem with potty traing has been that he doesn't eat on a regular schedule (we feed him twice per day, but he doesn't eat!). If he's not eating on a schedule, he's not eliminating on a schedule... which makes potty training much more difficult. So, now we feed him and take the dish away after 20 min... and then only give dry dog kibble as treats, so that he's getting some nutrition and not filling up all day. One strategy is to use the tether method where the dog is tied to you all day so that you will alway see when s/he starts to do her business and you can pick her up and take her outside (or to the pad). One thing that messed us up is that we tried to teach him both indoor and outdoor training simutaneously. In retrospect, I wish we had just started with outdoor training, but we live in the north and we got him in winter. There are days he just can't go out because it's much too cold, even with a jacket... plus, stopping your dog from peei g so that you can put on a jacket is not an easy feat! Also, we switched pad types. We started with pee pads in the frame, but he wouldn't use it unless we placed him on it. Then we switched to cat litter because the pet store convinced us to, and he hated that... like, really, really hated it. Then we tried newspaper for a bit, but ended up going back to pee pads, but without the frame. We just lay them on the floor (he chewed them up once or twice, but luckily, that hasn't been an issue for us). I suggest you read up on this extensively, and once you pick a method, stick with it. Every time we changed something, we set him back weeks, if not months. It wasn't until I met another Yorkie owner who said it took them 18 months to train their dog that I started to relax and stick with one strategy. He now uses the pee pad when home alone, and asks to go out when we are here. We're still working on the pooping, but I know that the problem is that I don't catch him in the act often enough. I am working from home now, which will make the process easier. Oh, how naive we were to think we would get a dog at the beginning of our holidays so that he would be mostly trained before we went back to work! LOL. This is not our first dog, but we've only had big dogs before, so this has neen a real eye-opener! But we love our little guy so much, it's all worth it. |
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