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12-21-2015, 08:27 PM | #1 |
YorkieTalk Newbie! Join Date: Aug 2015 Location: Gallatin, TN USA
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| Can this be done? We adopted an approximately 8 y/o male Yorkie from a shelter a week ago. We were told that his previous owner surrendered him because he kept going to the bathroom in the house. She said she had lots of pee pads and newspapers on the floor around the house, but he just went wherever he chose. In the week since we've had him, I've been trying to teach him to go outside to do his business with no luck. My question is: Has anyone had any luck housebreaking a dog of this age? If so, any pointers would be greatly appreciated. TIA |
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12-22-2015, 06:32 AM | #2 |
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| Feed him at the same time every feeding, wait 30 minutes then take him for a walk. My dog needs to poop 5 to 10 minutes after he eats so all dogs are not the same. If your dog poops or pees before the 30 minutes take him out anyway.If he poops before the 30 minutes then you know you have to walk him before the 30 minutes, after you feed him watch him for that first 30 minutes to see if he is looking to make then take him out. Consistency is the keyword. Feed same time every day, walk same time every day, if you walk him 3 times a day, it MUST be the same time EVERY walk, even if he makes in the house WALK ANYWAY, he will get to know what time he will be walked, dogs are creatures of habit, they have built in alarm clocks. They will know what times they will go out and will hold pee and poop for that walk. Most dogs prefer to make out side, love to walk and sniff everything in their path. Always take a treat or 2 when you walk him, reward with treat and lots of praise when he makes outside. Because he is an older dog does not mean he cannot be trained. But you MUST BE CONSISTENT in feeding and walk time. Good luck and please keep us posted on his training and his new life with you. I would also like to thank you so much for rescuing, and for rescuing an older baby bless you.
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12-22-2015, 07:48 AM | #3 |
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| And.....big time praise and treats when he does what you wanted
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12-22-2015, 08:14 AM | #4 | |
Rosehill Yorkies Donating YT Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Houston Texas
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Great advice and technique....Yorkies are stubborn and he will try to make you understand that HE knows what is best for the household.....you just have to hang with him and let him know YOU are boss, not him, and it WILL be done YOUR way!!!! Treat rewards when he does business outside is a HUGE motivator! | |
12-22-2015, 08:54 AM | #5 |
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| Great advice above. Consistency and reward and praise. Also, limit his roaming room in your home while training. Maybe 1 room at a time where he can be supervised. Increase the room as he improves. Take him outdoors frequently on schedule. In addition to after feeding, I would do it when he first wakes and before bedtime. Use keywords like "Go potty" and "good potty!" Clean up accident areas thoroughly to prevent the scent from attracting him to potty there again.
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12-22-2015, 01:24 PM | #6 |
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| My daughter adopted an 8 yo yorkie almost 2 years ago. She was not trained well but did hit the potty pad if she was nearby. I found a big plastic tray that the pad fit in and she was able to step up into it. That helped quite a bit. She also had to be limited (baby gate)to a bathroom and hallway when alone during the day as she was ruining the laminate floors. I keep her while my DD works at summer camp and have a lot of luck taking her out with my two- she learned to potty outside but still needs a backup tray in my dining room.(her favorite pee spot) |
12-22-2015, 09:25 PM | #7 |
Rosehill Yorkies Donating YT Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Houston Texas
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| I forgot to say, you can put a belly band on him when he is inside, taking it off when you take him outside.....that will protect your furniture and floors until he gets the hang of this! |
12-22-2015, 11:23 PM | #8 |
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| Agree with the above posters! I have a failed foster Toto who I got when he was 8 years old. He wasn't very good with potty training. We started to get the hang of it, then we moved, so he ended up marking in the new house, so we had to kind of start over. We limited where he could go in the house.We've been here almost two years now. He hasn't had an accident in a long time (many months now) but I have to take him out every few hours. Every once in a while he will go all the way downstairs to his crate where he has a pad and will go in there, but that's happened like two times. Other times if he wakes up before we do, he will go in the shower where we leave the door open since our other one Uni knows to pee in there if she needs to. I would think that bc the original owner had paper all over the house, the dog does not know where he is allowed to go and where he can't, since he was allowed to go inside and all over. I used to like having indoor trained dogs bc it was easier for me, however the house can still smell of pee, and plus I'd rather take the dogs out myself so I know exactly what is going on. If they haven't peed, why not? Pee too often, UTI? Soft poo, did they eat something, are they sick? No poo for days, obstruction? You get the idea. I also really really really recommend the poster above who said feed at the same time, walk at the same time. They get used to routine and look forward to it. I've also found that after the dog gets attached to you, they want to hang out in the same room as you. So after a while the baby gates and such aren't really necessary.
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