For those of you who's yorkies are pee pad trained...

[schatzie]

I guess I should feel lucky since Schatzie has gone on her pee pee pads outside of our home in other areas. Hotel, friends, our RV, she always has done fine.

I never really gave it much thought about it until reading this thread...

I wish I could offer advise for some training techniques but i don't have any... I just laid the pads down wherever we were and she'd just go. ???

Good luck..

[Reese]

I just bought the Four Paws drops as well. It has not worked yet but it has only been three days? I will give it more time. I am also thinking about littler box training her. Does anyone have any thoughts about that?

[Carolina girl]

I haven't seen this suggestion with the pads. I have read alot about pad training and one site I was on suggested that you use a cage over the pee pad. I found a playpen that turns into five different uses. I don't have my puppy yet but I am going to put it in a rectangle cage ( no top) and just sit her in there every time I want her to go. You just set the cage on top of the pee pad. It also has a door so when they start to go to it you can open the door. Just a thought.

[StewiesMom]

Stewie goes on the pee pad everywhere but my boyfriend's parents' house. They get kind of pissed when he goes on the carpet, but you know what...
Their carpet is from 1970 and is disgusting orange shag, so I DON'T CARE! Well, I guess I do care, but I don't like the way they won't just tell me that he went on the carpet, they have to talk about it in a patronizing way.

Ok, done venting.

He also goes on newspaper if there is no pee pad available to him. He just knows that feeling under his feet I guess

[tarawood]

Originally Posted by StewiesMom

They get kind of pissed when he goes on the carpet,

No pun intended Stewies Mom?? That was too funny! The get pissed when he pisses. LOL

[StewiesMom]

Yeah, I was going to write "no pun intended", but I figured someone would get the joke

[angie h]

how did you litter train your pup? where do you keep the litter what brand etc?

[3PoundElvis]

Originally Posted by angie h

how did you litter train your pup? where do you keep the litter what brand etc?

We just purchased a second yorkie baby and are in the process of training her now, so the training part is fresh in my mind once again
It has really been easy. We buy litter boxes especially designed for dogs (at petsmart). The larger, deeper ones are great if you have a male, as they like to hike their legs and the dog boxes are deep enough to allow them to do it. We don't use the dog litter as they would always try to eat it. Instead we just use regular "clumping" cat litter. The trick to training them is to keep the box clean.
Our schedule is as follows:
First thing in the morning, put them in the box and don't let them out until they potty, which never takes too long since they've been holding it all night. We praise them as they are doing their business and then let them out to eat.
After they eat, they usually have to go do #2. When we see them sniffing around and doing the 'circle dance' we put them in the box again. After they do both #1 and #2, we scoop the waste out of the litter box and head out for work. During the day, we use baby gates to keep them confined to the kitchen and they have free range of it until we are home. As soon as we come home we clean out the litterbox again. Keeping it clean, will keep them using it.
I was home with Elvis during his litterbox training, so I was able to keep a close eye on him. Whenever he awoke form a nap or ate a bunch, I'd just put him in the litterbox. It's the cutest thing when you see them head off on their own to the litterbox for the first time
At first, they'll forget alot, as they do with any type of house training (they're just little ones after all), but they start to pick it up after a bit. It usually takes about 5 months for them to be trained completely, but then no more worries about keeping them caged up or letting them outside in the winter time or getting up early to let them outside.
We keep a litterbox in the laundry room and the master bedroom bath. They sleep in our bed and have NEVER had an accident in it. When they need to go, they just hop off the bed and go to the litter box, then climb back up into bed with us. It's so nice not to have to worry about them holding it all day. Good luck with your baby and let me know if their is anything else I can do.

[MyTrixie143]

Originally Posted by yorkiegal

where do you get the belly band/panty things?? charlie is not the greatest at potty training... he is a year old and still marks in between going outside... it is very frustrating... but i agree that he is worse when going to other people's homes...

You can get a male wrap for males or a panties for females. Most pet stores sell panties for females. I have found that a www.dog.com they have panties and wraps for your dogs ( i've looked for them at alot of places and this is the cheapest place to buy them).

[3PoundElvis]

The litter we use is called Swheat Scoop. It is made from crushed wheat, not clay. It just seems cleaner and healthier for our dogs. The clay stuff used to get encrusted around their tiny paws. We just put it in a litter box designed for dogs and it works like a charm. Our friends always think it is the funniest thing to see our dogs running into the laundry room to use the litter box

[1crosley]

I find that haveing only a sm. area where my yorkie is able to run is best. She has very little accidents. I take her out when the where is nice. She is 4 months old now and doing well.

[Pautau422]

Originally Posted by Esme's Mommy

Esme does great on the pee pads at home. I take her to my moms house every Saturday. My mom has two Pomeranians who are also pee pad trained. I set Esme's pad next to theirs and I walk her over there and have her do her business on the pad. Now, the problem is that she still insists on peeing on my moms area rug in under the dining room table. I don't know why she does this??? We have some area rugs at home, so I don't think it's because she hasn't experienced a rug before. Each time she does her thing there we clean it with Nature's Miracle, so I don't think it's the smell that makes her keep going there. My mom thinks Esme is the cutest, so she doesn't get upset. But, I am wondering, will she ever be potty trained in my mom's house too?? When dogs are completely pee pad trained, does that mean they will ONLY go on the pads wherever they are? Or will she only go on the pads, at home?
I am really curious about this.
Mari

Tyler is pee pad trained and he does great at home (with his few accidents), but in overall he is great. When we go out I always take pads or newspaper with us and he again in overall does it in the pee pads and if he does not go until we get home or we are in a discret place and he will feel comfortable and go.
This is far fetched, but maybe he likes the softness of the rug?

[bellaismybaby]

Bella is pee pad trained for nights. She was using pads when I got her and I just continued to watch her and reinforce her using them. Now she goes outside during the day,and uses pads at night (she doesn't usually need to). Training her to go out was more work. I constantly watched her, and took her out at ANY sign of needing to go. I repeated "Bella go potty" over and over until she went, then I praised her and gave her a treat. You could to the same with the pad training.

[Elliern]

I feel very fortunate. Abbey has no problem using her pee pads anywhere. We have visited several friends homes, hotels, etc and we always put the pads down as soon as we get there and show her where they are. We usually put down 2. One in the bedroom where we are staying and the other in the living room or family room or hallway. Somewhere she can get to quickly when we are in other parts of the house. We use the Jump Start pads by Simple solution. They seem to be more expensive than others, and I am hoping when she is a little older and 1000% perfect, I can use the less expensive pads. I also put her on the pad when we first arrive. Sometimes she goes and sometimes she doesn't, but I feel like I have given her the opportunity to "be a good girl". Whenever she uses the pads, everyone applauds and praises and praises like crazy.
As far as going on the rug, have you removed the odor from prior pee episodes? If the odor is still there, she may think that is a good place to go. I swear by Simple Solution. It removes the stain and the odor very well.
Good luck!
Ellie

[blondflava]

I never really gave that issue much thought, I always thought once they are trained to go potty on the pads, they'll stick to them no matter where they go? That seems the case with Pepper, he goes on pads at home and whenever I take him to work, also we took a road trip a couple weeks ago and stayed at a hotel, no accidents there either. He's 5 months, the only problem is pottying on pad is so rooted in his memory now, he won't even try to go outside, even if he's out of the house (and away from the pad) for hours at a time (I think 7 or so the longest )...