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06-26-2006, 01:55 PM | #1 |
YorkieTalk Newbie! Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Cincinnati
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| Going crazy about pee pads!! Hello! I've always wanted a yorkie and just this past week I finally convinced my fiancee that it's the right time. We brought little Goonie (I let him name her) back to our apartment having been informed that she was pee pee pad trained. For the first day and night she did wonderfully, she sought and the pads and used them to do her business. Now all of a sudden she just completely ignores them and poops and pees whereever she wants to on the carpet. I'd say of the last 7 times she's used the restroom in the past 24 hours, only 2 times have been on a pee pad. She slept for like 8 hours in our bed last night with no problems and spends most of her time on the couch with no accidents on there. Any ideas on how to retrain a yorkie? Also, do you think it's ok to let her on the couch and bed? I kind of think she might realize these are no-no zones simply because they're where she likes rest. Thank you so much for any insight you can give me! |
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06-26-2006, 02:01 PM | #2 | |
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First off congrats on Goonie...lol. These little stinkers like to be funny. I would suggest that you give the carpet a good cleaning and maybe confine her to areas that are easier to clean up. The carpet has the pee way down in the sponge under is my guess and she smells it. Get an enzyme cleaner and clean that. Being on the couch or bed is totally a preference thing. I guess she doesn't piddle there because she wants to be on there (they normally won't foul their sleeping area). You probably need to restart her house breaking from scratch and either use a kennel or xpen to work with her so she knows her boundaries for potty. Also try to watch her signs for going potty. Good luck. Hope some of this helps. By the way welcome to YT to you and Goonie both. Looking forward to seeing a pic of her.
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06-26-2006, 02:30 PM | #3 |
YT 3000 Club Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Pennsauken , NJ
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| are u using the same brand of wee wee pad? they all have different scents. maybe if u get the same brand the breeder had it would help. also, we use simple solutions training spray from petsmart. it attracts them to the pad. it works 4 us. good luck. they are so hard to train. |
06-26-2006, 02:31 PM | #4 |
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| You have to realize that pee pad trained in one place does not mean pee pad trained in another. Giving a puppy the run of the house is just asking for trouble. Mine are confined to the kitchen unless they are being closely supervised, like me sitting on the floor playing with them or them sitting on my lap. Now to the training. Like I said mine are confined to the kitchen, I started by putting the pads where they wanted to pee. I had 5 pads in the kitchen at one time. I did not move them until they were using the pads 100% of the time. (or going outside). Then one by one I started eliminating them. I would slowly move them, if they went back to that spot and peed on the floor, I put one of their beds in that area. I found that once I moved one, they would quit using it and go to the other spots. Eventually I got them all removed except the one by the back door. I now place that one in a shallow, under the bed, storage box, so they don't pee off the edge of it. Between using the box and going outdoors, we rarely have a mishap. I still do not trust them to run freely through the house. They are 6 months and 4 1/2 months. |
06-28-2006, 11:47 AM | #5 |
YT Addict Join Date: May 2006 Location: virginia
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| Congrats on your new baby! I've been using a command word for mine & this has helped. Mine would walk in circles if he had to go & then I would direct him to his pee pad and say 'hurry' (be sure to not say it over & over in a row). When he was done, I would say hurry again, praise him & give him just one cheerio. I keep the Cheerio bowl right by his pad site, so that it is instant gratification. This has worked wonders for me. Snickers isn't perfect, but he's only 5 months & he's getting there. I agree to not letting him have the run of the house. Just to hard to know when he's going. Snicker's actually injured himself just jumping off the couch & has had to be confined to a cage for the past 5 weeks (one more to go). I will say that his potty training has greatly improved since he is either in his cage, on my lap, or on his leash (he's not allowed to run or jump yet & so has to be on his leash when playing or walking around with me). No more finding left pee spots! Good Luck! |
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