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07-05-2006, 03:04 AM | #1 |
Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: South Africa
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| Potty Training Ok, so I'm new to this site, and am very happy to have found a site with so much information to help me with my new furballs. It's also comforting to know that others have the same problems! I see that the issue of potty training is a common one. My Gabi is 14 months old, and still has not "got it" Gina is 4 months old, and is doing a lot better that her older sister. Will Gabi ever "get it"? I did try crate training, but just hated having them locked up - I feel so guilty. I watch them like hawks, and we go out every 1/2 - 1 hour. I'm now also trying to make it "worth their while", so we have jackpot treats(roast chicken bits) I let them smell the treat first, then tell them, "let's go wee wee girls", then we go outside. If they do their business, then I immediately pop a treat in their mouths and praise them lavishly. Bottom line, no business - no treat. This is a new idea that we are trying (about 4 days now) I've also decided to try and introduce the bells, so when we go out, I ring the bells and then open the door. Do you think that it's too much to do all at one time? What I can't understand is that both of them hold all night, but won't hold during the day. Is this normal? Am I doing the right thing? Any help on this matter would be welcomed. |
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07-05-2006, 06:04 AM | #2 |
I heart Hootie & Hobbs Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: USA
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| You are absolutely doing the right thing. It does seem to take yorkies longer to potty train than other dogs. Are you able to stay at home when them during the day? If not, what do you do with them while you're gone?? I don't think introducing the bells in too much. The only other thing I could recommend is if you see them going potty in the house, clap your hands real loud and give a stern NO. Then take them right outside and if they finish up out there, then give them a treat. Welcome to YT! You will find a wealth of info here on this site. You could do a search for Potty Training and you will find lots of info that way, too. GOOD LUCK! Don't give up. It seems like you are doing everything right at this point. I am sure that she will get than hang of it in no time at all. |
07-05-2006, 06:08 AM | #3 |
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| You might need to go back to the basics with the older one and keeping her confined to a hard surface floor. It's so hard, cause they are all different. Is a pet door an opption for you, such as do you own the home, do you have a fenced yard? |
07-05-2006, 07:29 AM | #4 |
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07-05-2006, 10:24 PM | #5 | |
Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: South Africa
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I'm sure though that things will come right. Luckily, my husband is also very good about this, so consistency is not the problem. Oh by the way, I do clap and give the stern NO when I catch them. Gina is easy to "catch" but Gabi seems to only go when I'm not watching. I've never caught her in the act. I only find the evidence!!
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07-05-2006, 10:27 PM | #6 | |
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