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08-29-2006, 07:00 PM | #1 |
Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Tennessee
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| New at potty training I'm in "study mode"... I'll get my new yorkie babe in about 3 or 4 weeks. I plan on crate trng but haven't decided on pads or outside. I'd prefer both. How do you do both outside and pads? same time or one at a time? Plus, all the books say feed outside the crate. My breeder recommends leaving food in crate to prevent hypocycemia. I'll be with him for a couple of days before I have to go to work...but will come home three times during the day (about every 3 hrs) for a while. Also, how do you crate train at night? still out every 3 or 4 hours? and how long? I thought about making a night crate and a day crate. Any experience with this? (I did that with my children so they knew to sleep longer in the night bed). I'm full of questions. Need help from you experts!!! |
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08-29-2006, 08:07 PM | #2 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: middletown
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| well i just used the pads for myself and keep her inside only since she cant g o outside until she gets vaccinated with all her shots. its easy for us when she was trained, she is almost 3 months and she is 85% trained , if you want information on how its easy as i said send me an email on here |
08-30-2006, 07:56 AM | #3 |
YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Florida
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| when i get mine i plan on pad training inside a dog litter box that i got. i ended up buying a really big crate and making like a house out of it, putting bed and toys at one end and litter box at the other. i hope it works out that way..... i guess it just depends on how you want them to go outside vs. inside.. i want mine to go inside.
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08-30-2006, 09:30 AM | #4 |
Blessed by Otis & Ollie Donating Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Plainfield, Indiana
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| Potty? My boys go inside and out. I have a designated 3rd bedroom for the "potty room". I've never had any problem with them doing both. Just prepare yourself for some confusion if you have lots of rugs in your house. I've had to switch to dark,washable kitchen rugs because they sometimes have accidents. They know to "go outside, go potty", but they also use the potty pads because I work 9-10 hour days. I have wood floors so I don't know how it works if you have carpet. I make "hiking posts" for them, so they can hike their leg. They pee and poo both on the pads. You may want to try an exercise pen instead of crate. I don't crate mine, so I'm no help there.
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08-30-2006, 10:44 AM | #5 |
Yorkie Talker Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: mccomb, Ms
Posts: 24
| My dog IKO was using the litter box but over the past 2 weeks regressed and now just goes on the floor. I used pee pads whoever the chewed them to shreds. |
09-03-2006, 01:22 PM | #6 |
Donating YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Northern New York
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| Will your puppy be 12 weeks when you get him? All my puppies had accidents in the crate until they matured a bit, so don't be surprised if it happens. When not in the crate, both my boys were trained to go on wee wee pads first, then eventually outside. Now if the weather is bad, as soon as I put down the pads, they know what to do. If you decide to train on wee wee pads first, bring a pad outside and let him use it outdoors for awhile until he gets used to going outside. I have found that until 6 months of age, my pups were not able to potty train very well. But once they reached 6 months, they gradually came around. As far as overnight in the crate, I kept the crate next to our bed. We would get up every few hours and put him on a pad. It takes awhile but eventually they will sleep all night. (just like a human baby!) Good Luck and don't hesitate to ask if you need help!
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09-03-2006, 03:37 PM | #7 |
Donating YT 3000 Club Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Sequim, Wa
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| I set Gracie up with an X-pen. There is a crate in there that contains her comfort pup bed. She loves to go in there and crash. Her food, water, toys and potty pads are all out in the pen in their own areas. Gracie is now 3 months old and has run of the living room and dining room when I am here to watch her. Her x-pen is in the living room. For the last week or so, she has been 100% with using the potty pads in the x-pen. Good girl! When we are outside, she will pee and I will praise her like crazy. So far, she prefers to save the poo for home. Such a lady? She does not yet go potty on command, but I think she is doing well containing things to her x-pen at her age. She will occasionally miss her potty pad because she gets too close to the edge.
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09-05-2006, 04:46 AM | #8 |
No Longer a Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: NY
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| I've changed our potty routine about 4 times here...bad I know...but my puppy (7mos) is adjusting. We are now using a litter box with pup head grasss (switching to a different kind of synthetic grass because the pup head smells so bad with the attractant they put on it) in the bathroom. I keep the door closed. When we are home, he rings a bell to ask so we either bring him outside or into the bathroom (if it is dark or raining). When we are gone, he has free access to it. I did this because we travel a lot and I want him to get used to "asking" to "go" when we visit different peoples houses. Since switching to a litter box (off of pee pads or the plain pup head grass which sits 1 inch off the floor) he seems to have less accidents. He used to go into a house and if he saw a kitchen or bathmat or something like that, would pee...but now that he is older and into the litter box...I think (but not sure) he knows the difference. The litter box is harder to travel with than a pee pad (easier than trying to travel with the pup head) but a definate "this is where you go" type device. I also tried the Wiz dog. suz |
09-05-2006, 03:11 PM | #9 |
Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: New Jersey
Posts: 37
| doggie litter box material Hi guys & gals, this is actually my first posting. I have learned so much from all of you. My baby is five months, I've had her since she was 10 weeks and have been using your posting as a reference source. Her name is Coco-Ming and she is still not 100% housebroken, but progressing well. I am interested in using a litter box for those rainy & snowy days. Can you tell me more about the Pup Head Grass, and where i could purchase it. The other products i have tried, such as the pellets and wheat type grains, Coco-Ming tries to eat them and has vomited as a result. This site was exactly what i needed as a first time yorkie mom! |
09-05-2006, 03:21 PM | #10 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: USA
Posts: 114
| I got my baby Mia last friday and set up a play pen for her. On one side she has her food, water, toys and blanket on the other has her pee pad..I'm hoping to move the pee pad into a small litter box and gradually switch to litter. She hasn't had any accidents in the house so far, but I watch her closely and put in the playpen every half hour for a potty break. Yep...she sleep with me!! |
09-05-2006, 04:54 PM | #11 |
Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Tennessee
Posts: 34
| potty options YT friends.....thanks to all for your posts to my thread. I love this site and I'm learning ssssoooooo much from you. I've PM'd a couple of you and thought I'd share some of the info I'd gotten..... For Pup head with k9grass at this link: http://www.portabledogpotty.com/ Another option: http://petapotty.stores.yahoo.net/sisyformipe.html I've not tried either...but at least these are site you can check out. And, thanks to yorkieskater for these links. Amanda7 is also very experienced....she got two little boys. Thanks again friends...keep the posts going...we all want to learn from your experiences (and mistakes). JaTa (Jasper Tate's soon to be Mom) |
09-06-2006, 03:08 PM | #12 |
Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: New Jersey
Posts: 37
| Potty Options Thanks for the info, I placed an order with Petapotty, i'll let you know how it works out. I am anticipating the winter months here in NJ. Coco Ming does not like to go out in the rain, and I'm sure it will be the same when it snows. coco ming and I are fortunate to have discovered this site. |
09-06-2006, 03:32 PM | #13 |
Dogs Rule Cats Drool! Donating Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Tennessee
Posts: 7,895
| All I can say is Good Luck!!!! Just when I think mine are finally trained, I have to add another and back to the old drawing board we go......
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09-06-2006, 06:20 PM | #14 | |
Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Tennessee
Posts: 34
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Let us know how this works. I'm really thinking about this methods instead of potty pads. I've read some threads/posts that pups will piddle on rugs that resemble potty pads...so maybe if I use "grass" for inside potty, outside potty would come naturally???? Hey, I'm still in study mode...I won't get my baby for 4 more weeks!!....4 llllooonnnnggg weeks! I need feedback from the experienced yorkie moms. JaTa (Jasper Tate's Mom to be) Last edited by JaTa; 09-06-2006 at 06:23 PM. | |
09-07-2006, 04:55 AM | #15 |
No Longer a Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: NY
Posts: 342
| Trust me...I feel all yoru pain...and I'm still living it...ha ha. My dog will still have an accident on the bathroom carpet or towel. No where else...only in the bathroom. I think it goes back to the fact that he came to me trained on washable pee pads...maybe? Not sure. I have not stayed consistant with the litter box for that long...we just started it and he is only a puppy. I can't wait to get the new grass I ordered. I'm really hating the smell of the pup head one. Ugh. My dog is getting better about pee ing outside...but the pooh...he takes FOREVER. Sometimes it is just easier to let him go in his litter box in the morning because he will go faster whereas outside...I could be waiting an hour and I have to get on with my day...and I serously mean waiting an hour even if I run him out mid pooh...he will stop once outside because there is too much to see. suz |
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