new mommy who needs help!

[monica20]

hi everyone,
i finally brought home a wonderful baby boy yorkie, his name is howie and he is 6 months old. i am [I]trying[I] to crate train him he has a crate where he can only move around, he is in the laundry room. when i take him out to pee and poop he will not go on on the wee pad but on the floor. he has no "special" spot where he goes. i have searched for "crate training" but my question wasn't on there ..i was wondering if it is a good idea to put pee pads on the whole floor and then gradually decrease one? and during the night i leave him in his crate with the door closed or door open? i really need some advice and i am open to ALL advice and tips. thank you all <3

[Patti]

Cali was the first dog I have crate and wee wee pad trained and whay I did was I put her in a dog playpen with her bedding at one end and her wee wee pad at the other, From day one when she was 9 weeks old, she never peed on her bedding and went on the pad. It worked really well for me and CAli was trained in a few week this way. I lot of people say do not put them in a crate that is too big so they hold it until they get out as they don;t like to go where they sleep, but I couldn't do that I felt it was to small and she learned to go on the pads quickly. During the day when she was out she could run into the playpen and use the pad or go on the one in the other end of the house. I was home with her so it wasa easier to watch her and put her on the pads. Just be vigilent when he is out and praise him when he uses the pad. Good luck and congrats on your new baby.

[monica20]

Thanks so much for the advice and the congrats I am in the laundry room with him and 15 mins ago he ate and then he went to the wee pad farthest from him by the door and peed and i gave him a treat! i am wondering if i should take off the extra wee pads i have near him? but thanks, i am home most of the day except for mondays and wedsndays because i have class ..!! + your cali is sooo beautifulll =) i need batteries for my digi so i can takes pics!

[Bnot]

I know for me, the treat and a lot of praise worked wonders! Venus will "potty on demand" when outside now! Whatever it takes for her to get a treat!

I keep her in the kitchen most of the day, where my laptop is at, so she sure never gets lonely! I stay on the laptop most of the day!

It did take her a few days to quit playing with the potty pad, and use it. I had to tape them down to the floor

I keep her crate beside my bed, so I can hear her whine to go outside. It took about a week before she quit pooping in the crate. She finally realized that I would get up and take her out when she whined! That first week, she'd go, then whine for me to clean it up.

Be patient. Potty training takes a lot of effort, getting up in the middle of the night, and watching close for signals.

[monica20]

Yesss! I had to tape down his pee-pad as well, i have half of the laundry room taped with pee-pads but i am noticing he only does his buisness on the pee pad by the door so i will most likely take the others off. thanks for the tips .. i will keep you updated

[monica20]

ANOTHER QUESTION:

Ok. I have howie in the Laundry Room in the Crate during the night and when I am not home. I let him out and he seeks the pee-pad and he will do his buisness, I give him praise and a treat. Once he does that I take him out to play for a couple of mins and then back to the crate, till the next time. He is good about telling me he has to go by whining and so forth. My question is, am I doing it the right way? Or should I let him run around in the laundry room and have him find he pee-pad? Eventually when he is fully housetrained will I be able to have him around the house and he will seek the pad in the laundry room?

Thanks<3

[chelbuddy]

You are doing a fantastic job!! Excellent mommy!

[monica20]

THANK YOU!!
last night i wanted to cry cause i didn't know if i was doing it the right way! <3

[Lexi Rae]

you doing fine, keep up the good work....it will all work out. .

[monica20]

thanks gina :] you all are so great, i felt really sad last night because i didn't know whether to put him in the laundry room with the crate open so he can run around or continue to put him in the crate at night with the door closed and in the morning take him out. i seriously was about to burst into tears <3

[Bnot]

Looks to me, if its working, your doing it right

I'm working with Venus in the living room along with the kitchen (where her pee pads have always been). Usually she goes back to the kitchen to potty. But you have to watch them very close when letting them in a new room!

[Mom2Max]

well i did mine different ways. i have sampson who is a 11 month boston terrier. i would take him out every 30 min or so on a leash to go potty and always use the command word "potty" then give him a treat when he did it, never paying any other attention to him, and if he didnt go potty, he didnt get a treat. also if he went inside the house i would pick the poo up ( sorry i know gross) and take it outside with sam and place it on the ground telling him "potty" sam also used a crate, at night and if we were gone, and i always kept the door shut, one b/c you never know what they will get into when you arent around, and 2 b/c it taught him to not go in it, he would hold it until morning actually, since it felt like a den to him. as he got older i increased the time to a hour, then 1 and 1/2 when i would take him out. it only took about 2 weeks before i had him completely trained.

now, max our yorkie, he is a little different. he was trained ( or started to be trained) at the breeders using a puppy pad. the first few days, he went everywhere BUT the pad. i would take the poo and place it on the pad and say "potty" just as i did with sam outside. i placed one pad in the living room corner ( he seemed to like that spot) and one in the laundry room.he finally got the hang of that, so we started going outside.. max still uses pads but he will aslo go outside now, it just takes time and patience. i take him out about every 45 min or so and he has been doing GREAT! i always give him a treat and praise him when he goes where he is suppose to. max is also usiing a crate which i kep closed. he isnt in there for long periods of time, but he will not soil his crate. as soon as i take him out, i place him outside. and before the outside training started, i would place him on the pad.

sounds to me like you are taking all the proper steps. and just remember it takes time and patience. there were so many times when i just wanted to sit down and cry, wondering what in the world i was doing wrong. but they eventually pick up the hang of it all. good luck!!!! and it does get better!! sounds to me like your a wonderful mommy!!

[monica20]

thanks a bunch jennn [: we have him in the laundry room like i said and we have half of the laundry room covered with pee-pads but he seems to just go on one so we are most likely going to gradually decrease the pads till we get one left

[Fulrtonchigirl]

You know im having the same training problems. I have my Sonia (who is 4 months) In a small crate also. Theres not much room for bedding and pads. Im home all day and try to take her out as much as i can. She likes to run under the bed and do her buisness there rather then outside. I could stay outside for a half hour and nothing. When we come inside she goes right under the bed. I tried the wee wee liquid stuff. Doesnt seem to work. I do not have wee pads. Why do dogs train so well on them as i heard. Are these wee pads the thing i need to get her trained?I feel like im a bad yorkie mom.

[monica20]

my howie is 6 months old and i have him in the laundry room, from what i have read here on the YT wee-pads are a good training source. where they had howie they just had newspapers everywhere so he did buisness all over. we brought him home and automatically started the wee-pads! he seems to be doing good on them, we have more than 1 wee pad to find his "spot" to do his buisness and he usually goes on the wee pad closer to the door. so what we are going to do is gradually decrease the number of wee pads. i think you should train your sonia on wee pads if possible. but don't worry girl she will eventually get it, try blocking the entrance under your bed. don't feel like a bad yorkie mom .. i felt like that last night almost in TEARS