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02-28-2007, 07:26 PM | #1 |
YorkieTalk Newbie! Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: NC
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| Potty Help, Please My puppy just turned 10 months old, is 3 pounds and stubborn when it comes to house breaking! I am ready to sell her as this cleaning up is getting the best of me. I have crate trained her, she sleeps in her crate and can hold it all night. During the day while I am working, she has the laundry room to run in with a piddle pad to use, and a food and water bowel. She will use the pad if she is in the room, but will not use it when I put one at other spots in the house. She will only do one thing at a time outside, and then come in the house and slips away from me in a second to leave me a mess. Lately, she will pee or poop within a foot of where I am, or even jump on the couch to pee. Sometimes she will pee in her crate at nap time even though she went out and peed before she went into the crate. I have tried special snacks to reward her, she is always praised for outside potty; she has the run of the house in the evenings and week-end and gets lots of people playtime. She can tell you she wants to go out IF she wants to, but usually won't let you know. I can take her out every hour with her doing nothing for 4-5 hours - she sniffs the air, plays with a leaf, listens and pays attention to any far away sound, just oblivious to the purpose of being outside. If she doesn't go, she gets put in her crate. When she goes in the house, I always catch her, pick her up, take her to the mess, tell her harshly no, bad girl. Then, I put her in her "bad girl" crate. Have tried taking her outside afterwards, but that has not helped either. Yes, the vet has checked her. PLEASE what is the step I am failing to do?? Thanks in advance for your help. |
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02-28-2007, 07:33 PM | #2 |
Luvs Lulu Donating Member | I have to say that scheduled feeding has made housebreaking a lot easier I think for mine. With all toy breeds it seems to take a while for the most part. Lex is now 15 months old and I can say totally house broken (knock on wood). Lulu who is now four months is learning fairly fast because of Lex. She will use a pee pad some in the house but at the rate she is going I am hoping to be able to get rid of it all together in two more months. I take them out rain or shine to use the bathroom. I know what you are saying about her doing everything but using the bathroom outside. Lex tends to take forever if I let him as well..he is nosey and wants to see everything around him. I totally understand your frustration. Good luck. The best thing I can personally suggest is the scheduled feeding. When I free fed Lex we had all sorts of potty issues. Once I started the scheduled feeding thigns shaped up nicely. I then had to deal with a bit of a marking problem but I fixed that by neutering him.
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02-28-2007, 07:40 PM | #3 |
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| my mom used to carry skoshi outside when he would need to go or would have an accident. well i started telling her to let him follow us so he knows his way. well turns out he has started waiting at the door to when he needs to go out and he is still real young. i mean sometimes he still has accidents but we have never did the crate thing he just runs freely but he stays right under our feet so its easy to watch him. but when he does have accidents he gets in trouble. and when he goes to the door and uses the potty outside then he gets a treat! he is not fully there of course but we are getting somewhere also with feeding we leave food out all day but he wont eat unless we are right there so i guess hes kind of on a schedule doesnt effect when he goes poop tho in my opinion |
02-28-2007, 07:44 PM | #4 |
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| I didn't crate train mine. I just kept an eagle eye on them. (all the time) until they got the idea about going out. when I saw them starting to pee or poop I would yell to startle them "no... out!" immidately take them out and if they pottied out side I gave them a treat, on the spot. It didn't take them long to let me know they needed to go out. I always used the same door too. if they made a mess and i didn't see them do it , i would just clean it up and not bother showing them. I figured they wouldn't understand it all later on. I kept such a close eye on them that it was hard for them to do anything without me seeing it happen. good luck.
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03-01-2007, 02:54 AM | #5 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: New York
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| My puppy was litter trained when I got him. I don't like that method because it gives the dog the idea that going in the house is OK. I outside trained him. It took 2 weeks of intense training. The first few days it took forever for him to go outside. First I would say "outside", then I would say"Potty" over and over while we were outside. When he finally went, he was given a treat and immediately taken inside. I did this every hour. He quickly learned that potty meant doing his "business", outside was for pottyonly, and a treat followed. I crated him when I was going to be gone longer than an hour and at night. He is now 11 months old and goes out every 2-3 hours during the day. He goes potty on command and since we live in a cold, snowy climate, he will do his "business" in less than 3 minutes. He is very reliable, but I never let him roam the house. He is allowed to be with me in the house, otherwise he is contained in the kitchen. He has not had an accident in over 2 months, but I still do not trust him...he's a baby. Granted, I am lucky in that I don't work and can devote this time to him. It is a lot easier when you're home all day. I've had many dogs over my life and have always gotten them in warm weather and during vacations so that I have had the time to stay at home and do nothing but housebreak. Choose a method and stick to it otherwise they get confused. My puppy loves his crate..it is his safe spot and he goes in there at bedtimeor whenever he has had enough play. it is a great training tool. |
03-01-2007, 12:09 PM | #6 |
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| Lilly Just Doesn't Get It! Because we're gone all day, Lilly stays in the garage with our Lab, and they get along fine. Our Lab is housebroken, but Lilly is not. No pads work for her and even going outside isn't working - she just doesn't get it. I praise and give treats when she goes outside, but the minute she comes back in, she pees on the floor. So I've resorted to panties when she comes in the house, and they work. No messes on the floor and she doesn't seem to mind. Lilly is 8 yrs old and a puppy mill rescue, I'm sure she's doing the best she can, but some things she simply doesn't recognize - like wee wee pads. Scent or no scent, they mean nothing.Good luck with your puppy. I've heard that Yorkie's are hard to housebreak and older pups even harder - but not impossible. |
03-01-2007, 06:29 PM | #7 |
Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Vienna, VA
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| I got my second yorkie, Coco, when she was just over a year old. She wasn't properly trained and still marks in the house sometimes. I watch her like a hawk too, which seems to help a bit. I wonder if dogs are confused when they can go both inside and out. That's why I'm vigilant about getting her out a lot, and I never use pads. I was going to try the panties for when I can't watch her very easily. I'm glad to hear they work. It's weird b/c she never has accidents during the day. I leave her for up to six hours (sometimes eight) and she's fine. |
03-01-2007, 07:55 PM | #8 |
My hairy-legged girls Donating Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: lompoc, ca.
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| I can see why you are not able to house train her. For one thing, you never scold them when caught in the act and then punish them by putting them in a crate or ex-pen. YOu should take her straight outside, put her down and stroke her and say gently, go potty. Make the potty experience bad for house, good for outside. When they go outside, you praise, praise, praise like the devil. Never use a pen or crate as punishment. That is their secure place, and one that should feel safe for them. |
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