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05-19-2007, 05:28 AM | #1 |
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| Help... My 8 Month yorkie named Yogurt... We have some difficulties with him. My darling's 8 month old. We we got him, he was 2 month old, and it was Christmas. We we got him, we put him in our big bathroom, and he lived there and peed everywhere. Then, he started chewing on all the cuboards and the corners of everything in the bathroom, so we bought her a big crate. That worked well. Now, everytime we let him out , we say " go pee " and he understands it, so he pees on the newspaper everytime. But once we let him out, we usually let him out till we go to bed, so he just wonders in our big house, and pees everywhere, and sometimes he goes back to the washroom. So now it's summer, we want him to go pee outside in our big yard, which he can't escape. But now I think we just confused him, and now he pees all over the carpets... and rarely goes to the bathroom. my mom is reallllllllllllllllllllllllllllly angry and is gonna sell him if he doesn't stop peeing everywhere. We want him to scratch or bark the backyard door for a signal to go outside and pee. Someone wanna tell me how i can start trainning her to do that and go out side to pee? anther problem is that... she bite everything. When i wear something, he bitse it, for example... when im wearing my jeans, he starts biting the end of it, even when i have it put on my legs. Everyday, she goes insane at a certain time, and starts biting my clothes and my socks and my hand thats all put on my body.btw, hes not neutered. someone help? I tried " NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO" and slapped him on his butt, but he doesn't listen, and it doesn't seem to work.. someone please help me ty. |
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05-19-2007, 08:08 AM | #2 |
Yorkie Kisses are the Best! Donating Member | you need to take him outside and watch him till he goes - If it has to be every few hours then that's what you'll need to do....and praise him every single time - throw a parade if you have to but keep praising him. You can't expect a little puppy to automatically know where he's susposed to go & you're right ...he's probably confused..... Also - is he neutered ?? that may help with all the peeing in the house too. Some yorkies can take up to a year to train and some never actually are completely trained....I'm lucky - Chanel my oldest was a dream and trained completely in 2 weeks while Cheri still has accidents Getting a puppy and giving it up because they aren't housetrained is very sad and this is one reason our shelters are full. I'd work with him every day if you can and you'll see progress. GOOD luck ! |
05-19-2007, 03:27 PM | #3 |
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| Well, Tucker and I are still working on the potty training but he's only been home for a few weeks so I know it will take time. I don't have any great advice about housebreaking except to "throw a party" and get really excited when he goes to the bathroom in the right place. As for the biting everything, we definitely had/have that problem too! It has gotten better over the last few days (*knock on wood*). We did two things: got him fun and appropriate things to chew on (i.e. bully sticks, greenies, or rawhide which Tucker loves the best) and every time he nipped us we said, "Ow!" in a high-pitched voice like a dog being hurt. He has responded really well to us acting hurt. Tucker gets hyper, too, he is a puppy after all. Usually I will make sure he has enough space to zoom all around or bring him outside to get the extra energy out and play chasing/running games. If he's playing too crazy with me I tell him to "calm down" and get excited when he does. If he keeps playing too rough, I leave and come back in a few minutes. Typically he's calmer and as I approach I praise him for being calm. Hope this helps! I really hope your mom doesn't sell your puppy just for being a puppy. It takes a lot of patience and energy but it's worth it!
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05-19-2007, 03:34 PM | #4 |
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| Consistency, consistency, consistency Follow V's advice, be consistent (did I already say that), be patient, and hang in there. Having a pup that needs housetrained needs to be looked at as a 24 hour job. Time and effort spent now will be worth it later! Also, buy some good cleaner that removes odor from carpets...if you are trying to convince mom to keep this pup, that may go a long way. Good luck to you!
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05-19-2007, 03:57 PM | #5 |
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| Your experience sounds a lot like mine, with my 1st yorkie...I think I did everything wrong, it took along time but he(and I) finally got trained. But it wasn't his fault, I just really didn't know what I was doing(inexperienced). I learned the hard way...now my 2nd yorkie(Winston) was entirely different. I knew what to do...I did it right...he learned to pee outside the minute I brought him home, never saw the inside of the house until he peed outside...then party/praise and party some more...he got it immediately...it was different as night and day with my 2...ya just gotta be smarter then them...and persistent...and patient...it was so rewarding to have a well trained puppy. Good luck to you, don't give up on that baby, he deserves a chance.
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05-19-2007, 08:18 PM | #6 |
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| I've only had my yorkie for a week, and am having my own potty battle with him, but I study cognitive and behavioral psych and see a few things that may be the issue. I hope my advice is helpful! I think he is probably very confused. This is the third place where he's been told to pee, and he has no idea what is appropriate any more. Any kind of animal training needs consistancy, and whenever you make a change it might take a while for the animal/puppy to generalize the behavior to the new situation. For example, I taught my baby to sit, and then come up on his hind legs like he is standing (I think it is the cutest thing) When he learned the trick, I took him downstairs to show my mom, and he wouldn't do it! He didn't know that I wanted the behavior to occur in other situations, ie downstairs in front of people as opposed to our bedroom where I trained him. To get him to generalize, I had to retrain him in a couple of different situations. It didn't take as long as the first training, but it reminded him of the behavior I want. Your puppy understand's "go pee" in the situation where he was let out of his crate and given newspaper, and doesn't yet understand that "go pee" means that you expect the same behavior outside on grass. You need to retrain him to perform this behavior in the new situation. Whenever you catch him peeing on the carpet, you have to take him outside, or interrupt the behavior so he knows it isn't acceptable. When he pees outside, you have to reward him... make a big fuss. Let him know as he's going that it's what he's getting the attention for (when he squats, say "good boy" or "yay" or whatever) and then 'throw the parade' as someone else suggested, when he's finished his business. He just needs to know what is expected of him! I clicker train my baby, so that it's easy to let him know that he's doing what I want him to do. It's kind of an involved process though, and takes a lonnnng time and patience. Paddington chews on my clothes too... espsecially my bathrobe. He'll bite the ends of it while I'm walking and drag his little tush on the floor like a mop. It was cute at first, but it is especially annoying when I'm getting ready to go somewhere. He also likes to chew on the peasant tops that I wear all the time, since they're longer. I usually distract him with a favorite toy, or play tug of war with a dish towell with him, and he usually stops. He just wants to play. I hope I've helped. I'm fighting the housetraining battle with mine too. My problem is, I can't always catch him squatting- I find a puddle long after he's made it, when nothing can be done. I've been crating him when I can't watch him, and I've made a lot of progress the last day! Good luck with your baby, and let your mom know that it takes time for dogs to figure out what we want, and it usually takes us even more time to figure out how to tell them. I'm sure the dog isn't bad, you just haven't been able to communicate with him. Once he understands that 1. You (not he) are the boss, and 2.what you want him to do, he will be a very well behaved dog! Don't give up yet! -O
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