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09-06-2007, 09:17 PM | #1 |
Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Chicago
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| Location of pee pads I'm training Watson to use the pee pads. He is almost 13 weeks old and I just moved into a new condo so I feel like his training is starting all over. I would like to eventually have the pee pads in the bathroom when he gets older and learns that is where to go. My parents had cats, when I was growing up and it is A LOT easier training them to use a liter box (which were always in the bathroom). So...here is my question, can yorkies learn to go down the hall, into the bathroom..to go pee? Or is that too complicated? Do the pee pads have to be in a more "active" room? For the time being I'd have another pad out in the living area so he learns to go on the pads, but I would like to eventually just have the one pad in the bathroom. Any thoughts.... |
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09-07-2007, 02:33 AM | #2 |
Piper & Sebastian Donating Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: florida
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| I think I would start in a more central location at first, and then slowly move them to the bathroom.
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09-07-2007, 10:19 AM | #3 |
YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Northern California
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| I agree. I did it the hard way and it took a year to pee pad train Lola.
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09-07-2007, 10:34 AM | #4 |
Blessed by Otis & Ollie Donating Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Plainfield, Indiana
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| My 2 boys are potty pad trained and outside trained. I have a little area in the smallest bedroom of my house. They go down the hall and go in there to pee and poo. I will tell you however, if your dogs are potty pad trained, they may not use pads if they are not at home. When we go anywhere, i have to make sure they go outside a lot, or wear belly bands. so the answer is YES, mine will go down the hallway to the "potty room".
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09-07-2007, 11:17 AM | #5 |
Tiny Dog Big Heart Donating Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Texas
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| Mine go down to the end of the hall to go.
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09-07-2007, 12:35 PM | #6 |
Gina, (Lexi's Mommy) Donating Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: LONG ISLAND,NY
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| for now, i would put the pads in an area where the puppy is and sees it. eventually you can move it where you want to, but it going to take awhile.. you have to move it very slowly... i wanted lexi to potty in the bathroom also, but it was all the way at the end of the hallway onthe other side of the toilet.. well we didnt make it that far so i decieded to put one in her bedroom half way down the hallway.. it works....
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09-13-2007, 08:44 PM | #7 |
YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Chicago, IL
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| I have just one pad in my house -- it's at the very back of the house down a long hallway in my office. You should see Archie take off running down the hallway from the front of the house to the back to get to his "area." I think they definitely can handle going to a pad that's not in an active room. When I started training him, I also had pads in our family room and kitcjen, but phased them out gradually to just one (this took a few months, however, but it worked). Good luck with your baby!
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09-13-2007, 08:51 PM | #8 |
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| Start out so that they're "handy". But eventually, you can place them out of the way. (I personally can't wait for that day again!!) Reggie's (10 years old) potty pad is in the basement in a closet. We're lucky with him because he goes to the stairs and "looks" at us to ask whether we'd like him to go "outside" or "downstairs". We say whichever one we want (depending on the weather) and he bolts in that direction. I can't WAIT until Coby is at that stage too.
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09-14-2007, 08:30 AM | #9 |
YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: San Mateo
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| I think it doable but your baby is too young for now to go long way. Pee pad should be where it is close by for now until he gets the idea what the pad is for!!! I've been lucky that Momiji gets the idea (well kind of...) and she hasn't have a lot of accidents. Like I bring the pee pad every night when we go to sleep to my bedroom so she doesn't have to go to the regaler location. (in the living room) But next day she got confused and she went pee in my bedroom where I put pee pad the night before but that was only the first day. (but I already moved the pad to the living room...) And another time I put her in the kitchen with the baby gate. I don't know how but she got out but now she can't get back in.... So she pooped where the regaler pee pad location... (but pee pad was in the kitchen behind the baby gate that day....) So she gets the concept of the location but maybe not the concept of the paper.... (granted she is a year old and we just moved to new apartment 2 weeks ago!!!) I never had any other breed of dog so I can't compare but I don't think yorkie is that difficult to potty train. All of my 3 yorkies were trained by 6 or 7 month old and hardly ever had an accident after they were trained. Good luck!!! Last edited by Akina; 09-14-2007 at 08:32 AM. |
09-17-2007, 11:30 PM | #10 |
Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Chicago
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| Thanks everyone!! |
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