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07-26-2014, 08:19 PM | #1 |
Yorkie Talker Join Date: Jul 2014 Location: Atlanta, GA
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| Puppy's First Day Home I got my little girl today. YAY! She's really affectionate, loves naps, and is an extremely calm puppy (compared to her brother and sister anyways lol). I've been preparing for weeks and I think everything went well besides potty training and her crate. She had an accident and next time I was able to put her on the puppy pad and praised her. Then she took it upon herself to get on the puppy pad and use the bathroom all by herself. At this point I was thinking she picked it up and adjusted really fast buuut then she had another accident. I've never used puppy pads before and thought the process would be a lot better/easier (having to go 5 ft vs running the puppy all the way outside),but I guess not. With her crate she has no problem being in it with the door opened, she laid/slept in it with the door open most of the day, however, once I closed the door she had a fit. I only close the door when she doesn't go potty and it has been a while since she last used the bathroom. After she whined for a bit I opened the door, picked up her, and took her directly to the puppy pad (I was afraid she was whining because she had to go potty). I gave her about 5 mins to go and then when she didn't do anything, I put her back in her crate and closed the door. I'm not sure if that was the correct thing to do. I don't want to reward her whining by letting her out, but I also need her to learn to let me know when she needs to go potty. We are going to the vet tomorrow to get her checked out and hopefully I can find a good puppy training class. But in the mean time any potty training tips or general 'what I know now that I wish I knew then' advise would be greatly appreciated! |
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07-27-2014, 06:49 AM | #2 |
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| Welcome to YorkieTalk and congratulations on your new yorkie baby. How old is she? We will be looking forward to seeing pictures of her. Potty training takes time. My personal feelings is that it is best to keep them in a x-pen or confined to a smaller area while potty training. You could put her crate in an x-pen along with her food and water and her pee pads. This way when you are gone or busy around the house and unable to watch her she will still have more freedom and she will be much happier.
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07-27-2014, 07:43 AM | #3 |
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| Thank you! She'll be 8 weeks on Wed. She has a x-pen that connects to her crate. The accidents were in the x-pen. I put a tarp underneath the blankets to make sure it wouldn't get on the carpet if she had an accident. It's not so much the accident, since all I have to do is wash the blanket, it's that I'm not sure is she is understanding of where I want her to go. |
07-27-2014, 07:52 AM | #4 |
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| When I start potting training my pups I usually have the whole floor of the x-pen covered with pee pads so they get use to using them. As they get older I start removing some of the pads and I enlarge their play area. One thing about puppies is that when they are in a pen they like to run up to the front of the pen close to where they are picked up. For that reason I always put their pads at the far end of the pen. It sounds like she is a good puppy. Good luck with your vet visit. Let us know how it goes.
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07-27-2014, 08:01 AM | #5 |
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07-27-2014, 08:24 AM | #6 |
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| Potty training is a process and she is still very young. Just be consistent and positive and she will get it! I thought about pad training when I got Lexi b/c I thought it would be more convenient, but went with outside training instead and I'm glad I did. I got Lexi at 13 weeks and she was training in a week. I know Lexi loves to sniff around to find the perfect spot and it's a lot easier to do that outside where she has lots of room to sniff around. Also, You can stay outside and let her walk around for a while until she pees and poop and give a treat and praise right when she goes, but with the pee pads you can't really hold her there until she goes. Just my opinion that outside is easier, but I know there are a lot of people on here that use pee pads with success. Come winter time, I'm probably going to wish Lexi was pad trained! |
07-27-2014, 08:40 AM | #7 |
Furbutts = LOVE Donating Member Moderator | Welcome to YT...your new baby sounds adorable and smart too! I bet she will continue to pick up on potty training quickly. Have you read the Potty Training threads/e-books/stickies in our General Training Section? If not, I highly recommend it. As far as the crate, none of my lovebugs would tolerate a closed crate - it really made them out of their minds, so I didn't/don't believe in crating when it causes such stress, it's too much for them in my mind, and it's also not necessary...so I never continued w/ a closed crate school of thought. Some dogs love their crates though.
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07-28-2014, 01:13 PM | #8 | |
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What she said!!! This is exactly how mine were pad trained. BTW, be patient, it may take a little while before she gets it exactly right every time.
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07-28-2014, 02:00 PM | #9 |
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| She would rip up all the puppy pads if I did that. The only thing stopping her from ripping up the 1 I have now is that it's secured by the pad holder. I just made her x-pen smaller, by almost half, to give her less options to choose from. Hopefully that works. |
07-28-2014, 02:02 PM | #10 |
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07-29-2014, 09:58 AM | #12 | |
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07-29-2014, 10:08 AM | #13 | |
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07-29-2014, 10:13 AM | #14 |
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| Since their whole x-pen is covered with the pads, do you try to direct them to a specific spot on the pads or are they allowed to go wherever they want? I'm willing to give anything a try. I just need to know specifics so I don't mess it up. |
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