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06-08-2006, 03:18 PM | #1 |
YorkieTalk Newbie! Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Thornton CO
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| Need potty training help We have 4 dogs, will the exception of our 11 month old Yorkie all have been easy to potty train. I cannot get our Yorkie to stop going in the house, he goes anywhere and everywhere. All of our other dogs are sporting breeds and have respond to training well. But the Yorkie doesnt respond in the same way, I have read up on terriers and still can't get him to understand. Please any advice would be appreciated, he is a great dog and we love him (except for the mess). |
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06-08-2006, 04:15 PM | #2 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: new jersey
Posts: 91
| I have the same problem as you. Holly is 10months old and isnt getting the housebreaking idea at all. I have 2 other dogs and they all go outside. To save my carpets I take her out every 2 hours, but at night I know she sneaks off into a corner. ANyone out there taht can help me too please!!!!Is there a way I can train her to let me know she has to go potty?
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06-08-2006, 04:19 PM | #3 |
Donating YT 3000 Club Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Pennsylvania
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| I have one that is perfect....and I am soooo sorry that I can't remember for the life of me how it happened!!! I have 2 that are terrible about it and one that is just really bad about it. Hope we all get a miracle!! |
06-08-2006, 05:18 PM | #4 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: May 2006 Location: OKLAHOMA
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| This is a repeat of something I posted before. Numbers of days, etc. have been updated to todays date. I repeat it only because it has worked for us, our frustration level has dropped to zero and our sheer fun of being with Baily has gone off the charts. Before I launch into telling you what seems to be working with Bailey, I need to get the disclaimer out of the way: 1) Bailey's is only 3 months old (in two days) and we've only had her for 35 days, and 2) After 3 1/2 weeks of the normal frustration of potty training a pup, we've only been accident-free for 7 days. Hardly a long track record, and I know puppies almost always regress at some point for some period of time, but through last Thursday night I don't think we had even 4 waking hours in a row without an incident. Now we've been through 7 full days without a problem. This is sorta long. For those of you who bother to read it all, I hope there’s something it it that helps. Up until we started this plan, Bailey was almost defiant about pooping outdoors. We would spend what seemed like ages outdoors with her, then shortly after we came back inside we would find her little surprise behind a chair or under a table. This in spite of the fact that we took her out frequently and for longer periods than we are now. So here's what we've done that made a change overnight. It's mostly stuff you've heard, and probably stuff you’ve done, but we have put it all together in a pattern that we don't vary. Every trip out is the same duration and our behavior with Bailey doesn’t vary. 1. I fenced in a 6' x 6' area just outside our back door. That's her spot. Just 24" wide hardware cloth and some wooden stakes. I've never even seen an expen (is that how it's spelled?), but from conversations in YT, I'm sure they'd serve the same purpose. Mine only cost $20 for materials and a few minutes to drive in the stakes. 2. We keep a baggie of treats close to the door. They are very tiny treats. We had been using some soft treats that can be easily cut up to less than 1/4" cube. In the past two days, we've added Cheerios to the bag - found out she loves them. Just make it something your baby really likes – but very little of it. 3. As soon as she is taken out of her crate in the morning, she is taken to her spot, grabbing a few treats on the way. I don't even let her walk to the door. I carry her from her crate to the potty area. 4. When we put her down, we tell her once to "go potty." Previously, I had prompted her repeatedly until she finally did. It has seemed to work better since I’ve forced myself to only tell her once. When she does, she is immediately praised and given a treat. (After the first day, she has begun looking us right in the eye while she’s pottying – and as quickly as we can start saying “good girl, good potty” she is at our feet claiming her treat. When we first started, I would pick her up right then and head back in. I quickly changed to giving her 10 minutes (and I try to keep it very close to the same amount of time each trip out). I did that because she will sometimes pee 2 or 3 times before we come back in. Often, she will poop on this trip out, but not always. Other than praise for doing what she’s there for and the occasional “no” when she starts digging, I resist the urge to talk to her at all, the time spent in her potty spot is all business. When I pick her up to go back inside, I love on her and talk to her and generally enjoy being with her. 5. When we get back in the house, she gets her breakfast. 15-20 minutes later we go back outside, following the procedure above exactly. Whether she pooped the first time out or not, she generally does on this trip. Again, when she does what she was brought out to do, she gets praised and petted like she just won “Best of Show.” If she doesn’t potty and we really think she needs to, we don’t give her more time. We bring her back in. Depending on what’s going on in the house, she either goes back in the crate or she’s allowed to roam close by us – under very close observation. If she shows any sign at all of looking for a spot, she goes out immediately. Otherwise she will go out about two hours later. 6. The rest of the day, she’s taken out about ever two hours, always with everything exactly the same. As she gets older, obviously the time between trips will stretch. That’s it. It’s long, and there’s really nothing new about it at all – but we’ve had a full week of accident-free days and at her age I think that’s pretty good. |
06-08-2006, 05:55 PM | #5 | |
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06-08-2006, 06:03 PM | #6 |
Donating Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Meadowview, Virginia
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| From reading the responses above........I'm really lucking. My 6 month old Yorkie is already potty trained. I trained her to first use papers and slowly moved them closer each week to the door that I took her out each day. She now rings the bell that I have hanging on the door. She hasn't had an accidently in the house in several months. Have patience with your baby..... |
06-08-2006, 06:09 PM | #7 | |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: May 2006 Location: OKLAHOMA
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06-08-2006, 06:20 PM | #8 | |
YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Al, Heart of Dixie
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06-08-2006, 06:24 PM | #9 |
Donating Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Meadowview, Virginia
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| I made it myself. I bought some ribbon at Walmart. key rings and bought big bells at Michaels. Had maybe $4.50 in materials. Check this site out www.poochie-pets.net/ They definately work. The bells that I bought are so big that you can't help from not hearing them. Everytime Sydney rings them we all come running to let her out. You can tell by how she rings them by what she needs to do. Hope they work for you. |
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