I can't get Tallulah to POOP in the right place! - YorkieTalk.com Forums

tallulahsmom · 01-01-2009, 06:17 PM

We have had Tallulah now for about two weeks and she has only pooped on her pad one time. The rest of the times she poops everywhere else. We have been leashing her to us so that she cannot wander off and poop/pee in the house but now it's to the point that she will just poop right in front of us, then I try to run and hurry and put her in on her pad, but she will never finish up on the pad, she will just hold it in. One time she even pooped in the car when we were running errands. I did notice she does not like to poop where she pees so we put one pad down in the the bathroom and another in the storage room next door, there is about 10 ft between the two (and a wall of course because they are in separate rooms). Is that too far- not far enough? She always wants to poop in my sons room which is on the other side of the house, but all our bedrooms are over there and I don't want her pooping in our bedrooms.

Also, she isn't eating on the schedule her former owner said she is on. She was fed at 10am and 5pm now she is eating around 5pm and 10pm. I set her food out at 10am and she won't eat it so I keep offering it to her and setting it back out every hour or so. She won't take it until 4 or 5pm! Then she wants to eat again around 10pm because she is hungry. I give her about 1/3 c each time. That's what I was told she eats 2x a day. Is that too much?

I am starting to worry about her. What am I doing wrong?

oopsmyhalofello · 01-02-2009, 08:29 PM

I still struggle with housebreaking and Coco is 1.5yrs old. She does great if she is contained in an ex pen with her pad but when she has run she pee's and poops where ever. I've been thinking of leashing her to me to catch her as she goes too. One suggestion I can think of if you haven't tried already is to put one of her poops on the pee pad and let her see it there, bring it there with her and maybe tell her good girl and a treat so she starts to see that poop on the bad is a good thing. I dunno, just a thought

Elybourg · 01-02-2009, 11:18 PM

Our Rudy has been with us for five weeks tonight. He will have a full day of doing his all his business on the pee pad which is always celebrated with praise and treats, and the next day pee on the floor in front of me just after walking off the pad...arghhhh
Our other dog Toby was trained in a couple of weeks. I think that some of them just test our patience a little longer, but with persistence, patience and a lot of treats, they finally get the idea

tallulahsmom · 01-03-2009, 01:06 AM

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Originally Posted by Elybourg

Our Rudy has been with us for five weeks tonight. He will have a full day of doing his all his business on the pee pad which is always celebrated with praise and treats, and the next day pee on the floor in front of me just after walking off the pad...arghhhh
Our other dog Toby was trained in a couple of weeks. I think that some of them just test our patience a little longer, but with persistence, patience and a lot of treats, they finally get the idea

Thanks for encouragement guys. I need it at this point. It's nice to know that others are out there and struggling with the same thing. Thanks again!

Zap4Devon · 01-03-2009, 03:47 AM

Our little Carter doesn't like treats yet. We have been trying Cheerios, which worked great with our Maltese years ago, but this little guy just plays with them??? We still praise him, but he does a lot of the same thing that everyone else is talking about here.... ????? What to do?

01-01-2009, 06:17 PM	#1
tallulahsmom Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: saint paul, Minnesota, United States Posts: 61	I can't get Tallulah to POOP in the right place! We have had Tallulah now for about two weeks and she has only pooped on her pad one time. The rest of the times she poops everywhere else. We have been leashing her to us so that she cannot wander off and poop/pee in the house but now it's to the point that she will just poop right in front of us, then I try to run and hurry and put her in on her pad, but she will never finish up on the pad, she will just hold it in. One time she even pooped in the car when we were running errands. I did notice she does not like to poop where she pees so we put one pad down in the the bathroom and another in the storage room next door, there is about 10 ft between the two (and a wall of course because they are in separate rooms). Is that too far- not far enough? She always wants to poop in my sons room which is on the other side of the house, but all our bedrooms are over there and I don't want her pooping in our bedrooms. Also, she isn't eating on the schedule her former owner said she is on. She was fed at 10am and 5pm now she is eating around 5pm and 10pm. I set her food out at 10am and she won't eat it so I keep offering it to her and setting it back out every hour or so. She won't take it until 4 or 5pm! Then she wants to eat again around 10pm because she is hungry. I give her about 1/3 c each time. That's what I was told she eats 2x a day. Is that too much? I am starting to worry about her. What am I doing wrong? __________________ I TallulahBelle Last edited by tallulahsmom; 01-01-2009 at 06:19 PM.

01-02-2009, 08:29 PM	#2
oopsmyhalofello Just Pawz Donating Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Liverpool, NY Posts: 1,822	I still struggle with housebreaking and Coco is 1.5yrs old. She does great if she is contained in an ex pen with her pad but when she has run she pee's and poops where ever. I've been thinking of leashing her to me to catch her as she goes too. One suggestion I can think of if you haven't tried already is to put one of her poops on the pee pad and let her see it there, bring it there with her and maybe tell her good girl and a treat so she starts to see that poop on the bad is a good thing. I dunno, just a thought __________________

01-02-2009, 11:18 PM	#3
Elybourg Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Vancouver Island, BC Canada Posts: 160	Our Rudy has been with us for five weeks tonight. He will have a full day of doing his all his business on the pee pad which is always celebrated with praise and treats, and the next day pee on the floor in front of me just after walking off the pad...arghhhh Our other dog Toby was trained in a couple of weeks. I think that some of them just test our patience a little longer, but with persistence, patience and a lot of treats, they finally get the idea __________________ Toby and Rudy

01-03-2009, 03:47 AM	#5
Zap4Devon YorkieTalk Newbie! Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Wentzville, MO Posts: 6	Our little Carter doesn't like treats yet. We have been trying Cheerios, which worked great with our Maltese years ago, but this little guy just plays with them??? We still praise him, but he does a lot of the same thing that everyone else is talking about here.... ????? What to do?