Re-Potty pad training a dog. - YorkieTalk.com Forums

BridgettesMomma · 01-03-2009, 12:12 AM

I bred and raised my Teddy. We started potty pad training at 5 weeks as soon as the puppies could walk. So Teddy was 100% potty pad trained. He always went on it, ALWAYS. Now he goes on the pad when he is in our "bye bye room" which is just our tiled laundry room. When we leave the house or need some quiet time we put the dogs in there.

But when he is out in the house (just recently) he decided he would rather go on the carpet. I am not really good with the potty pad training. All my other dogs go outside. But teddy weighs just over 4 lbs and we live in the county with a lot of predators. Hawks, coyotes, feral dogs, etc. It's just not safe for him outside unless i am out with him, watching him. Bridgette cam to us knowing how to do both, outside and potty pad.

Anyway I know he is not marking we actually have our carpet cleaned every two months and it was just done about 3 days ago. I don't really know what I'm doing. When they were babies they were always in a pen with their momma. So their only option was bed, or potty pad. Now he's a part of the family but he is spending most of his time in the bye bye room because of this problem.

I am lost what can I do to reinforce the potty pad training?

Zap4Devon · 01-03-2009, 04:01 AM

I can't wait to hear responses to this thread. We have had

Carter

home for two weeks now and he seems pretty comfortable with everything now. He will do both on the pads when we take him in there, but he doesn't follow "the rules" of when he's supposed to go. haha He will often times go on the pads and then five minutes later go on the carpet. He is very good at going within the 1.2 seconds that we take our eye off of him. Smart little joker... We have recently put up a gate in our living room so that he cannot roam the entire house, but that hasn't really helped yet either. There just doesn't seem to be any rhyme or reason to his little "schedule", which is the frustrating part. It is very tiring when he's out-and-about because you literally cannot take your eye off of him. He's "always" sniffing, so he really doen't give us any signs. Everything seems fine one minute and then he just stops and goes within literally a half second. You can't get to him fast enough.

We have the laundry room too, but it's out of sight of the living room and office, so he often cries when we put him in there by himself. No big deal with the crying, but he still doesn't go if we're not in there. Hopefully someone has suggestions. We're going to run out of the Simple Solutions soon if something doesn't change.

01-03-2009, 12:12 AM	#1
BridgettesMomma Donating Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Ca Posts: 133	Re-Potty pad training a dog. I bred and raised my Teddy. We started potty pad training at 5 weeks as soon as the puppies could walk. So Teddy was 100% potty pad trained. He always went on it, ALWAYS. Now he goes on the pad when he is in our "bye bye room" which is just our tiled laundry room. When we leave the house or need some quiet time we put the dogs in there. But when he is out in the house (just recently) he decided he would rather go on the carpet. I am not really good with the potty pad training. All my other dogs go outside. But teddy weighs just over 4 lbs and we live in the county with a lot of predators. Hawks, coyotes, feral dogs, etc. It's just not safe for him outside unless i am out with him, watching him. Bridgette cam to us knowing how to do both, outside and potty pad. Anyway I know he is not marking we actually have our carpet cleaned every two months and it was just done about 3 days ago. I don't really know what I'm doing. When they were babies they were always in a pen with their momma. So their only option was bed, or potty pad. Now he's a part of the family but he is spending most of his time in the bye bye room because of this problem. I am lost what can I do to reinforce the potty pad training? __________________ *THE BRAT PACK* Bridgette & Teddy the Yorkies Harley & Roxy the Pugs Lizzie the Cocker Spaniel *Bandit the Papillon X

01-03-2009, 04:01 AM	#2
Zap4Devon YorkieTalk Newbie! Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Wentzville, MO Posts: 6	We're in a simlar boat!! I can't wait to hear responses to this thread. We have had Carter home for two weeks now and he seems pretty comfortable with everything now. He will do both on the pads when we take him in there, but he doesn't follow "the rules" of when he's supposed to go. haha He will often times go on the pads and then five minutes later go on the carpet. He is very good at going within the 1.2 seconds that we take our eye off of him. Smart little joker... We have recently put up a gate in our living room so that he cannot roam the entire house, but that hasn't really helped yet either. There just doesn't seem to be any rhyme or reason to his little "schedule", which is the frustrating part. It is very tiring when he's out-and-about because you literally cannot take your eye off of him. He's "always" sniffing, so he really doen't give us any signs. Everything seems fine one minute and then he just stops and goes within literally a half second. You can't get to him fast enough. We have the laundry room too, but it's out of sight of the living room and office, so he often cries when we put him in there by himself. No big deal with the crying, but he still doesn't go if we're not in there. Hopefully someone has suggestions. We're going to run out of the Simple Solutions soon if something doesn't change.