She's driving me nuts!!!

[GORJESS]

Coco is out of control!!
At first she would always pee and poop on her pee pads,
now she does it all over the house!!
Little by little she stopped using her pee pads and not she doesn't use them at all, not even if shes only in her x-pen.
I don't know what to do???
How do you suggest I train her?

[Tink's Mom]

Oooo! I can't offer any advice 'cause my little girl isn't trained yet. But I can sure sympathize. Is it possible she has a UTI? My boy poodle pees in the house when he has an infection, that's my first indication he has trouble.

[JeanieK]

I suggest you go back to keeping her confined to a hard surface area, and then when she is being good again, slowly expand her area, only when supervised. So you are able to catch and correct any mishaps. I won't trust mine yet and Ollie will be a year old on the 26th. They are only allowed to be in the living room when they are supervised and never in any of the bedrooms.

Too many people give them too much freedom too soon and then they relapse. Each new room requires new training, when they are young. They cannot make the connection that the rules apply to every room. That concept takes time.

Just think of them as still being babies until they are 2.

[marcerella02]

i agree... i'd confine her to her crate.. whne i know layla has to pee... she goes outside... if she doens't produce... she is in her crate for about 10 min. then we try again... it is such a slow process... but when they get it they get it.. i keep forgetting she is just a puppy.. we have had her for what feels like forever (only since may) so i figure she should have this down... but she is still a baby (10 months on the 10th) good luck.. we've all been there!! (how goes the pregnancy??)

[93kathy10]

Excellent advice you are getting - don't let her have the opportunity to pee in the house, because if there are no disagreeable consequences (saying no is not enough), how will she know it's not OK to pee in the house?

[BLowry]

I agree with the other posters about re-crating her...Mine will go through spells like this as well...they will do great for a few weeks then it's like they forget and start pooping and peeing all over again...

By the way....how are you feeling?

[mychico4]

I just got a 4 month old Yorkie or shall I say my new son "Chico" last Friday as a xmas gift to my daughter. I honestly didn't think it would be this hard to potty train. I am just sooooo confused from the breeder telling me to use puppy pads or litter. Then I have friends that are dog owners who tell me to just take him outside or get a diaper. This is like have a new baby because I'm already sleepy from just the past week of him adapting to my schedule and me to his. I made the mistake of letting him have the house and he made poop after poop on the floor. So the breeder told me to confine him to one small space and it seems to be working alot better that I thought w/ the puppy pads. I just didn't like seeing him in such a small space and/or kennel because he looks like he's in jail. He cried for a while the first day but he seems to be over it now. As long as he can see us from his space he has been fine. This is my first puppy and I'll be so glad when this is potty training is over. If anyone has any quick tips please let me know. I would really like for him to be potty trained for outside but I think I should wait until he's older. What do you guys suggest???????

[eensor]

Back to the crate, friend!

[Alfie]

Originally Posted by eensor

Back to the crate, friend!

Wow... am I glad that I found this forum because everyone here seems to be having the same problems as me. I bought my Yorkie as a gift for my girlfriend about 3 weeks ago and was told the exact same thing by the breeder where I purchased him from: "He's already house trained and he'll get used to his environment in a few days..." not the case at all...

We made the mistake of letting him roam around the house and he poops and pees everywhere every chance that he get's. Sometimes he'll pee on his pee-pee pads but for the most part he simply lies in the tray that we've set up for him to do his businees in ... Can anyone answer a few questions for me:

1. Why does he lie directly on the pee-pee pads after he's peed on them?

2. I've washed the floors of my house with a solution of water and vinegar... am I to do the same inside of the small area that is designated for him, excpet for his pee-pad area?

3. I have a huge cage/crate that I could use for him instead of the area where he currently stays. Should I keep him in there instead?

4. When I leave him in his area for an hour or two he rips his pee-pads to shreds... why?

Any help that anyone could provide would be greatly appreciated. He's almost 4 months old.

[GORJESS]

Originally Posted by marcerella02

i agree... i'd confine her to her crate.. whne i know layla has to pee... she goes outside... if she doens't produce... she is in her crate for about 10 min. then we try again... it is such a slow process... but when they get it they get it.. i keep forgetting she is just a puppy.. we have had her for what feels like forever (only since may) so i figure she should have this down... but she is still a baby (10 months on the 10th) good luck.. we've all been there!! (how goes the pregnancy??)

the pregnancy is going really well

[GORJESS]

Originally Posted by Alfie

Wow... am I glad that I found this forum because everyone here seems to be having the same problems as me. I bought my Yorkie as a gift for my girlfriend about 3 weeks ago and was told the exact same thing by the breeder where I purchased him from: "He's already house trained and he'll get used to his environment in a few days..." not the case at all...

We made the mistake of letting him roam around the house and he poops and pees everywhere every chance that he get's. Sometimes he'll pee on his pee-pee pads but for the most part he simply lies in the tray that we've set up for him to do his businees in ... Can anyone answer a few questions for me:

1. Why does he lie directly on the pee-pee pads after he's peed on them?

2. I've washed the floors of my house with a solution of water and vinegar... am I to do the same inside of the small area that is designated for him, excpet for his pee-pad area?

3. I have a huge cage/crate that I could use for him instead of the area where he currently stays. Should I keep him in there instead?

4. When I leave him in his area for an hour or two he rips his pee-pads to shreds... why?

Any help that anyone could provide would be greatly appreciated. He's almost 4 months old.

coco used 2 lie on her pee pads to like it was her bed, but she got over there already. i would wash the space he is in too because if he smells the pee on the floor he will continue to pee there. the other day i bought coco a simple solutions spray to spray on her pad that is supposed to help with the training. the cage/crate should only be big enough for him to stand up, lay down, and turn around because if it is too big he will just pee on the other side and learn to pee in his cage instead of his pad.

[crystal_ice4]

I feel like I have been doing this training thing all wrong. I have a Morkie that is 6 months, even though I have only had him for a month and have not tried a lot of the things suggested. I take him out and most of the time he just sits there and looks at me. Should I try the pads first then work on outside or just focus on outside. This is my first puppy so I don't know what will work best. I have read that Malteses are very had to train. Does anyone else have a Morkie?

[mychico4]

Originally Posted by Alfie

Wow... am I glad that I found this forum because everyone here seems to be having the same problems as me. I bought my Yorkie as a gift for my girlfriend about 3 weeks ago and was told the exact same thing by the breeder where I purchased him from: "He's already house trained and he'll get used to his environment in a few days..." not the case at all...

We made the mistake of letting him roam around the house and he poops and pees everywhere every chance that he get's. Sometimes he'll pee on his pee-pee pads but for the most part he simply lies in the tray that we've set up for him to do his businees in ... Can anyone answer a few questions for me:

1. Why does he lie directly on the pee-pee pads after he's peed on them?

2. I've washed the floors of my house with a solution of water and vinegar... am I to do the same inside of the small area that is designated for him, excpet for his pee-pad area?

3. I have a huge cage/crate that I could use for him instead of the area where he currently stays. Should I keep him in there instead?

4. When I leave him in his area for an hour or two he rips his pee-pads to shreds... why?

Any help that anyone could provide would be greatly appreciated. He's almost 4 months old.

Alfie, My yorkie was chewing on his pee pad at times when I'm trying to potty train him but he responds well to "NO!". I will make him sit on the pad until he pees or poops which he hasn't yet of course and that is the only time he will fall asleep on it( playing the waiting game). I don't like that either because it seems unsanitary. I'm going to purchase some "Nature's Miracle Training Pads(grass scented)" today. Someone in another forum said they were a good buy for training so I'll let you know how those work out. I've also noticed that after spraying down the areas around the house where he pooped with cleaning solutions he would still go back to that spot to do his business so that's why I had to confine him to a small area and it seems to work better because he doesn't have to go far to find the pads.

[Alfie]

Thanks a ton for all of the advice guys! It's really awesome!

[LucyNTuckersMom]

This may sound mean... but my 2 pups are 6 mos. old and they spend most of their time in 2 rooms of the house- the kitchen and the bedroom (at night). They are allowed to come in the family room or office with me only. And then they are kept on my lap, and if they want to wander, they have to go back in the kitchen. This is until they are 100% house trained. Cleaning accidents out of carpets is hard. And, even a small house is big to a little dog. When they're in training it's hard for them to have free rein of the house and remember to tell you they've got to go out.

Teresa