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armygirl65 · 03-18-2007, 11:02 AM

So we got a teacup yorkie. He will only be 3.5 lbs fully grown. Hence the reason we are trying to Piddle pad train him. Its too cold for him to go outside here in snowy old Canada.
So hes 4 months old, weve had him 1 week exactly. We have the pee pads set up, 4 of them together. Newspapers dont work cuz he eats them. He pees, we say no, take him to the pee pad. But seems he thinks its a soft place to play with his toys. He doesnt recognize his own smell even. Well put his pee on the pad, NOTHING...where he pees, well not wipe it up, he doesnt return to smell OR pee there again. VERY STRANGE. He can smell cuz he knows his food through wrappers.
We've bought that spray stuff for his pee pads...nothing again, the smell doesnt phase him. There arent even signs as to when he needs to go.
Anyone offer help please. Ive read the other threads created, and NONE seem to have anything helpful becasue he CANT SEEM TO SMELL HIS OWN SCENT SO FAR.

Thanks all

03-18-2007, 11:02 AM	#1
armygirl65 Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Mount Albert, ON Posts: 79	Piddle Pad training for a dog that doesnt recognize his own smell So we got a teacup yorkie. He will only be 3.5 lbs fully grown. Hence the reason we are trying to Piddle pad train him. Its too cold for him to go outside here in snowy old Canada. So hes 4 months old, weve had him 1 week exactly. We have the pee pads set up, 4 of them together. Newspapers dont work cuz he eats them. He pees, we say no, take him to the pee pad. But seems he thinks its a soft place to play with his toys. He doesnt recognize his own smell even. Well put his pee on the pad, NOTHING...where he pees, well not wipe it up, he doesnt return to smell OR pee there again. VERY STRANGE. He can smell cuz he knows his food through wrappers. We've bought that spray stuff for his pee pads...nothing again, the smell doesnt phase him. There arent even signs as to when he needs to go. Anyone offer help please. Ive read the other threads created, and NONE seem to have anything helpful becasue he CANT SEEM TO SMELL HIS OWN SCENT SO FAR. Thanks all