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Originally Posted by KellieV123  Help please...
I just purchased an 11 week old male Yorkie (Oscar) and have had him for only four days. He is peeing and pooping everywhere, despite my efforts of trying to take him outside every two hours to combat this. Doesn't work...also trying the puppy pads, no success...
Does anyone have tips for success?
I don't understand when he is ready to go potty...I look for the signals, sometimes they are there (running around in circles and sniffing) but most of the time, there isn't any warning and then, before you know it, accident...
Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks! Kellie |
Over the many years of training, I've found the more room they have the more difficult it is to train. I love using the expen attached to the front of the wire crate and then put the pad down along with a little water in a tip proof dish and a couple toys and a little femur bone to chew on.
They should NEVER have access to the house while in training. If they have mastered the pad in a few months, then let them play more often in a gated kitchen area without any rugs, Just a pad down. If they continue to go on the pad, then let them have that area days but continue letting them sleep in the crate at night with expen still attached. I never closed the crate door on mine. It may take up to a year before they are ready for more freedom in the house, but with you walking right behind them each time for a month or more just to make sure they don't decide to mark "thier" new space, but to find their way back to the pad. Take them outside every hour or two during the house training period, for more exercise and obedience training. In the evenings we put them on the sofa with us with a chew bone for them and to let them know it isn't play time. They have caught on quickly that TV time is quiet time. It works. I always took them out every hour during TV time to let them run out the energy and potty. When I had to go somewhere and couldn't take them, I would play the solo harp music. This type of sound really calms them. I guess that's all I can think of to tell you how I do things.
