Hi Jodi- Thanks for sharing. Question for you: how much does your yorkie weigh? You stated that you use a crate. Do you put her in there over night? If so, what time to what time? DO you use the crate during the day? If so, what times? How long can your puppy actually hold it for? If she is in a crate, when you wake up in the morning you put your puppy in a pen-like setting to confine her to go potty? And then, leave the door open after that or do you have other pads in the house (room)? I have been leaving mine in a pen set up with crate, pad, and bowl in it. I am only afraid that that is seeming like just a big crate. At some point, with this set up, I am afraid that she willnot want to enter the pen set up in fear that she will be locked in it like the crate. Or, just think it is her crate and you can go in it. Suggestions? thoughts? -kath
Just when I think I have this thing figured out I go back to re-thinking it again.
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Originally Posted by chloeandj She had an accident on the kitchen floor so I soaked it up with a paper towel and put it on the puppy pad. She went right over to it and pooped on her pad. She only goes on her pad if there is a poop or pee already on it. So when I put down a fresh one, I put the paper towel with the pee on it. Hopefully she will just be able to know to go there after she gets a habit of doing it. Also try to confine him to one small area with the pad at times when he should need to go. I have an area in my kitchen blocked off into a "playpen" like area and when she wakes up, etc I put her in there and wait with her until she is done and praise, praise, praise. She actually disappeared from me last night during some play time in the front room and I found her putting a poo poo on her pad. Very proud moment!! But this morning peed in the front room. So it just needs to become habit with your diligence. Very important not to let him be overwhelmed with such a large space as your entire home being open to him. For a while he needs to be confined to areas where you are watching him and to where his pad is in a close proximity to him so that it can remind him of where he should go. Definately try wiping up his mistake and putting it on the pad. Hope this helps a little. My puppy will hold it in her crate. But I wonder if he doesn't like his crate being dirty and that's why he tries to eat it?? I don't know. My mother's dog did what yours is doing. Peed and pooped in her crate even if she was playing around the house she would run into her crate to poop. We did not know the breeder of this dog and learned a big lesson on puppy mills from her. We think she was raised only in a cage and never let out so she must have learned to "poop where she eats and lives". She eventually has grown out of it now at 8 months. Hope things get better.
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