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Originally Posted by carmengamble  Hey everyone,
I am wondering if any of you have litter trained your Yorkie? How did the process go for you? Also, when they were a puppy, how did you make housebreaking work for you.
Thanks again!  |
Hello~
I don't know if you mean specifically using litter in a litter pan. I use a litter pan with Lexi, but I put a pee pad in it, which I replace several times a day. If this is of interest to you, then I have copied a recent post of mine and pasted it below.
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When I first got Lexi, I was training her to go outside. It was still early, and she hadn't fully gotten it yet. She would go outside...sometimes, sometimes not. When she did have an accident, I rarely caught her, and since we had major home renovations, I was in the kitchen with her almost all of the time. By not "catching" her, she was not learning NOT to go in the house.
One morning, there was a very bad lightning storm, and I didn't feel it was safe to go outside. I put her in the litter box I had gotten, but hadn't yet used, with a pee pad in it. She went, since it was first thing, and she always goes right away. I did something different for this - even though some of the experts recommend against it... I gave her a treat. And throughout the day, I would put her in the pan and keep her there. When she went, she got a treat. A few days later, I heard rustling. I looked over, and she had gone in the pan herself. Hooray! Since then, by 4 months, she is basically potty pan trained.
I love it, because I never have to worry about if she has to go - how long it's been since we've last been out - if I waited outside long enough for her to go. I am enjoying it even more, now that the weather has been rainy and colder. I can't just let Lexi out in the yard on her own, because she is small enough to get out of our fence.
Good luck!
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Also, when I started this, I would cover the used pad with a clean pad. If she pooped, I would take out the poop, but smear a little bit of it on the pad, and then cover it with the new pad. This way, the scent might make her more inclined to go there again.
If you have any questions, please feel free to ask!