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Originally Posted by puppy_Love08  Logan will be 2 years old in August. We thought we finally had him house trained. He goes to the door and lets us know he needs to go outside, but he is still occasionally peeing and pooping inside the house for some reason. This week he's had three accidents -- two pees and one poop. So he now has to wear a doggie diaper.
Is it possible to EVER get a Yorkie house trained???  |
It's your job to find out the reason. I'm assuming the peeing isn't marking and is actual peeing, but maybe he couldn't hold it long enough and couldn't get anyone's attention. Sometimes, owners ignore pleas to go outside, and the dog gives up. I don't agree with wearing a diaper, I think this teaches them nothing. Some dogs have to wear diapers because they are incontinent, but for a normal healthy dog, it really is a mistake, unless you are going visiting where an accident would be deadly! You say in the title, "It's
back to wearing a diaper," so it sounds like you have done this before. You never want your dog to get accustomed to sitting in his on waste. You need to be consistent in your training. It's great if he lets you know, he has to go outside, but you have to ask him several times a day, or just take him outside. Keeping a diary might help you discover why he's having the accidents, and when he needs to go outside. I agree with the others, a pee pad might be helpful, if you are not there to take him outside. Training them to go outside, and training them to notifiy you are two different things, and so this takes more time. If he had a doggy door, he might never make a mistake.