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Originally Posted by Zeus08  Congratulations! Sounds like he is heading in the right direction. I was reading this entire post and was feeling your pain. The bells on the collar was a great idea. Hang in there!  |
Thanks, yes, it was really stressing me out. I have five Yorkies and this one by far has the hardest to teach where to potty. I got one of those chest carrier things and he spent every waking moment on my chest that he was in the house, this past weekend. I was trying to erase his memory of pottying on the floor. I would keep him in the carrier until he began to squirm and then I'd take him outside, he would potty right away, I treated and praised him let him have 10 minutes free run in the house with the others, then back in the carrier.
It taught him a couple of things I think: Go right away, instead of holding it in while in the yard, and waiting to get inside to potty, because you're not going to get the chance to potty inside, and by the time I took him out of the carrier, he was about to bust! He also learned the sooner he potties outside, the sooner he gets to play inside.
It was a long, tiring weekend but I feel like we made some forward progress finally! Bandit also knows how to vacuum now and fix dinner as he had a ringside seat to everything!LOl
