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Originally Posted by miababyjeff  I am beside myself and I about ready to give up. I have tried and tried to have patience with this potty training thing. I feel like we got our yorkie from a puppy mill, only we paid almost 2000.00 for her from a "show breeder". Obviously she was raised like she lived in a pet store because our puppy is a nightmare to housetrain. She poops in her kennel and pees, she jumped on my sofa and pooped, she pooped on my bed pillow. I had a yorkie before that would have NEVER pooped in her bed in her crate! So what the heck is wrong with this dog and will she ever get it? I take her out constantly to go potty and give her treats when she goes and she has done it like 100 hundred times, but obviously it is not registering with her that she is supposed to go outside and why would she be ok with pooping in her own bed? It makes me so upset that we spent so much money for a dog that the breeder did nothing for as far as training. |
Don't listen to these noobs recommending pee-pads/exercise pens. Those are the worse god-awful contraptions and always lead to pooping/peeing in the house. She'll still pee/poop on anything soft if you use pee-pads and encourage her to go in the house - including her crate.
There's a reason this breed has such issues. Breeders/owners don't treat them like dogs and they're small and don't have as much concept as to what is their "den".
Treat her as you would a large breed dog. Stick to a tight schedule and try to remove any urine/poop scent in the house/crate. You may not be able to smell it, but she still can. Buy new bedding for the crate if necessary. Take her out first thing in the morning. Feed her. Take her out 15-30 minutes after eating. Take her outside again in 1-2 hours. Repeat this. Don't give her free access to food/water. Feed 4 or so meals on a tight schedule a day and take her out 15-30 minutes afterward.
Keep her tethered to you via a leash when she's inside. Gently correct if she goes inside (she has no clue this is bad... be careful, you don't want her to avoid going in front of you) and take her outside when she does have an accident. Reward her like crazy when she goes in the desired area. Like she jumped through hoops.