First of all, I never said I only had my first yorkie for 6 months, what I said was I got her at 6 months old, and she was over a year old when I finally gave up potty training her. She was almost a year and a half, which means I tried for almost a year. I hated giving her up, but I hated her peeing and pooping all over my house even more. I KNEW the signs...I mean I am not completely clueless....regardless of what some of you may think. I took her right outside when she started showing those "signs"...she would go a little, and then come right in the house and finish! So I figured, ok she doesn't like going outside..so I set her up a "potty place" in my bathroom with pee pads, etc....so when I saw the "signs" i would put her in the bathroom....I would keep her in there for a long while and she would either do what she did outside, or just didn't go period. I am telling you, it was a nightmare.
I keep in close contact with the person I gave her to, and she has 3 other yorkies, she trained them and she knows how to train them! I gave her away because I thought that maybe she would have better luck.....and NOPE she is still not trained...and the dog is almost 2 years old now! She does the exact same thing with them....so again I say it is not always the owner! In this case I am completely convinced that it is the dog.
But whatever..I thought I would join and ask for advise, so it didn't happen again...I am sorry that I did...My feelings don't hurt very easily...trust me when I say that...I am just not into the drama..I will do this myself.... |