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Originally Posted by Walt  My puppy, Walt, is 4 months old. We have tried EVERYTHING to house train him to go potty outside. We have him on a schedule and everything. We praise him like he won the olympics and give him treats! He goes so many times and can't hold it through the night. We put a puppy pad down in our bathroom and he uses that so we're okay with that... But we can NOT get him to go outside on a regular basis. ESPECIALLY if we're not watching him 24-7. There has to be something we can do to make him understand! |
With him only being 4 months old he is still too young to be totally trained on anything. Terriers are (in my opinion) the smartest of the dog groups, and with that they look at things differently than other dogs will. They get in trouble for peeing inside, they may see it as I'm not allowed to pee at all, and that just doesnt make any sense at all.
Yorkies are notorious for being difficult to potty train and it'll take months of routine for them to truly understand where they are supposed to potty. Right now your guys bladder is probably the size of an acorn so he can't hold it as well as a large breed or even an adult yorkie. You will have to get up during the night, at least once to let them out while he is still young. Gradually increase the time during the night that he stays in the crate before going out, i.e. you put him in just before going to bed at 10 pm, let him out at 130am and put him back in after he relieves himself. Wake up at 5 or 6 let him out again (if you want to go back to bed then back to the crate again) always take him right outside after taking him out of his crate. Take him out 15 mins after eating or drinking anything, and always right after play time, running around works up their little bladders
. As he gets older he may or may not start marking, Rizzo never has, still squats like a girl
makes it easy to use potty pads inside which I dont mind.
Mostly just be patient, you are on the right track, good luck!
