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Originally Posted by sadesmom  Ok, I need some more advice! I've asked several times about my yorkie Sadie and how to train her... She is so confusing because sometimes she's great and won't have an accident for a week or two, but then when I think she is responsible she has an accident! What should I do? I don't want to crate her so I will close the door and put her in my room... I watch her in the backyard to make sure she poops in the morning, and she won't have a pee accident (generally) until the evening and that used to be pretty rare... Im wondering, how many accidents are ok? She has free run of the house and I don't know how to take that away from her. Do I have to put her in my room all the time even when she has been good? Because my plan was if she pooped in the morning she could run around during the day, but if she didn't she is in my room and same with at night.
Help!! Im so frustrated.. she's almost two!!! She is a smart girl... I taught her to sit and give paw in literally 1 minute... she learned to lay down after 3 tries! She's smart, I know she can do it!! Im at the end of my rope here, I really don't know what to do!! |
I don't think any accidents are OK.
If your current methods aren't working, which I believe to be very mild as you are treating her like a person and not a dog, then it is time to do what you need to do. Remember, dogs do not have feelings like a person and she wants the discipline and the dog really wants to please it's master by going outside.
Put her nose in it and stick her outside. Smack the ground and tell her "No" then put her out the door. Cesar took 6-8 months to be potty trained and that was with crate training. These dogs are difficult to potty train, no question about that, but 2 years is just too long.