I think that it should not be taken litely. I do have a 70lbmale and 3 other male dogs in my house,all of them are not only adults but middle aged or senior. As for yorkies being difficult to train,I haven't experienced any problems with my puppy. As a matter of fact it has taken less time to train her than it did the male poodles,same methods were used.
I do think that it takes longer for a toy breed,cause they can hide it easier than a large dog. We dont find it until later. You cannt punish a puppy or adult dog for pottying in your house if you didnt see it happen. What I have done is,if I find a puddle,I go check for wet on each dog,I will put that dog next to the puddle on sit/stay until I finish cleaning it up and then we go outside. The only accidents we have around here is from one of our males that is on steroids,so he drinks more. He knows if he has had an accident and will actually come tell me. We clean it up and go outside. It isn't ok that he has an accident,it has only happened twice in 6months. He is so ashamed that there is no way that I would be angry with him.
If I had a dog that was pottying in the house,it would start going outside every 30min,lots of praise for a job well done and a stern (not yelling) talking to while I cleaned their misshap up. Its not how loud you are,its the quiet tone of unacceptability that seems to work. It is also being ever vigilant and not assuming that your dog is completely trained. Even they slip into bad habits. |