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Evenflo09 · 11-14-2011, 07:31 PM

I agree with all the posters here, no hitting please! It IS your FAULT if she messes on the floor. I've only had my yorkie mix close to 3 weeks and these are different little babies! She hasn't been with you long enough to know and trust you yet, and all you are doing is making her DISTRUST you from the get go. The first day or so I had Mojo, I took him out every 15-20 minutes so that he would make less mistakes, and he is close to 1 year old. I did this for a couple of days and then gradually increased the amount of time I waited to take him after that. Remember though, a puppy has a very small bladder, and it may be a bit before they can hold their wee/woo for long periods. Make sure feeding time is at the same time everyday. I feed my babies at 12 noon everyday. This gives them until bedtime to eliminate outside, but everyone is different. Some like first in the morning, others like to feed when they eat too, as bonding. While you can't take water away from them all day, this will help with pooing. This is what I did to help speed Mojo's training along. Don't even try to teach heeling for now, just concentrate on 1 thing at a time. Set a time to take her out and stick to it! If it needs to be every 15 minutes, do it. A dog will most times want to bathroom within 1-5 minutes after eating or waking, and even play can give them the urge, so no waiting to take her out. If she mistakes on the floor, no punishment- she will not understand why she's being chastised and it might even give her the impression that going in the house is not bad, but doing it in front of you is, so she may start to sneak behind your back in other rooms to do her job. Keep the leash by the front door, and every single time you go to take her out, ask her something like ' YOU WANNA DO BUISNESS? or DO YOU NEED TO GO OUTSIDE? Pick 1 phrase and repeat this over and over while hooking her leash. Take her outside to spots where she's wee/wooed before, she will smell the scent and this will stimulate her to go again. Go to this place in your yard first and stay in that area until she does her job. Then you can take her for walks around the yard. If you take her all over the yard she can get distracted from her reason for going out and hold it until you get back inside and mess the carpet. While in the area, repeat another phrase to her like DO BUSINESS or GO POTTY. Don't play with her in this area, but don't be stern either, just keep repeating the phrase in a pleasant voice. When she starts to squat or get in the poo position start praising her right then, with good girl, way to go or smart baby in your happiest, highest voice! Don't wait until she is done to praise her as she might not connect your words to what she has just done. Then when done, you can give her a small treat or love her up and take her for a little yard walk as a reward. I would always walk for a few mins after no matter what. If she loves to be outside and you take her back in right after potty, she may again hold it in order to get more outside time and then potty your floor once inside again. A crate is helpful for the times when you take them outside and no matter how long you stand there and phrase the potty word for them they just don't go. If it's been a long time outside for you and you need to go back in, you can put her in the crate or even a small room with a baby gate up, wait 5-10 mins and take her back out again. Don't crate her for an hour, she's just a puppy. Never make the crate a punishment place. I admit, Mojo was older so he may have learned rather quickly, but in the 3 weeks I've had him, he is now housebroke, he gets all excited when I ask him if he needs to go out, when I tell he to do business, he finds a spot and does it. Then we walk awhile and I ask him if he wants to go back in as we are heading for the door and he beats me to the steps. It takes time and it will get easier for you, you'll see. Just keep being consistent. Try to put yourself in her shoes, what if you had moved into a family of strangers for only 5 days and even though they seem nice and act all friendly one minute, all of a sudden you were being whipped everytime you turned around and you didn't know why???? She would have to know how to do all of these things before she would even understand why she's being whipped. Take one lesson at a time, be consistant, teach it well and then move on to the next lesson. She can't learn them all at one time. Hope this helps.

11-14-2011, 07:31 PM	#37
Evenflo09 Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: JONES,AL U.S. Posts: 113	I agree with all the posters here, no hitting please! It IS your FAULT if she messes on the floor. I've only had my yorkie mix close to 3 weeks and these are different little babies! She hasn't been with you long enough to know and trust you yet, and all you are doing is making her DISTRUST you from the get go. The first day or so I had Mojo, I took him out every 15-20 minutes so that he would make less mistakes, and he is close to 1 year old. I did this for a couple of days and then gradually increased the amount of time I waited to take him after that. Remember though, a puppy has a very small bladder, and it may be a bit before they can hold their wee/woo for long periods. Make sure feeding time is at the same time everyday. I feed my babies at 12 noon everyday. This gives them until bedtime to eliminate outside, but everyone is different. Some like first in the morning, others like to feed when they eat too, as bonding. While you can't take water away from them all day, this will help with pooing. This is what I did to help speed Mojo's training along. Don't even try to teach heeling for now, just concentrate on 1 thing at a time. Set a time to take her out and stick to it! If it needs to be every 15 minutes, do it. A dog will most times want to bathroom within 1-5 minutes after eating or waking, and even play can give them the urge, so no waiting to take her out. If she mistakes on the floor, no punishment- she will not understand why she's being chastised and it might even give her the impression that going in the house is not bad, but doing it in front of you is, so she may start to sneak behind your back in other rooms to do her job. Keep the leash by the front door, and every single time you go to take her out, ask her something like ' YOU WANNA DO BUISNESS? or DO YOU NEED TO GO OUTSIDE? Pick 1 phrase and repeat this over and over while hooking her leash. Take her outside to spots where she's wee/wooed before, she will smell the scent and this will stimulate her to go again. Go to this place in your yard first and stay in that area until she does her job. Then you can take her for walks around the yard. If you take her all over the yard she can get distracted from her reason for going out and hold it until you get back inside and mess the carpet. While in the area, repeat another phrase to her like DO BUSINESS or GO POTTY. Don't play with her in this area, but don't be stern either, just keep repeating the phrase in a pleasant voice. When she starts to squat or get in the poo position start praising her right then, with good girl, way to go or smart baby in your happiest, highest voice! Don't wait until she is done to praise her as she might not connect your words to what she has just done. Then when done, you can give her a small treat or love her up and take her for a little yard walk as a reward. I would always walk for a few mins after no matter what. If she loves to be outside and you take her back in right after potty, she may again hold it in order to get more outside time and then potty your floor once inside again. A crate is helpful for the times when you take them outside and no matter how long you stand there and phrase the potty word for them they just don't go. If it's been a long time outside for you and you need to go back in, you can put her in the crate or even a small room with a baby gate up, wait 5-10 mins and take her back out again. Don't crate her for an hour, she's just a puppy. Never make the crate a punishment place. I admit, Mojo was older so he may have learned rather quickly, but in the 3 weeks I've had him, he is now housebroke, he gets all excited when I ask him if he needs to go out, when I tell he to do business, he finds a spot and does it. Then we walk awhile and I ask him if he wants to go back in as we are heading for the door and he beats me to the steps. It takes time and it will get easier for you, you'll see. Just keep being consistent. Try to put yourself in her shoes, what if you had moved into a family of strangers for only 5 days and even though they seem nice and act all friendly one minute, all of a sudden you were being whipped everytime you turned around and you didn't know why???? She would have to know how to do all of these things before she would even understand why she's being whipped. Take one lesson at a time, be consistant, teach it well and then move on to the next lesson. She can't learn them all at one time. Hope this helps.