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Originally Posted by junebug14  I have read all the messages and I still don't know what to do. My 5.month old Yorkie,Grace, has been the most stubborn, sneaky, vindictive puppy I have ever owned. She is very intelligent and was pra,ctically potty pad trained by 3 months, then did an about face and started going everywhere. The pee part is pretty much under control, but the pooping is driving me to distraction. She will poop anywhere. Last week on the couch, then above my head on my bed where she sleeps, then on a chair beside my bed, not to mention every other place in the house. I can never catch her in the act, only the results. She will poop and pee in front of my great-granddaughters room when my daughter closes her door. She even pooped in her kennel while she was in it. I am so frustrated, I am ready to give her up though she is a wonderful companion for me. She sleeps by my side through the night. I am confined to a hospital bed in my daughter's living room temporarily and she has so much love to give and it is returned, so does anyone have any suggestions? I am desperate! |
You are going to have to observe her for WHEN she has poop breaks...usually when getting up, after meals, etc. You must know when she has the proclivity to relieve herself. She is wondering off tooo much, unsupervised, to areas where she can do this unseen...that has to stop! She can not be allowed to be anywhere in the house unsupervised. Youhave to be watching her continously, so you see when she is about to poop, and not just find the evidence! Yorkies are very stubborn and it is a game with them....you have to be more tenacious and persistant than they are! She has it in her mind she has you beat at this game....and she does! She must be taken out at specific, consistant times during the day, like 4 hour intervals, and given tons of praise and treats when she does her business outside. I would keep her butt up in that bed with me and every 4 hours, have someone take her outside and command her to potty.....let her get a drink of water and a bite to eat, under supervision, when they take her out of your bed, then go outside to TT/poopoo.....then it is back up in bed with you!...I actually tell mine "TT" then "poo-poo" and they know the difference, and will first tinkle then go poop. I then act like an idiot with glee and excitement and give them a treatr they absolutely love...a couple of pieces of vienna sausage! They would actually prostitute themselves for Vienna sausage! (it is actually the Gerber "chicken sticks" for toddlers, that come in a jar and look like vienna sausage)....