Hello all,
I'm a new Yorkie owner of a boy named Bandit. He is 8 months old. I'm starting to have issues and I need advice on how to handle this.
We have (or had) Bandit trained to potty on pee pads back in our hallway. He still pee's on the pads but in the last couple of months, he stopped pooping on the pads and is pooping every where in the house, on the carpet. Yesterday, he did it right beside my husbands recliner. We always know when he has done it because he acts guilty and comes running to hide.
He was doing so good pooping on the pads. I wonder what happened? Why did he stop using the potty pads to poop? Some where along the line, we confused him some how? I don't know! We've done everything trying to anticipate when he's going to poop. We'll close off areas of the house so he can't get to my carpets and all kinds of different tactics. I fed him last night and know he poops after he eats so I took him outside. Is all he did was play with the cats. He would not poop.
This morning, he had a big poop on the pad, but about 30 minutes later he came running and went to sleep in my lap. I knew he was guilty so I went on my search. Sure enough, I found two more turds.
We've taken him outside to try and train him, but we have a couple of wild cats out there and he can't go out side alone. And I can't go out each time either due to a medical condition.
Right now, we're thinking of making a special fenced in place for him to run in the yard. But it was really cold outside this morning 30-40 degrees. Should I just try this fence idea and take him out and leave him? I need to find a solution. Please help!
-Carol
