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Originally Posted by JadeD  Welcome to Yorkie Talk!
Congrats on the new puppy. I am sorry you are feeling overwhelmed. This will pass.
Be patient with her as far as potty training. My 2 Yorkie puppies will be 5 months old in a few days and they are not completely house trained, but we have less accidents than we did 2 months ago, so it is progress. We will go days with no accidents at this point and then all of a sudden it is like they forget they are house trained and pee and poop everywhere and then the next day they are back to going outside or on the pee pad. I am finding that it is easier to try to keep them totally outdoor trained right now and then using the pee pad only in extreme circumstances. Mine hold it all night (they sleep with people).
Take the puppy outside frequently if you can, or set her on the pee pad if you can't and tell her "Go Potty." When she goes praise her like crazy. All my dogs know what go potty means and so that way even if I am in a strange place they know what I want them to do when I tell them that.
Good luck and it will get easier. When I first brought home the 2 puppies (they are brother and sister) when they were 10 weeks old I was overwhelmed a bit, but because I have more experience with puppies, or because I am a mom, I just dealt with it and knew that it was a temporary thing, and it was. It is so much easier now.
Enjoy your new baby! |
Hi JadeD,
Thank you! I can't wait for it to completely pass (i do feel better now
thanks). I'm not a mom yet, and this is my first pet as an adult, so it was hard, but we're figuring it out. I sometimes wish I had gotten a younger pup, I had to decide between the older pup or a 12 week old pup from a breeder I was not too sure about (starting to think I should have gone with that but oh well). I think its great you have two puppies! Sometimes I think Lillie might have a better time adjusting if there was another dog around, she seemed to get along well with the other dogs at the breeder's.
I can't wait until Lillie is completely trained (both potty and crate) and I can't wait until she understand what 'go potty' means. Right now I just walk her around until she goes and then I praise and reward her, I hope she understands what this means. lol