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mire · 04-10-2006, 12:40 PM

Everyone on this site is right: thhis shall pass. Please be patient. Your Yorkie is a baby. She will make many mistakes, even when she's much older, it comes with owning a dog. Confining a Yorkie's area works, truly it does. Get a child safety gate and choose a small area to start out with. Place the wee pad on one end, and food bedding on the opposite farthest end. Get your Yorkie on a schedule. When they are puppies, they usually have to go to the bathroom within 20 minutes of eating. Sit with your Yorkie, watch her. Get scented drops and place in CENTER of pad. Use the phrase "GO POTTY" often so she learns to associate that phrase with the wee wee pad. It will get to a point where you'll say "GOP POTTY" and your Yorkie will directly over to the nearest pad to relive herself: I promise this happens but it takes time...Place your Yorkie on the pad, let her sniff the scented droplets. With time and consistency, she'll get it. But it takes time and patience. Never yell or get mad if she's near the pad; you don't want them to associate the pad with anything negative. As she learns where she needs to go, praise her like crazy, clap, sing and cheer AS SOON AS SHE DOES IT ON THE PAD. Yorkies love having something to work for; she will work for your happiness. With time, she earns more space as she proves she can pee on the pad. Next thing you know she'll be going potty on her own and will earn free access of your house. But never stop praising her when she does the RIGHT THING or she may regress...BTW, my Yorkie was able to focus on this much better AFTER getting neutered at 6 months old: it helped him concentrate, he was less distracted and less wild....AND less accidents.

04-10-2006, 12:40 PM	#22
mire Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Weehawken NJ Posts: 53	Hi! Everyone on this site is right: thhis shall pass. Please be patient. Your Yorkie is a baby. She will make many mistakes, even when she's much older, it comes with owning a dog. Confining a Yorkie's area works, truly it does. Get a child safety gate and choose a small area to start out with. Place the wee pad on one end, and food bedding on the opposite farthest end. Get your Yorkie on a schedule. When they are puppies, they usually have to go to the bathroom within 20 minutes of eating. Sit with your Yorkie, watch her. Get scented drops and place in CENTER of pad. Use the phrase "GO POTTY" often so she learns to associate that phrase with the wee wee pad. It will get to a point where you'll say "GOP POTTY" and your Yorkie will directly over to the nearest pad to relive herself: I promise this happens but it takes time...Place your Yorkie on the pad, let her sniff the scented droplets. With time and consistency, she'll get it. But it takes time and patience. Never yell or get mad if she's near the pad; you don't want them to associate the pad with anything negative. As she learns where she needs to go, praise her like crazy, clap, sing and cheer AS SOON AS SHE DOES IT ON THE PAD. Yorkies love having something to work for; she will work for your happiness. With time, she earns more space as she proves she can pee on the pad. Next thing you know she'll be going potty on her own and will earn free access of your house. But never stop praising her when she does the RIGHT THING or she may regress...BTW, my Yorkie was able to focus on this much better AFTER getting neutered at 6 months old: it helped him concentrate, he was less distracted and less wild....AND less accidents.