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Originally Posted by Alfie Wow... am I glad that I found this forum because everyone here seems to be having the same problems as me. I bought my Yorkie as a gift for my girlfriend about 3 weeks ago and was told the exact same thing by the breeder where I purchased him from: "He's already house trained and he'll get used to his environment in a few days..." not the case at all...
We made the mistake of letting him roam around the house and he poops and pees everywhere every chance that he get's. Sometimes he'll pee on his pee-pee pads but for the most part he simply lies in the tray that we've set up for him to do his businees in  ... Can anyone answer a few questions for me:
1. Why does he lie directly on the pee-pee pads after he's peed on them?
2. I've washed the floors of my house with a solution of water and vinegar... am I to do the same inside of the small area that is designated for him, excpet for his pee-pad area?
3. I have a huge cage/crate that I could use for him instead of the area where he currently stays. Should I keep him in there instead?
4. When I leave him in his area for an hour or two he rips his pee-pads to shreds... why?
Any help that anyone could provide would be greatly appreciated. He's almost 4 months old. |
Alfie, My yorkie was chewing on his pee pad at times when I'm trying to potty train him but he responds well to "NO!". I will make him sit on the pad until he pees or poops which he hasn't yet of course and that is the only time he will fall asleep on it( playing the waiting game). I don't like that either because it seems unsanitary. I'm going to purchase some "Nature's Miracle Training Pads(grass scented)" today. Someone in another forum said they were a good buy for training so I'll let you know how those work out. I've also noticed that after spraying down the areas around the house where he pooped with cleaning solutions he would still go back to that spot to do his business so that's why I had to confine him to a small area and it seems to work better because he doesn't have to go far to find the pads.