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Originally Posted by jbarile I brought Sami home at 7 weeks, Sami is now 5 1/2 months now and the majority of the time he poo's & pee's on his pad, he also will poo in a corner of our bedroom and on the mat in front of the shower  I am retired and a stay at home yorkie mom, and I take both my babies out every half to an hour with me I am a smoker and I only smoke outside.. So he should have gotten it by now!! I keep the kitchen & livingroom gated off from the rest of the house so he only has access to the hallway, laundry room, bath, and our bedroom, our other bedroom door is always closed. when I do remove the gate Sami will poop on the kitchen floor while I am at the stove cooking!!  and when I plop his little nose down to it and tell him no bad boy, he just doesn't get it!!  He really doesn't, So I think everyone's pup will have their own unique learning skills no matter how hard you train them, I also think using the pee pads has caused confusion with Sami because he actually is trained to always poo's in the house no matter if he just came from out side! I feel I have been encouraging him that the pee pad is where he will poop! outside he will pee, but I cannot get him to poo outside  I have even brought his pad outside and he just looks at it picks it up runs inside the doggy door(trys to) pull it through, I guess to put it back?? so I am hopeing he will just grow out of it because stressing over it isn't worth it! So I would keep your gate up because I dont think there is a period of time when you can give them full access of your home until you can say 100%  |
I really believe you are on the right track. Don't give him a pad at all. Keep him confined in an area that is easily cleaned, so the odors don't absorb. When you take a smoke break, that's his chance to do a pee or poo break. If he doesnt' take advantage of it, put him back in the confined area, until the next break. Won't take long, before he puts two and two together.