First of all congradulations on becoming a pet owner. I to just got a baby yorkie -- Matties almost 16 weeks. Here is what we have done to train him to use the wee wee pads. We picked a corner in our living room for him to do his business and have left the pads there. We started with numerious pads ( I also have them in the bathroom which is where he goes in the middle of the night and first thing in the morning). Anyway -- we put a little bit of his pee on the wee wee pads and left it there so he would know. And then whenever he did go on the pads we made a really big deal out of it and gave him a treat -- which is one piece of his puppy chow in a candy dish with a lid. He know know the sound of the lid coming off. I would remove the used pad but mark a new one with a spot of pee. Now he goes just to get the treat and I don't have to mark the pads anymore. You are doing the correct thing when he doesn't go on the wee wee pads by telling him no and taking him to the wee wee pads.
Good Luck, Shelley |