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Missin' Mass · 01-25-2008, 08:09 AM

My two little Yorkies are 2 and 3 yrs.old and are (for the most part) housetrained. Except for during the middle of the night, one or both??

will have an accident somewhere in the house. I have always had dogs (although these are my first Yorkies)

and every one of them has awakened me by getting in my face, kissing, whining ,something, IF they needed to go out in the middle of the night. But not these two. I've tried everything. They sleep in the bedroom with us...I tried closing the door...they just go in the bedroom. I've even been awake and heard and caught them and taken them outside immediately. They go out at about 11:00 pm every night and out at between 6:00-7:30 in the morning. For the most part this isn't a huge issue and it's not like it happens EVERY night...I'm just perplexed as to how to "train" them to wake me up. As I said earlier, my other babies just "knew" to do it. I'm a quasi light sleeper and it wouldn't take much for them to wake me. They scratch the back door when they want out during the day...but they don't bother at night. A few weeks ago...I put bells on the back door to hear IF they would scratch...I was awake and heard my little girl Brockty, jump off the bed and tear down the hall. She went nowhere near the back door, but peed in the livingroom instead.

Strange little furballs. Other than this and a few other minor quirks

...they are perfect little angels. Any ideas?

Charlies Angel · 01-29-2008, 08:40 AM

Sorry I hope you get the advice you need I've only been potty training Charlie for 2 days and no luck

cdawnfine · 01-29-2008, 06:10 PM

What time do you stop letting them drink water, their bladders are small and can not hold a lot, if they are drinking late at night that could be part of the problem. You also might want to have the carpet deep cleaned in the bedroom to get rid of any left over odors remember they smell things we can not. Once the carpet is cleaned I would try going back to beginning training. If you used a crate at night put them back in it over night. They will eventually get it. Good Luck

patty58 · 01-29-2008, 06:42 PM

Welcome to yt and good luck with your night time potty training. Thank goodness, Murfee wakes us up.

yogisdad · 02-03-2008, 10:09 AM

You might want to think about a playpen with pee-pads for the nighttime. thats what i have setup and it works great.

cockerduchess · 02-03-2008, 10:18 AM

Both of my girls have been sleeping with us every night since it turned off cold they were both doing so great @ not having accidents I don't let them have water or food after 8:00 but I forgot to take their bowls up 2 times this last week and Tia my 6 month old has peed on me both times

I'm setting an alram to remind me to put up the bowls @ 8 from now on . Middle of the night laundry & showers are no fun. Hope this helps you out

LuvMySissy · 02-03-2008, 10:44 AM

Wish I had some expert advice, but I don't. Both my girls sleep with us and if they stand up, I know it immediately as I'm such a light sleeper. This is the only signal they give that they need to potty. Unfortunately, my two regularly get up in the middle of the night to potty. This is with them eating dinner at 5:00pm and having them potty before we go to bed also. Sometimes, they even get up a 2nd time

!!

But at least we use washable pee pads now, so I don't have to take them outside.......

4doggiemama · 02-03-2008, 07:23 PM

Sounds to me that there have been some very reasonable suggestions here---alarms, piddle pads, re-crating, removing water early, deep cleaning. Again, very reasonable and workable. Joanne

Missin' Mass · 02-04-2008, 07:40 AM

Sorry to be replying so late, but we've been out of town. Thanks for the replies. As for water at night, I had thought about that initially and am going to start taking water up at night to see if that curbs it some. I hate to do this, as a human, I wake up thirsty in the middle of the night sometimes and would hate to not be able to get a drink.

Also, I have a carpet shampooer and do the floors regularly.

This hasn't been a major issue and as I said it's not EVERY night, just that when it happens it's frustrating. It's funny that if I awaken or move and one has to go...then they "tell me" but if I'm asleep they do nothing. And I AM EXTREMELY easy to awaken. I wake up if they jump off the bed to lie on the chairs and when they get off the chairs to come back to bed. They tend to alternate during the nights sometimes.

Just something I may have to live with.

Thanks again, all.

01-25-2008, 08:09 AM	#1
Missin' Mass YorkieTalk Newbie! Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Texas Posts: 8	Nocturnal accidents My two little Yorkies are 2 and 3 yrs.old and are (for the most part) housetrained. Except for during the middle of the night, one or both?? will have an accident somewhere in the house. I have always had dogs (although these are my first Yorkies) and every one of them has awakened me by getting in my face, kissing, whining ,something, IF they needed to go out in the middle of the night. But not these two. I've tried everything. They sleep in the bedroom with us...I tried closing the door...they just go in the bedroom. I've even been awake and heard and caught them and taken them outside immediately. They go out at about 11:00 pm every night and out at between 6:00-7:30 in the morning. For the most part this isn't a huge issue and it's not like it happens EVERY night...I'm just perplexed as to how to "train" them to wake me up. As I said earlier, my other babies just "knew" to do it. I'm a quasi light sleeper and it wouldn't take much for them to wake me. They scratch the back door when they want out during the day...but they don't bother at night. A few weeks ago...I put bells on the back door to hear IF they would scratch...I was awake and heard my little girl Brockty, jump off the bed and tear down the hall. She went nowhere near the back door, but peed in the livingroom instead. Strange little furballs. Other than this and a few other minor quirks ...they are perfect little angels. Any ideas?

01-29-2008, 06:42 PM	#4
patty58 Donating YT 5000 Club Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: texas Posts: 5,272	Welcome to yt and good luck with your night time potty training. Thank goodness, Murfee wakes us up. __________________ Decide To Make It A Good Day

02-03-2008, 10:18 AM	#6
cockerduchess Donating YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Oklahoma Posts: 1,473	Both of my girls have been sleeping with us every night since it turned off cold they were both doing so great @ not having accidents I don't let them have water or food after 8:00 but I forgot to take their bowls up 2 times this last week and Tia my 6 month old has peed on me both times I'm setting an alram to remind me to put up the bowls @ 8 from now on . Middle of the night laundry & showers are no fun. Hope this helps you out __________________ Emma GraceTia Bella Maddie

02-03-2008, 10:44 AM	#7
LuvMySissy Luv my Angel, too! Donating Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: USA Posts: 9,333	Wish I had some expert advice, but I don't. Both my girls sleep with us and if they stand up, I know it immediately as I'm such a light sleeper. This is the only signal they give that they need to potty. Unfortunately, my two regularly get up in the middle of the night to potty. This is with them eating dinner at 5:00pm and having them potty before we go to bed also. Sometimes, they even get up a 2nd time !! But at least we use washable pee pads now, so I don't have to take them outside....... __________________ Sissy & Angel

01-29-2008, 08:40 AM	#2
Charlies Angel No Longer a Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Georgia Posts: 311	Sorry I hope you get the advice you need I've only been potty training Charlie for 2 days and no luck

01-29-2008, 06:10 PM	#3
cdawnfine Donating Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: nj Posts: 1,256	What time do you stop letting them drink water, their bladders are small and can not hold a lot, if they are drinking late at night that could be part of the problem. You also might want to have the carpet deep cleaned in the bedroom to get rid of any left over odors remember they smell things we can not. Once the carpet is cleaned I would try going back to beginning training. If you used a crate at night put them back in it over night. They will eventually get it. Good Luck

02-03-2008, 10:09 AM	#5
yogisdad Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: california Posts: 136	You might want to think about a playpen with pee-pads for the nighttime. thats what i have setup and it works great.

02-03-2008, 07:23 PM	#8
4doggiemama Donating YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: KS Posts: 3,290	Sounds to me that there have been some very reasonable suggestions here---alarms, piddle pads, re-crating, removing water early, deep cleaning. Again, very reasonable and workable. Joanne

02-04-2008, 07:40 AM	#9
Missin' Mass YorkieTalk Newbie! Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Texas Posts: 8	Sorry to be replying so late, but we've been out of town. Thanks for the replies. As for water at night, I had thought about that initially and am going to start taking water up at night to see if that curbs it some. I hate to do this, as a human, I wake up thirsty in the middle of the night sometimes and would hate to not be able to get a drink. Also, I have a carpet shampooer and do the floors regularly. This hasn't been a major issue and as I said it's not EVERY night, just that when it happens it's frustrating. It's funny that if I awaken or move and one has to go...then they "tell me" but if I'm asleep they do nothing. And I AM EXTREMELY easy to awaken. I wake up if they jump off the bed to lie on the chairs and when they get off the chairs to come back to bed. They tend to alternate during the nights sometimes. Just something I may have to live with. Thanks again, all.