Potty problems

my yorkie is 11 mths, and she took a long time to house train and she still will have accidents if i'm not careful because she doesn't let me know when she needs to go, i just have to let her out frequently and then watch for signs of her wanting to go, but if i don't notice her she will still go in the house - i think they're stubborn, my mutt learned faster and scratches the door to go outside, it's only 1 mth older than she is and he was fully house trained by 5 mths

Yorkies are very stubborn when is comes to potty training. They are very independent.

They are really hard to potty train but they really do well with lots of praise. They thrive on praise & mope when scolded!! But sooo cute.

This may be acting out due to disliking something in his world right now...a new child, rearranging the furniture, not paying him enough attention (with Yorkies, it has to be a 24/7 thing... , etc. If he is poo'ng and pee'ng, it's behavioral. If he is only pee'ng, it may be kidney or urinary tract issues. Keep up the praise and treats. I overpraised my female to a point that she was pee'ng every ten minutes. I will stick with my position..."It takes 4 years to potty train a Yorkie!!!"

My 2 year old male was also very easy to house train. After reading up on the subject...everything stated how difficult Yorkies are to house break due to their independent streak.....I was prepared for a battle. What a surprise when he took to the pads and then to the outdoors in just weeks....BUT, then he too started pooping indoors....under the bed....under tables.....lifting his leg in the corners of furniture....He knew it was wrong because he'd hide right afterwards....It was more of an "I'm not going to do what you want just because....". After he was neutered he was not nearly as bad. Now at 2 years he may go in the house once every few months.....and that's more my fault then his due to my sometimes longer hours at work. At the time I saw it as an attention getter so if he'd make a mistake indoors rather than show disapproval I'd put him outside and clean it up. After a few weeks of not getting a reaction from me, he stopped.

Yorkies are very stubborn and difficult to potty train if you don't stay on top of the situation.If your yorkie regresses here are some things that you can do...lay down a potty pad, when you know they have to go potty talk to your yorkie so that he/she knows that that's were you want then to go potty/poop and if they leave the potty pad, continue to put him/her back on the potty pad. After they potty/poop on the potty pad, praise them or treat him/her right after it happens. Leave that potty pad there with the smell of potty/poop (just pick the poop up or lay a paper towel on top of it so the smell is still there) on it so that they know that that's where there suppose to potty/poop until they get the hint. If you don't want to use the potty pad then the bell system works great. Get a little bell and ring it when your taking your yorkie outside to potty/poop and when they take care of there business ring the bell and praise or treat them. Back inside the house allow your yorkie to play with the bell so they get use to the idea of ringing the bell when they need to go outside to potty/poop. But when the get the hang of things, put the bell next to the door so that they can ring it to let you know when they need to go outside to take care of there business. I had my yorkie successfully potty trained at 7 months and she is now 20 months old and hasn't had an accident indoors yet.

Anyone have any idea why my 6 months old male Yorkie stop in the grass when i put he to potty?