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04-11-2008, 09:34 AM | #16 |
YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Utah
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| Gracie is a little over 4 months now and she has been potty trained for awhile now! shes a good girl! I dont like to leave Gracie shes my baby!!! and for her being a service animal she dosent have to be left at home... which makes us both happy! I still havent taken her to the grocery store or resturants just because I dont want to chance them telling me no... so she gets a baby sitter! lol I know Im a dork! lol I just dont want to leave her alone! or in her crate!
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04-11-2008, 12:21 PM | #17 | |
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In the morning I let her out and take her straight outside. I ALWAYS bring a treat along so I can give it to her if she goes. After she is done her "poops and pees" then she is allowed to run and play in the house but I do keep a CLOSE eye on her at ALL times. When she is tired she goes back in the crate. She has no trouble holding it in the crate for 2 to 2 and a half hours so that is when I run and do work/errands. Then I repeat the same thing all day long. The accidents we have had in the house were due to her being under the kids watch. (My kids are older and great with her but haven't picked up on potty signs yet...I am still learning too) If I see her in the middle of going then I scoop her up and take her straight out. I say "no" ONLY if I catch her in the act. If it has happened and I missed it till later then I clean it up and don't punish....she can't rememeber what she did after the fact. But, I know I am a LONG way from her being trained.... I am planning to use the bell training method. I got the bell just need to tie it up. | |
04-11-2008, 01:11 PM | #18 |
YT Addict Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Washington
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| Bella is just over a year and she has been completely potty trained since 5 months (the little ones do seem to take longe than the big ones). She hasn't had any accidents. Even when we're gone at work/school for 7 hours and she's in her x-pen she doesn't "go". Some friends of ours watched her for 3-days when we were out of town in October (she was 7 months) and she never had an accident at their house. I fully believe with consistency and repetition most any dog can be potty trained (though I'm sure there are exceptions but I think it's rare). My friends who watched her for us have 2 Shi Tzu's that are about 2 & 3 years old and they still occasionally have accidents but it's because they've never been properly potty trained and shown what's expected of them (even my friend will admit this is true). Don't stress out, keep doing what you've been doing, stay consistent and I'm sure you won't have any problems. Good luck!
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04-13-2008, 04:40 AM | #19 | |
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I am having the same problem as the above poster. Angel is 6 mos old and goes in her crate all the time or the house. I have sectioned the crate off so it is smaller and sometimes she will hold it and sometimes she won't. I don't know what else to do. I have been really trying to listen/watch out for signs that she has to go. Sometimes I will walk outside and she will go and 15-20 mins later she will also go in the house! Another thing she does is do little "marking" pees (I guess?) around various parts of the house, I have no idea why because I have no other pets. I have been getting up at 4 and 5 am to take her out in the morning since I guess she can't hold it but sometimes she has already gone. I have gotten up all through the night if she even barks a lot and acts like she has to go. During the day she is usually crated and sometimes she holds it and sometimes she doesn't. I am at my witts ends, I just don't know what to do anymore. | |
04-13-2008, 07:45 AM | #20 |
Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: West Virginia
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| Our guy is almost 1 year old and held it in his cage for 11 hrs the other day. But as soon as we got home and took him out he made it outside just off the porch before he let it go. Didnt even bother with finding a place to cock his leg. Can they be house trained? Yes, Is it hard? It wasnt with Aiden, Does it take a long time? Took us about 3 months. Can they be 100% house trained? I dont know yet. We still put him in his cage when we are gone for a long time. What I have learned with dogs is not to expect too much until they are about 6-7 months old. That is my opinion anyways. You get out what you put into it. I look back and cant really remember when we were potty training him. So it must not have been to bad. Now our only problem is getting him to sleep at night he likes to roam the house. |
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