Potty Training problems
 

Hello everyone, I am new here, first time posting, I have a yorkie her name is Zoey, she is around 17 weeks old, got her at 12 weeks, she is awesome we love her to death, but i think the place we got her she had the run of the house, eat when she wanted, pooped and peed where she wanted, well you know... we get her and at first she wouldn't eat then we got her to eat, now she does go potty outside, but she goes inside also, recently over the last week or so she would go poop outside then come in and go poop? and same with pee.. is there something i can do my husband is getting a little grossed out lol
I also haven't trained her to sit, stay, come etc.. she is starting to bite we tell her NO then give her a chew toy.. its not working now.. i also have little ones she is starting to chase ( in a playing way) and grab the bottom of there pants.. i just want it to stop and have her behave is there anything i can do or something you can suggest?? thanks in advance..:)

wow no one could offer me any advise, what a wonderful site !!! :(

Hello, Sorry no one responded to you. It is a great site, I have learned a lot from it. Have you tried the wee wee pads. That is what we use and it works great. If she doesn't go right to the pad, try using the housebreaking aid spray (can get it at any pet store), it makes them want to go there. As for the training of the commands, we have sit down, but stay and come are still a work in progress. Someone suggested training them on a leash so you have more control in the beginning, I am gonna try that. Hope that helps.

I don't have a lot of potty training advice we are just starting to get over that issue with our 5 month old male. But as far as the biting thing Wrigley did that A LOT when he was getting ready to lose his teeth. He has gotten much better with it now that most of his new teeth are in. They are kind of like babies where they want to chew on something all of the time when getting new teeth.

Hi. I'm pretty new here too so i'm probly not the most educated on all things puppy but i'll try to help. Walker just turned 12 weeks and he is a potty training angel. so potty training i can't help much with. But when it comes to the pant leg thing i feel you, Walker does it too. I've tought him to sit and whenever he starts attacking legs we say no, then have him sit and give him a treat for sitting. He's stopped attacking our legs unless we're actually playing with him, we're still working on that. I've also heard that squirt guns may help. best of luck.:)

My sophie is 18 weeks old and it has been a challenge here and there. I think the puppy pads would be good. I am a little extreme and try to watch when she drinks a lot, because I know she will have to go soon, then maybe try to encourage going on the puppy pads, maybe put 2-3 together, as they sometimes miss. Just a recommendation, maybe puppy class might help, as it will help you teach commands and will always help you to keep their attention when there are distractions.

My puppy is 5 months old and we've trained him on the pee pads and to go outside. We began with the puppy pads and at first he didn't understand to go outside. After a couple of weeks (with lots of praise and positive reinforcement), he started going outside. He still does use the pee pads when inside (with the occasional misses). You really have to have your eye on him at all times when he's inside the house. Try to catch him before he goes or during the movement. Make a sharp noise followed by a "no" and direct him outside or onto the pee pads. If you're training him to go outside, take him outside every couple of hours (especially after he's eaten, woken up from a nap, playing, etc.). Repeat the steps for the puppy pads. Yorkies and other toy breeds seem harder to potty train. You might also want to consider crate training to prevent accidents.

As for the biting, it's something that all puppies go through. You can try sound aversion. Fill up a can with pennies and shake it when he bites. The noise will startle him and you praise the wanted behavior. Immediately redirect to a chew toy. My puppy loves Merrick's Flossies and Bully sticks to chew.

Chase is not perfectly housebroken yet either. Just keep it consistent and optimistic. Hope this helped somewhat :). Good luck!

I didn't ask the question but....
 

I didn't ask the question but I appreciate everyones answers. My Titan is 12 weeks old and absolutely adorable. We are wroking to get him potty trained and to stop him from biting. This is my first yorkie and its nice to know I am not going through these issues alone.;)

biting legs
 

Hi, Lily was really into the dragging on my housecoat or pant legs, but then she did it with a client in my office. Not cool. I got her one of those rope toys at petsmart and we redirect her with that, and play tug for ten minutes or so a day. I'm not sure why but with the firm no, and then redirect with her rope or a ball to chase, she has almost 95% stopped. As for potty training,,,sigh..:confused:.I am really frustrated. Lily is seven months and I take her outside every two hours (she goes to work with me). She still has accidents when I'm not looking. This week she is tied to me with a leash - NO free time in the house loose and I praise her like the divine incarnated when she potties outside. Not sure how this will work but will keep you posted. I love her so much but will NOT have a dog peeing or pooping in my house and office. I have to resolve this. Do people get their yorkies potty trained ever??????

I use "time outs" and toys to redirect if she is doing something I don't like and won't stop. Just a couple minutes in the crate. By herself, where she can't see me. It helps me :)

My Method
 

What has helped me out a lot as using the training pads, was to put them down in all the places where Victoria would used the bathroom or where I thought she would go, then as time went on I just would take one pad out at a time, and now I only leave one pad out and she would use that.
I learned that if I got mad at her, she got more scared and then would just go anywhere, so I decided to not to get mad but be accommodating to her and be more helpful to her to know that using the pads were better than peeing/pooping on the floor, once she got used to peeing on the pads in the places where she went, she began to recognize the pads and knew that I wasn’t going to get mad at her, but give her lots of praise and saying “good girl” which she likes more then treats.
I thought that I getting a new puppy was a mistake and was ready to get rid of her, but everyone said that she was a smart puppy and just help her to know, what I wanted her to do. So far she has been doing good, but she might only use the pad twice then you have to change it out or else. I work a lot so i put a new pad before I leave in the morning, then I come home for my lunch break and check to see if had gone sometimes she has and sometimes not, then when I get home I usually have to change it out and put a new one down, but it also depends on how much I feed her also.

I just want to thank everyone for all your responses i will try some of the things i have heard here, :)

Bitting Problem Solution
 

My little guy is just shy of 12 weeks old. Whenever he puts his mouth on me I let out a quick high pitched yelp like what would happen if he bit his litter mates too hard. I've noticed that he's very careful around me now and will now play with out mouthing or nipping.

Hope that helps.

My baby girl is 5 months old, and never could get her to go on a pee pad,which was my firt choice in potty training,she would eat the plastic and play with it. So I take her outside, I'm really good about taking her out because she never goes to the door.I stand out there until she does her business, but I live in Michigan and it's raining and going to snow to night. It's going to be a long winter, any suggestion on getting her to go on pee pad?

My puppy is 11 weeks and is doing well with going peep outside. I take her out a lot, but not so good with the poop. We live in Michigan too so the weather is not so good. I think maybe I don't wait enough time outside for her to go poop because of the bad weather. She is asking to go in too. Any thought?

MINE ARE ALMOST 2 and still problems!
 

And I still have Potty Problems with them !! And im very consistant with them but its more like they have me trained! I have to let them out , they will not let me know when they have to go !!! i have to look at the clock and be like oh its been 2 hrs since they went out guess they better go again! Its krazy .. Peeing is almost perfect.. but the poop.. they will hold it till they come in and then go and i make sure i pay attention to when they poop cuz its about the same time every day , and i take them out and still they dont ill be outside forever , thenthey come in and there they go !!!!!! fustrating!:mad:
and lets forget it if its raining or snowing!! I dont know about your yorkies, but these little things of mine will not go outside if its wet! they stand there with thier feet up like they will melt or something! and shake and shiver! its krazy ! But i love them !!

Sorry no one responded at first to your thread. As for potty training, you may want to either try crate training or getting an expen. I have done both and prefer the expen because my hours are so eradict. I have food/water, crate and pad in the expen. If I ran late, I didn't worry about pottying or eating. Does your little one have run of the house? This may be part of the problem-it may just be confusing her. Dogs do not know automatically to go outdoors or on a pad so you need to show them. We watched and noted the times that Hot Rod would tend to poop so we made sure to watch for any signs and put him on the pad. You should wait until she actually goes and use a phrase for it. This way she will know that phrase when you use it to go. Always praise after. I always gave and still give a treat too.

As for biting, it's been suggested to say stern no, squirt bottle and coins in can. I've done the stern "no bites" and the coins. This seems to have settled it. I also used bitter apple on furniture. I suppose you could spray it on clothes as well. I've read that it can be sprayed on hands. It takes time and patience and diligence. It will happen. Hot Rod is 14 1/2 mos and he's very much potty trained on pads and outside but has had the occassional accident with poo. I know that I can leave the pad for at least 3 pees, any more than that he will not use the pad.

Maggie is 6 mos and will go on the very edge sometimes and miss or go right next to the pad. But on the bright side, she will run to the other room and use the pad. It will happen, patience. Good luck.:)

Lily was trained to go outside first and she wouldn't use pads at all. She is 8 months old now and she goes on the washable pads real good!! She will still go outside if she has to go and she is on a leash but if she is just in the house she will run to her pads now!! Maybe try to just keep them down and see if she will start using them? I put 4 down at first in different places and she seemed to pick her favorite place to go and now I only use 1 at a time!!

It sure seems like I'm not the one with potty training problems. I guess we got to hang in there it has to get better, to bad the the winter isn't getting better here in Mich. My baby girl looks like and drowned rat when we come in, me too!!!

Hi, I'm new at this too. Got my Bella a week ago and she is 10 weeks old now. I'm still struggling with the accidents outside the wee wee pads. You have to be patient. A friend of mind recommended to apply vinegar after cleaning the spots were Bella had her accidents. It does work. She never goes twice on the same spot. I'm using treats and positive reinforcement. Good luck.