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LoveMyReese · 01-19-2009, 06:28 PM

Thanks for posting this!

I read "housetraining for Dummies" at the bookstore this weekend and it had TONS of great tips as well if anyone's interested. Even gives suggested schedules for puppies based off their age.

skitterdoodle · 01-19-2009, 07:21 PM

Would this work to "retrain" your puppy? Milo is 9 months old and ever since we got him, he has been confined to a play pen with a pee pad where he poops and pees and when we let him out to play in the room, we leave the door open so he can go in and pee when he needs to and he does that most of the time (like...95% of the time when he's in the bedroom). Pooping is another story...he gets on the pee pad but he walks while pooping so it goes everywhere and it's gross even though we have a shower curtain laid down, which is why I'd like to start training him to go outside. Would this method work or would he go back to pooping inside the house once we stop using this schedule?

Also, for those who used this method, how long did you use the schedule for?

My goal is to take out the pee pad altogether and have him pee and poop outside, but still leave him in the playpen when no one's home until we can trust him to not chew on stuff (hopefully by the time he's a year old?). What are your thoughts on this?

Thank you!!

AmeliaBadelia · 01-21-2009, 07:59 AM

Skitterdoodle -- Yes, it will work to retrain. I got Rosie this past May. She was 5 years old and not housebroken, whatsoever. Amelia was 1 - and was pretty good, but still had accidents. This book worked for me. You just have to be really consistent. You are retraining their bodies when to go poop & pee, so consistency is really important.

I did it until I felt like they were getting the hang of it. Then, I gradually started letting them stay out longer and longer. You will ultimately have to decide when they're ready for longer periods out - but you'll know when they start getting it! Good luck!!

LillymomAZ · 01-22-2009, 06:41 PM

I will have to say that I have been very fortunate with Lilly. We crated her the night we got her. We have her on a pretty tight schedule, here is her schedule during the week.

6AM - Potty
6:05AM- Feeding/Play
7AM - Potty/then Crate
7:45AM - Potty / I have to go to work
11:45AM - Potty
11:55Am - Lunch/Play
12:45 PM - Potty/Then Crate
5:00PM Potty
5:10 or so - Dinner
5:30PM Play
6:30PM Potty
7:00PM to 9PM pretty much is playtime, Lilly has learned to run to the sliding door to go outside. Many times it's to play but I don't mind since she knows that I will let her out when she is by the door.
9:30PM Potty/Bedtime
1:30AM Potty
6:00AM Potty

This has been her schedule since day one. She has had a few accidents in her crate but mostly because we waited an extra few minutes or so. She has had a few accidents in the house but just potty, she signals at the door if she has to poo, go figure. For the most part she is watched like a hawk out of the crate.

I can't wait for the day that I can sleep through the night and not get up at 1 or 2am to take her potty

luvs_da_yorkies · 09-12-2009, 04:47 PM

i'd love to read the pdf, but the link is dead. does anyone have a copy of the pdf or an direct me to an active/new link/pdf?

YorkieMother · 09-12-2009, 06:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AmeliaBadelia

It seems that most of the posts in this area are in regards to potty training. Instead of answering every single one, I'm just going to start a new thread. Hopefully it'll help someone.

The key is confinement when you can't watch them & consistency. Like, clockwork consistency. Setting yourself an alarm if you need to. Buy the book "How to housebreak your dog in 7 days by Shirlee Kalstone." This book worked miracles for us.

If you can't afford to buy the book, a Vet has made a .pdf file of the schedule from this book that you should follow. The key is to tweak it to fit your dog's schedule once you figure out their body's natural rhythm. Then, STICK to it. This has worked wonders for us. Please look this over if you're having potty training issues. It's very highly rated & even recommended by trainers. If you can, definitely buy the book. It's only a couple of bucks and it's packed with good information. It's also a very quick read.

Hope this helps & good luck!!

Now that is a good way to handle not only potty training but all the posts about it. To bad we could not get this locked to the top of the page so it was always around to refer to it.

JL

mommyofsophie · 09-19-2009, 06:15 PM

You and your husband are clearly committed to helping little Charlie become housetrained! :-) It's great to see that you're building play time into his schedule, too. But, from the schedule, it looks like you're leaving him in the crate for two separate 6+ hour sessions during the day, followed by a 4 hour session in the evening, and then sleeping in the crate. Socializing a puppy as part of the family is incredibly important, and I wonder if you and your husband think that Charlie is getting enough socialization. I know you know your dog and his needs, I'm just wondering. :-) Have you heard of house leashing? The puppy is on his leash, but one end is attached to you (through your belt loop, or around your ankle if you're sitting, etc.). That way, the puppy is able to socialize and become part of the family, but you also have him near you at all times and can be aware of what he's doing and any indications that he might need to potty. I haven't tried it, but I've read about it on some training sites.

Sophie is 21 weeks old and is being crate trained and clicker trained, too. We have a good schedule going and she has only had 3 very small pee pee accidents in the house in the 3 weeks since I've had her. I think she has been doing a good job for a few reasons: 1) Like you, I stick to a potty schedule; 2) Like you, I crate her whenever I can't directly watch her or play with her; 3) Every morning I walk her 6/10 of a mile (lol, all she can do at this point :-) so she can exercise, get rid of some energy, do her poo-poos, and have special bonding time with me... then we take a short walk in the evening, too; 4) I do clicker training with her and she now knows that potty outside means a click and a treat; 5) She is mentally stimulated with clicker training in the morning and evening; 6) She has plenty of opportunity to socialize and bond with me because we play several sessions fetch & drop (which she LOVES) throughout the day; and 7) I put one of her baskets on the window seat in my home office so that she can snuggle in for a nap or enjoy watching everything out the window while I write. She knows "lie down" and "stay," so she stays there and I can keep an eye on her, plus she's able to spend more time out of the crate. I don't feel guilty for crating her because, like you, I know how effective it is for potty training and it keeps her safe when I'm not watching her (she only weights 2 lbs.)... but, like you, I don't want her puppyhood to be spent mostly in a crate. Ah, the balance we're trying to achieve, right? :-)

I really want to try the potty bells so that I can transition to having her let me know when she has to potty, but I've only been able to find cheap holiday jingle bells in the stores (and they make a quiet tinny sound, not loud enough to hear really). I'd love to hear if anyone has found some small bells that are actually BELLS and make a decent volume sound.

mommyofsophie · 09-19-2009, 06:26 PM

oops... She WEIGHS 2 lbs. :-)

LokisMomma · 09-23-2009, 07:21 PM

hey everyone,

So I'm new to Yorkie Talk, and I'm coming to you ladies as a desperate yorkie owner!!

Loki is my love and my life.. I'm a 26 y/o single female and Loki is my 3 y/o son!! lol

Heres my dilemma. My ex got him for me as a christmas gift and didn't help me potty train loki. I just bought a new house, and loki has been in the kitchen most of the time gated (minus out during play time and watching scrubs with his momma.. lol ) but at night he had free reign of the kitchen. The puppy pad was laid, and he'd use it sometimes, but not so much.

So... being that he was in the kitchen for potty and all, the house had the smell, and obviously I don't want it to be like that for the new house. I have a fenced in backyard, so that's going to help quite a bit. I work for the army, so sometimes I have long hours. So this tight schedule might be tough for me to pull off...

I just want to know if I can actually potty/house train him being he is 3 y.o and with the tight schedule I have. Anybody have any kind of advice??!! Please help!!!

Thank you all so much.. I'm so glad I've found this site.. you all will be hearing from me!!! Thank you again!!

snickers65 · 10-03-2009, 05:22 PM

Thank you for recommending us the potty training books.

Baby-Cleo · 10-05-2009, 09:25 AM

PLS HELP! We need more potty training tips for our 6 month old yourkie. She is regressing now that is getting cold & rainy. She now hates to go out and she is very cold, that breaks our hearts to see her shaking even with a thermal and a sweater on. She only uses the pee pad while desperate in her room alone, we want to encourrage of that now with the bad weather, but she does not respond to it. We don't know what we're doing wrong. We even started giving her favorite treats for when she goes where we asked her to. Waiting an hour outside won’t work, she is really really cold, she cries to get back to the home. We're starting to get desperate for advice. Thx!

salshine · 10-08-2009, 05:52 AM

Thanks for taking the time to share this. I'm purchasing the book on Amazon today...many thanks for the hope!

Quote:

Originally Posted by AmeliaBadelia

It seems that most of the posts in this area are in regards to potty training. Instead of answering every single one, I'm just going to start a new thread. Hopefully it'll help someone.

The key is confinement when you can't watch them & consistency. Like, clockwork consistency. Setting yourself an alarm if you need to. Buy the book "How to housebreak your dog in 7 days by Shirlee Kalstone." This book worked miracles for us.

If you can't afford to buy the book, a Vet has made a .pdf file of the schedule from this book that you should follow. The key is to tweak it to fit your dog's schedule once you figure out their body's natural rhythm. Then, STICK to it. This has worked wonders for us. Please look this over if you're having potty training issues. It's very highly rated & even recommended by trainers. If you can, definitely buy the book. It's only a couple of bucks and it's packed with good information. It's also a very quick read.

Hope this helps & good luck!!

luvsathena · 11-01-2009, 02:20 AM

Thanks for the tip! I'm sure Athena and I will be grateful!

TAStetherainbow · 11-19-2009, 11:18 AM

So this is probably a very old thread but I'm struggling with my potty training. I want my girl to tell us when she needs to go. By either tapping a bell (but she wears a bell so maybe tapping the back of my hand?) and I need to figure out how to make her 1 and 2 in the litterbox since she only likes to 2 in it...lol
And my litter box is in the garage so I need to figure out how to train her to let us know when to go.

Yikes!
thats allot anyways I was hoping the pdf would help? but it seems to be not on that website anymore.
can someone PM me the PDF if you still have your copy?
if not maybe I'll just make a thread to find some help.
thanks for your time
-TASthetherainbow

hpotts · 11-23-2009, 12:49 PM

NONE, of the links are working!

01-19-2009, 07:21 PM	#17
skitterdoodle Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Santa Cruz/Davis/SF, CA Posts: 30	Would this work to "retrain" your puppy? Milo is 9 months old and ever since we got him, he has been confined to a play pen with a pee pad where he poops and pees and when we let him out to play in the room, we leave the door open so he can go in and pee when he needs to and he does that most of the time (like...95% of the time when he's in the bedroom). Pooping is another story...he gets on the pee pad but he walks while pooping so it goes everywhere and it's gross even though we have a shower curtain laid down, which is why I'd like to start training him to go outside. Would this method work or would he go back to pooping inside the house once we stop using this schedule? Also, for those who used this method, how long did you use the schedule for? My goal is to take out the pee pad altogether and have him pee and poop outside, but still leave him in the playpen when no one's home until we can trust him to not chew on stuff (hopefully by the time he's a year old?). What are your thoughts on this? Thank you!! __________________ Milo's Dogster Dogster.com/dogs/814884

01-21-2009, 07:59 AM	#18
AmeliaBadelia YT Addict Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Jersey Shore Posts: 351	Skitterdoodle -- Yes, it will work to retrain. I got Rosie this past May. She was 5 years old and not housebroken, whatsoever. Amelia was 1 - and was pretty good, but still had accidents. This book worked for me. You just have to be really consistent. You are retraining their bodies when to go poop & pee, so consistency is really important. I did it until I felt like they were getting the hang of it. Then, I gradually started letting them stay out longer and longer. You will ultimately have to decide when they're ready for longer periods out - but you'll know when they start getting it! Good luck!! __________________ --Catherine Amelia, Rosie & the kitties

09-19-2009, 06:15 PM	#22
mommyofsophie Donating Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Ann Arbor, MI, USA Posts: 248	response to newproudmom You and your husband are clearly committed to helping little Charlie become housetrained! :-) It's great to see that you're building play time into his schedule, too. But, from the schedule, it looks like you're leaving him in the crate for two separate 6+ hour sessions during the day, followed by a 4 hour session in the evening, and then sleeping in the crate. Socializing a puppy as part of the family is incredibly important, and I wonder if you and your husband think that Charlie is getting enough socialization. I know you know your dog and his needs, I'm just wondering. :-) Have you heard of house leashing? The puppy is on his leash, but one end is attached to you (through your belt loop, or around your ankle if you're sitting, etc.). That way, the puppy is able to socialize and become part of the family, but you also have him near you at all times and can be aware of what he's doing and any indications that he might need to potty. I haven't tried it, but I've read about it on some training sites. Sophie is 21 weeks old and is being crate trained and clicker trained, too. We have a good schedule going and she has only had 3 very small pee pee accidents in the house in the 3 weeks since I've had her. I think she has been doing a good job for a few reasons: 1) Like you, I stick to a potty schedule; 2) Like you, I crate her whenever I can't directly watch her or play with her; 3) Every morning I walk her 6/10 of a mile (lol, all she can do at this point :-) so she can exercise, get rid of some energy, do her poo-poos, and have special bonding time with me... then we take a short walk in the evening, too; 4) I do clicker training with her and she now knows that potty outside means a click and a treat; 5) She is mentally stimulated with clicker training in the morning and evening; 6) She has plenty of opportunity to socialize and bond with me because we play several sessions fetch & drop (which she LOVES) throughout the day; and 7) I put one of her baskets on the window seat in my home office so that she can snuggle in for a nap or enjoy watching everything out the window while I write. She knows "lie down" and "stay," so she stays there and I can keep an eye on her, plus she's able to spend more time out of the crate. I don't feel guilty for crating her because, like you, I know how effective it is for potty training and it keeps her safe when I'm not watching her (she only weights 2 lbs.)... but, like you, I don't want her puppyhood to be spent mostly in a crate. Ah, the balance we're trying to achieve, right? :-) I really want to try the potty bells so that I can transition to having her let me know when she has to potty, but I've only been able to find cheap holiday jingle bells in the stores (and they make a quiet tinny sound, not loud enough to hear really). I'd love to hear if anyone has found some small bells that are actually BELLS and make a decent volume sound.

10-05-2009, 09:25 AM	#26
Baby-Cleo YorkieTalk Newbie! Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 6	Please help!! PLS HELP! We need more potty training tips for our 6 month old yourkie. She is regressing now that is getting cold & rainy. She now hates to go out and she is very cold, that breaks our hearts to see her shaking even with a thermal and a sweater on. She only uses the pee pad while desperate in her room alone, we want to encourrage of that now with the bad weather, but she does not respond to it. We don't know what we're doing wrong. We even started giving her favorite treats for when she goes where we asked her to. Waiting an hour outside won’t work, she is really really cold, she cries to get back to the home. We're starting to get desperate for advice. Thx!

11-01-2009, 02:20 AM	#28
luvsathena Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Iowa, USA Posts: 36	Thx Thanks for the tip! I'm sure Athena and I will be grateful! __________________ Love from Annika & Athena

01-19-2009, 06:28 PM	#16
LoveMyReese Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Florida Posts: 95	Thanks for posting this! I read "housetraining for Dummies" at the bookstore this weekend and it had TONS of great tips as well if anyone's interested. Even gives suggested schedules for puppies based off their age.

09-12-2009, 04:47 PM	#20
luvs_da_yorkies Yorkie Talker Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: USA Posts: 18	i'd love to read the pdf, but the link is dead. does anyone have a copy of the pdf or an direct me to an active/new link/pdf?

09-19-2009, 06:26 PM	#23
mommyofsophie Donating Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Ann Arbor, MI, USA Posts: 248	oops... She WEIGHS 2 lbs. :-)

09-23-2009, 07:21 PM	#24
LokisMomma YorkieTalk Newbie! Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Ft. Campbell Ky Posts: 1	hey everyone, So I'm new to Yorkie Talk, and I'm coming to you ladies as a desperate yorkie owner!! Loki is my love and my life.. I'm a 26 y/o single female and Loki is my 3 y/o son!! lol Heres my dilemma. My ex got him for me as a christmas gift and didn't help me potty train loki. I just bought a new house, and loki has been in the kitchen most of the time gated (minus out during play time and watching scrubs with his momma.. lol ) but at night he had free reign of the kitchen. The puppy pad was laid, and he'd use it sometimes, but not so much. So... being that he was in the kitchen for potty and all, the house had the smell, and obviously I don't want it to be like that for the new house. I have a fenced in backyard, so that's going to help quite a bit. I work for the army, so sometimes I have long hours. So this tight schedule might be tough for me to pull off... I just want to know if I can actually potty/house train him being he is 3 y.o and with the tight schedule I have. Anybody have any kind of advice??!! Please help!!! Thank you all so much.. I'm so glad I've found this site.. you all will be hearing from me!!! Thank you again!!

10-03-2009, 05:22 PM	#25
snickers65 YT Addict Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Aug Posts: 282	Thank you for recommending us the potty training books.

11-19-2009, 11:18 AM	#29
TAStetherainbow Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Sunny So Cal \(^_^)/ Posts: 75	So this is probably a very old thread but I'm struggling with my potty training. I want my girl to tell us when she needs to go. By either tapping a bell (but she wears a bell so maybe tapping the back of my hand?) and I need to figure out how to make her 1 and 2 in the litterbox since she only likes to 2 in it...lol And my litter box is in the garage so I need to figure out how to train her to let us know when to go. Yikes! thats allot anyways I was hoping the pdf would help? but it seems to be not on that website anymore. can someone PM me the PDF if you still have your copy? if not maybe I'll just make a thread to find some help. thanks for your time -TASthetherainbow

11-23-2009, 12:49 PM	#30
hpotts YorkieTalk Newbie! Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Genoa Posts: 9	NONE, of the links are working!