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04-16-2010, 06:45 PM | #76 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: ,nc,usa
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| Have you tried an exercise pen? They come in different sizes, or if you have a room small enough, they make gates in different sizes to block the doorway. I use an exersize pen that expands to several sizes and conformations. I've put a car mat under it to protect the carpet for just in case. Inside are her bed,food,water,lots of chewy toys and interactive toys. If you have an extra room that you can close off and puppy/baby proof, that could be a solution for you also. Crating seems to be the best way to house train a dog in most cases. That of course is not the only way, but it does help to confine the mess if there is any while the owner is away. I hope this helps. |
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04-17-2010, 05:45 AM | #77 | |
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04-18-2010, 06:00 AM | #78 |
Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Canada
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| Hopeless dilemma I have been trying to housetraining Freyja for 3 years. I started to train her on pee pads but got complaints from partner that house smells like dog pee all the time and is very angry about it. This has caused a lot of embarrassment with friends who have pointed out that our house smells like pee. Partner will not participate in any training because yorkie is "my dog". Freyja uses pee pads more or less reliable but she will still play with her poop and spread it all over our rugs if she isn't watched. I have sanitized, shampooed and scrubbed the rugs but she will still poop and pee on various rugs if i don't watch her, even after she has been let out and has pooped outside. I have confined her, crated her, walked her but she will still do her thing in the house. I have fed her on demand, on schedule, limited her water and/or food, and she still doesn't get it. Or maybe I don't. This has caused extreme family tension and I am frankly at my wits end. Question: Is is time to give her away? |
04-18-2010, 08:25 AM | #79 |
Yorkie Talker Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Dallas, TX, USA
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| I'll take Freyja for you - she simply needs a firm pack leader and walks at the appropriate times. This is called Terrier temper - she's not stupid - she is seeking attention and excercise. |
04-24-2010, 02:38 PM | #80 | |
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No need to resort to firm when it should be natural and calm and Relaxed. House breaking has not a thing to do with lack of excersie and she better be seeking atention to get let out. JL
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04-25-2010, 02:22 PM | #81 | |
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04-25-2010, 06:19 PM | #82 | |
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Cesar is far to tough and has not one clue about actually dog speak and a little read of the link info by those that are actually dog knowledgable may a good idea. A dog will poop it if sleeps all day long or it is dragged around and over excerise like Cesar does. You know S**T happens. There are a great deal of us that think he is a flake and needs to stop training. Note to those that like to smake me for talking Cesar they brought him up not me. JL
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05-07-2010, 09:33 AM | #83 |
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| So this is all really great information that I keep hearing over and over, but I have a question regarding doggie doors. Are they a bad idea then? We have a doggie door and all the dogs use them - to go play outside, to talk to the neighbors, and to go potty.... Even my little miss Izzy (1 yr/3 lbs), however, even though she loves going in and out of the doggie door, she is terrible about being consistent in using it to go potty. Sometimes she will go out to go potty and sometimes she won't. I've trained the others that if they go outside to potty, they get a treat... it doesn't seem to make a difference to her... Any suggestions? |
05-21-2010, 05:37 AM | #84 |
Yorkie Talker Join Date: May 2010 Location: Alexandria, VA, US
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| Hi everyone... my wife and I adopted 6 year-old Sprinkle about a month ago. Although she is opening up in SO many ways, she still does not seem to understand that she shouldn't go in her crate. She was doing great for about a week... no pee or poop in the crate. And then this last week, she has peed every single day in the crate and pooped most days (including this morning). My wife and I are both in the Army, so we are up early. We take her out every morning about the same time, again when we get home for a long walk, then before food at 7:30pm and then again before bed. She has PLENTY of time to go out and do her business, but she just seems to wait until she's in her crate. Also... she had bad anxiety when we first tried crate training. We thought we had trained her through this, and she was not barking in a panic while we are gone... but, we were VERY wrong! I video-taped her today while we were gone for about 3 hours. She was quiet for about 30 mins and then barked non-stop for the rest. Any suggestions with both of these?!? Kinda at a loss and getting very frustrated.
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05-25-2010, 01:01 PM | #85 |
Yorkie Yakker Join Date: May 2010 Location: Bermuda
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| Thank you for your link. I am very new to owning a pet and my yorkie is 13 weeks. She poops and pee pee somtimes on the training pad. I will keep at it. |
05-25-2010, 07:17 PM | #86 | |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: ,nc,usa
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| Please don't give up on your dog! Quote:
The purpose of confining and crating is to keep the poop and pee confined and most dogs eventually learn to keep their place of confinement clean. The area of confinement must be kept clean and the dog must be kept clean or they will mess the area they are kept in and become depressed. This becomes vicious cycle. Not implying that you would let it go that far, just mentioning it because it is important to keep everything from attracting her back to 'do it' again So, when you are out of the house, keep her confined. When you are home,put her on a short leash attached to you, inside your home. Make yourself aware of her every movement, while you're doing chores, if she moves, take a quick look and make note,'is she acting like she wants to 'go' ? if not, go back to what you were doing. If you want to put her outside, put her on a leash and go outside with her and tell her in short, easy,(for her) to understand words,"go pee pee", "tinkle",etc Praise her as if she has done the best thing in the world as soon as she has finished. Give her a treat and repeat what she did that was so wonderfull. Do what ever schedual that fits you best. But, keep her confined when she is inside the home and not attached to you by a leash. There are many wonderful books and methods, just keep doing what you are doing and include 'teaching words',praising words and keeping her confined while your out . Especially attaching the leash, an umbilical cord if you will...,can make you aware of her behavior and you will know where she is, not off somewhere doing what you don't want her to All dogs need exercise, the bigger they are, the more exercise they need and they love it! Thank goodness Yorkies are so small, but they still need to be walked every day. This helps their system to be healthy so they can regulate, digest and eliminate!!! This also helps them regulate their pent up engergy. They have lots of energy and need to burn it off every day or they get into mischef or create mischef out of bordom. Keep at it and don't let your partner let the dog out of confinement if this person is not going to participate in housetraining. Only let them play with the dog under your careful supervision Good luck, some of these dogs take a while to learn and we do too | |
06-03-2010, 01:40 PM | #87 |
Yorkie Talker Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Humboldt,Sk. Canada
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| Question for everyone, I have an almost 6 month Yorkie ( male if that matters) He does pretty good for the most part when it comes to potty training. I crate him while we sleep and then he wakes up with my alarm and I take him out for a pee and poop. He stays out while I get ready for work then back in from 9-12 another walk pee and poop then goes back in crate from 1-5 then another pee and poop. I have second job so in the evenings it either my boyfriend or my father that takes care of him, my boyfriend has been doing better with taking him out every 2 hours in the evening. But whenever Riley ( my yorkie) is with my dad who is sometimes home during the day he will sneak downstairs and pee or poop my dad is amazing with dogs but for some reason Riley always sneaks and pees or poop somewhere in the house. Also sometimes I will take him out and then an hour later he'll pee in the kitchen or last night took him for a walk and hour later peed in the hallway. And he never barks or anything when he has to go and I don't know how to establish that. He also has peed on my dads bed and my when my sister was taking care of him on hers but he has never on ours. Any suggestions??? |
06-22-2010, 08:52 AM | #88 |
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| confinement is a good thing Wow. Day 4 of Yorkie, and I was getting overwhelmed. I could not figure out how to confine in my open floor plan, but I figured out a plan with boxes to keep him in the kitchen. I relaxed immediately, but Dinky was a little overwhelmed. I went back to square one with crate training, and in just one morning, he is more relaxed and happy. I don't quite get why the confinement made such a difference, but I am so glad that got him to settle down. He's 4 and 1/2 months. It's helping so much with his fearfullness. he was too worried about me to play, sleep, eat, drink let alone go potty anywhere he was supposed to. I'm sure we have lots of work in front of us, but I am so encouraged. This is night and day behavior. He even is walking on the leash a little when we go outside. |
06-26-2010, 03:26 PM | #89 |
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| I need help I have a 2 year old yorkie boy. He came to me at 9 months old. he stills poops in the house. I have blocked off my bedroom so the cat can get peace, he goes in there to poop as well as the end of the hall. Is it a marking thing or just bad training. I have tried to get him not to go in the house and to do basic training. I have had no luck. |
06-26-2010, 07:31 PM | #90 | |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: ,nc,usa
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Why do you allow him to run loose if he isn't house trained yet? What methods or techniques are you using to house train your dog and what kind of basic training are you doing? . | |
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