The YT Potty Log

[ParrotLady]

Originally Posted by QuickSilver

ARGH. Thor pooped off the pad for the first time in three weeks! ... This is so frustrating!

We are going to get there, because we have determination! Remember, we are buds in this! We shall get Thor and Penny trained.

[fallingstar]

Originally Posted by VickieDavis

to leash him while he's sleeping sounds kinda scary to me. what could happen if you left the room. I've known puppies and adult dogs to hang and die from being unattended. if he managed to go behind the couch...then somebody wasnt paying attention. he's stilla baby and needs your guidance support and praise. never yell at him for pottying where he shouldnt. he'll only get fearful of you to let you when he has to go. can you use a crate or xpen for him to sleep in until he gets the idea?

I don't leave him unattended when he is on his leash. It's always in my hand. I have a crate but I only put him in it at bedtime.....and by the way he sleeps ALL night long.

[fallingstar]

Well I'm going to start Marley tomorrow on the 30 day no poo/no pee in the house schedule. I have a question about males though. Right now Marley is only 3 months old and he squats to pee. I've heard that after you have them neutered (at 6 months of age) that they won't hike their leg to pee. Is this true??

[bfforever]

I was thinking about the same thing. My male was a squatter. My D's dog is a squatter. I can't imagine a male yorkie lifting his leg in the house. We got both of ours fixed at around six months. My friend's yorkie was always a leg lifter, even as a puppy. He peed on her sofa, bed , walls till she got him trained which was about never. How do you get a squatter or keep a dog squatting. Loved my male, but don't think I could deal with a leg lifter.

[QuickSilver]

Originally Posted by bfforever

I was thinking about the same thing. My male was a squatter. My D's dog is a squatter. I can't imagine a male yorkie lifting his leg in the house. We got both of ours fixed at around six months. My friend's yorkie was always a leg lifter, even as a puppy. He peed on her sofa, bed , walls till she got him trained which was about never. How do you get a squatter or keep a dog squatting. Loved my male, but don't think I could deal with a leg lifter.

It's not so bad. Thor squats on his pad, but he likes lifting his leg on walks, and while he's not maniacal about it, he does lift his leg when he's decided to pee indoors on a wall.

In general, if you neuter a dog early enough, he will not lift his leg. It's not a hard and fast rule though, and it's not that uncommon for female dogs to lift their legs, particularly if they are not altered.

[VickieDavis]

Originally Posted by bfforever

I was thinking about the same thing. My male was a squatter. My D's dog is a squatter. I can't imagine a male yorkie lifting his leg in the house. We got both of ours fixed at around six months. My friend's yorkie was always a leg lifter, even as a puppy. He peed on her sofa, bed , walls till she got him trained which was about never. How do you get a squatter or keep a dog squatting. Loved my male, but don't think I could deal with a leg lifter.

Whats funny is my Angel who is now almost 4 yrs old...squats AND lifts her hind left leg. Its so funny to watch her pee. lol

[fallingstar]

Well it's 2:15 p.m. and this is Marley's first day on his 30 day schedule and so far so good. Of course I'm keeping him on a leash right next to me and if I'm not able to watch him constantly, he goes into his crate.
I have also have a parrot and I keep newspaper in front of his cage because the first thing that he does when I let him out is poop in the floor. I was watching Marley last night and he got on Quincy's newspaper and pooped. When he finished, I pretended that I didn't see him do it. Then he turns around and goes back over to the newspaper and starts pushing around the paper with his nose until he covered it up. It was so cute!!! I wish I had caught it on video. He's very smart. He knew that he wasn't suppose to poo in the house and tried to hide it from me....LOL.

[ParrotLady]

Today we were out of town all day and just got back. We left Penny loose in my office with two wee pads. She did everything on the pads!!

We are so pleased with her! I actually only think it is day two, because we had to start over, but hey she did GREAT.

[fallingstar]

Well Marley blew day one. I had him on his leash and took him into the kitchen. I turned my head long enough to get a glass out of the cabinet and when I turned back around he had peed in the floor!! He only had one accident today and that's pretty good for him.

[ParrotLady]

Back to day 0. While we were eating lunch, she walked over to her pad and walked right off the end and wet the floor.

We are going to get a Pet Loo eventually, so I think if she has to step up 6' to go potty, maybe she will stay there. Of course, we have to start the potty training all over again to get her want to go on the Loo when it gets here.

[fallingstar]

Well we are back to square one again. Marley did a sneak pee on me again today. I've read some posts about belly bands and so today I decided to get out my sewing machine and make Marley one. It took less than an hour to make and so far has been well worth it. He hates it though. He walks around sliding against the wall trying to get it off....LOL. He is really ticked off at me about it. I took this picture of him today. He has NEVER gotten into his toy basket before. I guess he's trying to show me that his is really upset with the belly band thing.

[QuickSilver]

Awwww, poor doggie! Being super-cute isn't going to get that belly band off, though. This situation calls for lots of barking.

Thor is sailing through Day 3. The obsessive peeing has calmed down a bit too. He still goes over a dozen times a day, but not MUCH more. It's definitely under 20 times per day. Hey, it's progress.

[shannonroselive]

OMG I LOVE Thor's new avatar pic! Very cute!

Curly is doing great lately. No accidents and has free run of the bus unless we have to leave her for a short time. Then she stays in the bathroom but still, no messes. I'll have to go back and count the days, I'm not sure how long it's been now but man, it's been NICE!
I certainly hope I didn't just jinx us again lol.

[chelop555]

OK...starting day one today! Just want to clarify, what counts as an accident. Daisy is using pee pads. Sometimes when pooping, she wanders off of the pad. Does it still count if she started on the pad and atempted? With pee she has it down! It's the poop, she moves it in her x-pen. Starts on the pad and then she moves it off.
So my question is, must all poop be on the pad????
haha..what a conversation this is!!!

[ParrotLady]

Originally Posted by chelop555

OK...starting day one today! Just want to clarify, what counts as an accident. Daisy is using pee pads. Sometimes when pooping, she wanders off of the pad. Does it still count if she started on the pad and atempted? With pee she has it down! It's the poop, she moves it in her x-pen. Starts on the pad and then she moves it off.
So my question is, must all poop be on the pad????
haha..what a conversation this is!!!

I think you have to decide that! We count it if Penny thinks she went on the pad. If we were not headed for the Pet Loo in the future, we would purchase a tray for the pad that would "tell" her she is getting off. I think that is the only way to keep them from going half on and half off or just wandering off and doing it.

We have quit counting until we get the Mini Loo, hopefully next month some time. Right now we are trying to slowly move the pad in the office toward the kitchen so that by next month there will only be one place for her to go.

We made a mistake having two areas we found out. Now she will go where the pad used to be in the office. So we are going to move it a few inches a day instead of a foot a day toward the kitchen. She is having accidents every day since we started moving the pad around.