The YT Potty Log

[QuickSilver]

Originally Posted by chloesMama

... if I raise the blinds in my living room ( during certain times of the day) the sun comes in it makes a square(ish) bright white shape on the hardwood floor...and you guessed it..she will pee in the middle of that spot like it's a potty pad and then run to me all happy wanting praise and a reward....nutty dog.

Ha! That's really cute, actually, since I'm not the one cleaning it up.

[lemonlauren]

Whoo! We went to a brand new person's house today and brought Nikko along. He puked once on the drive there and once on the drive home, but he didn't pee or poop inside their house! Admittedly he was always on a leash and within three feet of me in their house, but still... crap I've gotta watch it. We're getting a little frighteningly overconfident, and I'm sure we'll be punished for it soon, lol.

Lauren & Nikko

[broodizt]

Hello all!!!

Can I join this doggedly determined potty blues group of brave souls? I too am struggling with the potty blues with my two girls, Cassie and Muffin.

My girls are being trained at the same time, actually, (very long story.) One is almost two and one is 9 months. Day 1 was yesterday and they went potty in the pen outside twice (I caught them, they did not tell me), and once on the potty pad, (edge of the pad-it's actually on the rug). How many times a day do you think I should take them out? I was thinking three times out and once having them potty on the potty pad (late at night, cold and wet outside). This morning went smashingly. I woke them up about 6:30, grabbed the treats, the towel and marched them out to the newly constructed romper room/potty pen outside. They seem to like it out in the pen and they do seem to know what is expected from them. I just don't seem to know when they are finished. I think I waited long enough before I brought them inside, so I'm hoping they won't go till after breakfast at 9Am when I can catch them about a half hour after eating. I can't wait for the potty bells by Bellasmomok so I can train them to tell me they have to go.

toodles, and good luck to all of you today. I'll keep you posted on our progress. Shellie

[QuickSilver]

Welcome, broodizt! I feel like we should have a team song. "I've got the pah-ha-ha-haaaa-tty training blues...."

Well, I got my first pimped pee today. Thor peed on cue, but he could smell there were more treats to be had. So five minutes later he went back and peed again. It's cute, but I don't want him rationing pee... I want him to empty out so he can run aorund the house leak-free.

[lemonlauren]

Right on! Thor doesn't seem to be quite as dumb as you say he is...

broodizt, I envy those of you who have the guts to train for pads and outside both... and I hope it works out for you too. I'm looking forward to your updates!

Lots of updates everybody!

Lauren & Nikko

[lil fu fu girl]

Well the new baby is doing pretty good. He actually let me sleep 6 hours last nite! That is a first. As for potty training, he seems to be getting it when he needs to urinate, however number 2 is toss-up. I try to make sure every time he gets up from his naps, he is put immediately on the pad. It seems to work, until he starts playing and then it is a free-for-all. OHHHohhh spoke to soon, son just stepped in poop! Ah well, back to the drawing board.

[QuickSilver]

Originally Posted by lemonlauren

Right on! Thor doesn't seem to be quite as dumb as you say he is...

Heh, maybe so. Today, every time I've had something to eat, he trots over to the pad, makes sure I'm watching, and pees. Then he runs over to me to for his cut.

[broodizt]

Thanks Lemonlauren, I hope the dual training works too, although I'd settle for one kind of training just working consistantly right about now.

Quicksilver, Thor is too cute, really, cuteness like that should be illegal. How the heck are we supposed to deal with such darn cuteness- without cracking up constantly from their antics?

Now my two, Miss Muffin and Miss Cassie, they were awarded the too cute to be real award, and boy do they take advantage of this. Miss Cassie fake pee's all the time just so she can get a treat. Miss Muffin, on the other hand makes so many poops in the back yard, I'm building a pyramid behind their play area. I think she's doing it on purpose, just to wear me down. I'm running out of Pure Bites, and that stuff is EXPENSIVE!

They did well this morning, then while visiting with friends this afternoon, Cassie and Muffin decided to take a quick potty break on my Oriental Rug. Back in their room they missed the pad again (just on the edge), but then had success a second time.

I try to keep their meal times consistent so that I know then to "catch them", but although I feed them on time, they don't always eat on time. Sometimes they decide to eat hours later, they're just so darn tiny, I don't want them to go without food for long periods of time-especially if they haven't eaten their whole meal.

They eat little enough as it is, quarter of a cup between them twice a day. So I free feed at night if they haven't had enough during the day. Makes it hard to keep on top of things.

Restarting tomorrow- Day 0 -with renewed commitment and dedication to poop free rugs and laminate floors. Toodles, will keep you all updated. Write Soon.
Shellie

[shannonroselive]

My name is Shannon and I was conned. Bullied as it were, into bringing home this dogwhowon'tbetrained. I will tell you, she does quite well with her wee pads, she'll have a pissors**t all day long on it nooooo problem. But then open the baby gate into the bedroom and she'll promptly crap on the carpet. Why? Why would a dog rather spend it's life in the bathroom instead of just sticking to the pad?

Let me also explain that we live on a bus. It's 40' long by 8 feet wide. The bathroom is about 6x8 so that's where her everything is. Just past the bathroom is the boys bedroom. Lately we've been letting her run in there to play and she loves it but after 2 successful days of her voluntarily going back to the bathroom to piss, she goes and craps in the kids room today. Why???

Somehow I've become her favorite and I baby her much but wouldn't you want the one you love most, to be happy and give you the goods instead of holler and with hold the goods? Now make her stop this and we can all go home!

[Baileyrosemomma]

Hello all! After reading this thread I do not feel so alone. It is nice to hear other peoples stories. Besides Bailey I also have a havanese that I am potty training. Bailey has good days and will even go weeks without an accident and then there are the days she goes out and then comes in and pees on the floor. Shelby my havanese is 4 months and does the best she can being still kinda young. If we stay on top of taking her out she will go outside. They both wake me up during the night when they need to go out. Bailey whines at the foot of my bed and Shelby showers me with kisses. I do have to agree with the others...they know how dang cute they are and they know how to use it...lol. One thing that works well for me is that I give them a treat or a tiny, tiny lick of the nutri-cal when they go potty. Bailey knows she only gets one if she goes potty. Usually she sits pretty and waits for her treat but if she did not go she runs to another room as is if this will make it so mommy does not know. I let her sleep in my bed at night but if I take them out at night and she does not go potty she knows she has to go in her kennel. When she does not go...she runs right to the kennel. I have to say it is kinda cute. I also find that she loves me to be happy that she goes potty by giving lots of luv and praise. I do not say anything when they have accidents I just mumble under my breath so she can hear my tone. You can tell by the look on her face she knows momma is disappointed and she sneaks away and sulks. But I never yell at her. I do say, "potty outside" and I also say it everytime they go outside. So lets see how day 1 goes...lol.

[lemonlauren]

Hi Shannon,

Do you always give her a super special treat whenever she does her business in the right place? They have to have some motivation to pee where you want them to, or else they don't care where they pee - the release of the bladder is enough reward for them, no matter where they happen to do it. So you have to give them something BETTER than just that sweet feeling of release, lol.

Also, dogs will decide where their "den" area is, and then anywhere else that is not "den" is considered by them to be a good place to pee. We have to help them realize that OUR HOUSE (or bus, whatever) is their den, and give them their own designated "non-den" place for peeing. Expanding their "den" slowly instead of too quickly helps, and catching them in the act, stopping them, and making them finish up in the "correct" place and treating them immediately afterward helps them to decide where the right place to pee/poo is. This last part is the part that takes the most work - you've gotta watch 'em constantly. And that's why we on the YT Potty Log consider ourselves "in the trenches" lol. Welcome to the ranks!

Good luck!

Lauren & Nikko

[PiePiper]

Does any body else have the problem with the dribble pee. I take Piper out about every 2 hours and she always does her business. I basically keep her confined to the kitchen and that's usually where I am. She is a very active little girl and she's always fliting around playing ball toss the toy over your head. Going under the table around always moving. When she has to go she doesn't ask she just starts going back and forth from the slider around table and back to slider. Sometimes I think she's just playing because it hasn't been that long since she's been out. Then I notice she's dribbling all the way around the table. I scoop her up and bring her out and she pees. So her accidents are never a puddle but a line of dribble. It's like she knows she has to go but doesn't know where to go. Why doesn't she just ask to go out? I would gladly just open the door for her.

[broodizt]

Hi all,

It's 5 oclock in the morning. After waking up with a massive headache and having to go potty myself- in the dark, I step in a pile of pooh with no slippers on- YUK!!!!!!!!!! (sorry for the obvious gag factor, but I just HAD to tell SOMEONE in order not to be dogacidal.) Actually, it is really not their fault. I fed them too much beef last night, and this is what I get. But why Muffin did it on the rug and not the pooh pads is anybody's guess. I'm sure she is the culprit. I'm not sure why all of a sudden she started pooing on the rug again when I thought she was almost paper trained. I have to call the vet and see if she will let me bathe her, as today is the last day of recovery from her spaying. Say a prayer for me. Shellie

[QuickSilver]

Eeeeeeeew. I haven't had the misfortune of stepping Thor's poo (knock on wood), but there are a number of people here who share your experience. You are not alone.

I think this is why yorkies are so cute - no other breed would be able to get away with such egregious behavior.

[drabinowitz43]

Originally Posted by PiePiper

Does any body else have the problem with the dribble pee. I take Piper out about every 2 hours and she always does her business. I basically keep her confined to the kitchen and that's usually where I am. She is a very active little girl and she's always fliting around playing ball toss the toy over your head. Going under the table around always moving. When she has to go she doesn't ask she just starts going back and forth from the slider around table and back to slider. Sometimes I think she's just playing because it hasn't been that long since she's been out. Then I notice she's dribbling all the way around the table. I scoop her up and bring her out and she pees. So her accidents are never a puddle but a line of dribble. It's like she knows she has to go but doesn't know where to go. Why doesn't she just ask to go out? I would gladly just open the door for her.

Yorkies are notorious for the dribble pee and, with Sadie, dribble poop. When I was training Sadie, on more than one occasion, I returned to a room to find (and I am not exaggerating cuz I counted) 20, yes 20 little poo-piles in various corners and under furniture in the living room. I thought I woud never make it, even having a little tantrum on occasion because it used to be really soft and not something you could just pick up and discard. Then a dog trainer told me that some Yorkies are famous, as he put it "crap walkers", that it can be a breed characteristic. My other puppy doesn't do this so I always knew when the accident was Sadie's because of the dribble pee stain on the rug. She does the same thing outside. At least there it's funny. Gotta love them, I always tell people Sadie being a puppy mill dog (I was dumb then) truly has "bad breeding."