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02-26-2009, 11:51 AM | #1 |
Thor's Human Donating Member | The YT Potty Log Hi everyone! I thought we should have a thread for those of us in the potty training trenches. We are the ones who buy Nature's Miracle in bulk. We are the ones who have pulled up all the area rugs in our house. We are the ones with tears on our faces, sweat on our brows, diapers on our dogs. Our heads are bloodied, but unbowed. I'll go first. On the goal of thirty accident-free days, Thor and I are back to Day 0. Last night, we were playing indoors. Usually I growl and him and he takes off running. Amazingly, I was literally standing almost on top of him, wondering why he had stopped running for a second. Then he started again and I Knew. I think there's a silver lining in all of this, in that I corrected him (though I did have to catch him first) and took him back to the pad. He's doing extremely well with the pad in my living room, so I think now I need to extend that training to other pads. I also got the grass-scented pads yesterday. They don't smell any different to me, but I desperately hope they smell different to Thor.
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02-26-2009, 01:43 PM | #2 |
Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Waverly, Ne, United States
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| I am definitely in the potty training phase! We have great days and we have HORRIBLE days! The one thing that makes my life not as stressful is that our main living area is laminate wood floors, so clean up is a a breeze! Although it is cold where we live, we are trying to go without using potty pads because our silly cat thinks they are for her and she is peeing there (and other places)!!!! I can't handle two animals peeing everywhere, so we are working on outside pottying only! I would LOVE to go 1 day, let alone 30 days, with an accident! Good luck to all who decided to join this thread! I will certainly need it myself. By the way QuickSilver, your baby is ADORABLE! OMG, I love his coloring! ~~Jenn~~ |
02-26-2009, 02:04 PM | #3 |
Donating YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Saskatchewan
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| Layla and I are also back to potty training! I have decided after too many area rug incidents, it's time for her to start peeing outside! I have blocked off the kitchen where the area rug is (known to Layla as giant pee pad ) and it turns out she loves going outside! When I ask if she wants to go outside she runs straight to the door It's not always potty time, but when it is she gets tons of praise and treats! And she has been faithfully using her pad beside the door when I'm not home. We are patiently waiting on potty bells from bellasmomok to arrive which might make it easier to tell me when she wants out. It has been almost two weeks with just one incident of poop right beside the pad. But the real count starts when I give her access to the kitchen again!
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02-26-2009, 02:22 PM | #4 |
Donating Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Connecticut
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| Piper is 9 months old and just when I think she's housetrained she has an accident. Piper never tells me when she has to go so I bring her out every couple hours. When she has pee mistakes it's not that she squats and pees, she does this running dribble. She'll be running down the hall after a ball and I notice she's dribbling the whole way. I guess she can't run and play when her bladder is full. She had a lot of pee accidents in the begining. The vet said she had an immature bladder and she would outgrow it. She very rarely poops in the house only when I don't leave her outside long enough after she pees and I just assume she is done and I bring her inside too soon. She has come a long way from the little puppy who piddled everywhere. We use to call her Piddle Piper.
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02-26-2009, 03:35 PM | #5 |
YT Addict Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: banning, ca
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| i was about to start a similar post. I thought Charlie was potty trained however, today we had two accidents inside. One was in his crate and the other was about 30 mins ago. He was playing and all of sudden stopped...I noticed he was sitting weird on top of his snowman stuff animal..I lifted him up and there he goes..peeing on his snowman and the carpet..argh! Lately we have been having good days with no accidents to bad days with one or two accidents. I wonder if it is b/c I am over working him. He is also very bad at in the morning. He usually can go all night without having to potty however lately he would need to go at random times during the night. |
02-26-2009, 04:06 PM | #6 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Minnesota
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| Our Lexi at 5mos seems to be doing well, or rather we are. We watch her when loose constantly. One good suggestion we got was to tie her leash or a light weight rope to us at all times where you walk they follow (yea...sometimes ) rather then the other way around. |
02-26-2009, 04:58 PM | #7 |
YT Addict Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Kentucky - but I'm Canadian and proud of it!
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| We're a week accident free now! Before that he peed on his one month anniversary. lol, he showed me.
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02-26-2009, 05:01 PM | #8 |
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| lol, girl, you crack me up!
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02-26-2009, 07:17 PM | #9 |
YT 2000 Club Member | Jasmine and I are just in the beginning of potty training..........she is only 9 weeks old. She came home to live with us forever a week ago. She has a big sister of 6 years old to help her, she follows her everywhere. Prissy, her big sister, goes outside with us every two hours during the day and less during the night just like she did when she was a puppy potty training. Oh, the lack of sleep, but oh the joy of a sweet little puppy kisses! Good luck to all the little yorkies and their mommies and daddies.
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02-26-2009, 09:56 PM | #10 |
Thor's Human Donating Member | Yaaaay! I was playing with Thor indoors again today and he made a piss stop on his pad! We weren't playing at my apartment during yesterday's Incident, so I think it's just a matter of teaching him to use multiple pads. Though again, it would be really nice if he could tell the difference between a pad and a rug... maybe I need to add some pad trays into the mix. We are closing out Day 1!
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02-26-2009, 10:19 PM | #11 | |
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Another development for us is the introduction of a fenced-in potty zone, as of today. Earlier I went to the Home Depot and spent $79 I didn't really have so that we could lose the leash. Whether it's with the bell, or with just walking to the door and giving me a "look", he still abuses his outside privileges, and I swear bending down every two minutes to put his leash on or take it off was going to give me a bad back. Not to mention it consumes more time. Between my DH and I, we had the cheapo (but not too ugly, overall) fence up and running in 40 minutes. So far, removing the leash and adding the fence in the pottying equation hasn't caused any regression, but it's only been half a day. I hope it works out... I for one am LOVING not needing the leash every time. We're looking forward to lots of updates from all the other dogs and peoples from the "trenches." It's great to hear from so many people going through the same thing... LOL, kind of like AA but for dogs Addicted to Peeing indoors... I guess that would make it PA? Lauren & Nikko | |
02-27-2009, 08:12 AM | #12 |
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| Hi all, Oh m god!!! Thank heavens for this thread. I have two little ones, one is 9 months and the other 23 months. Both about 2-2 1/2 lbs. Neither of them is potty trained, and it's not their fault either. When I got my older one, she was 11 months old and the breeder never potty trained her. When I first got her, my 16 yo Merlin was dying, and so was a little piece of me, so he really got most of my attention and i kind of ignored potty training until he passed. Then shortly after that we acquired a rescue, Muffin, at 4 months. I was taking them to puppy training classes when the roof fell in at my house, and then my mom got lung cancer, so we were living in a motel for months, our whole schedule distrupted, and then we were dealing with the lung cancer, so everything else fell aside. Now we are finally back in the house, mom is recovering from surgery and appears to be somewhat stable at this time, so it's back to potty training. Whew! Well I just purchased a covered dog run so I can leave them loose without a leash and they can be protected and run and have fun together. I just started with them this morning with treats because Muffin just recovered from spaying. When I woke them up and took them outside I gave them lots of treats and lots of praise for making wee and poo outside. I was looking for bells that they could ring to tell me they have to go. I saw it mentioned on here but I'm a little lost. Where do I go to get those potty bells? Also, our house is very big. They are primarily in my room and have been messing up my bedroom rug and bathroom at various times. Sometimes they would go on the potty pads, and sometimes they wouldn't. Our kitchen/family room faces the outside backyard where their run is. The sliders in the kitchen go out to the back yard. What do you suggest to transition them from potty pads and my rug, to the outside run? Should I keep them in the kitchen/family room? Should I give them run of the house? It is such a long way from my bed room to the ouside sliders, I just don't know what to do...Should I keep potty pads in the kitchen? Should I continue to keep them in my room, since they don't have run of the house yet? Very confused and welcoming all responses. Sorry for such a long long post, but with two little ones, I am pulling the hair out of my head!!! Help. The plan is to take them out after each meal. Thanks for being there-WHEW! |
02-28-2009, 05:35 PM | #13 |
Thor's Human Donating Member | Hello again, Day 0. How familiar you are becoming. Thor did exactly what he did yesterday, except instead of peeing on the pad, he peed on the rug. I did catch him and move him over to the pee pad, where he finished up. This is such an emotional roller coaster. Just this morning I was feeling all smug and thinking there was no way we wouldn't clear Day 3. Now, once again, I question if Thor can ever be trained. I hate to say it, but he is just not that smart a dog. Like, he hates having his teeth brushed. Every night, he watches me gather up the tooth brush, the tooth paste, and lets me wrap him up in a towel. Then suddenly he realizes on NO, she's going to brush my teeth! Sad to say, Thor is one of those dogs who coasts by on his looks.
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02-28-2009, 07:27 PM | #14 | |
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02-28-2009, 07:45 PM | #15 |
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| [quote=QuickSilver;2494408]Hello again, Day 0. How familiar you are becoming. Thor did exactly what he did yesterday, except instead of peeing on the pad, he peed on the rug. I did catch him and move him over to the pee pad, where he finished up. This is such an emotional roller coaster. Just this morning I was feeling all smug and thinking there was no way we wouldn't clear Day 3. Now, once again, I question if Thor can ever be trained. I hate to say it, but he is just not that smart a dog. Like, he hates having his teeth brushed. Every night, he watches me gather up the tooth brush, the tooth paste, and lets me wrap him up in a towel. Then suddenly he realizes on NO, she's going to brush my teeth! Sad to say, Thor is one of those dogs who coasts by on his looks.[/quote] But he is so darn cute , I can see how he easily could !! I'm not exactly in the trenches , Sydney is three and is trained and Chloe is doing well...but while she will go pee on the potty on the pad just fine when she poo's she runs off before she's done to get her treat , so I get one poo on the pad and one poo following behind her and landing next to the pad How in the world am I suppose to teach a dog to slow down while pooing Like I said , not exactly trench worthy , but still tired of the one poo on , one poo off routine Oh , and 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.
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