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03-24-2009, 01:13 PM | #1 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Farmerville, Louisiana
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| Litter Box Training Your Yorkie I'm new, but I have been trying to read as many posts as I can. I've noticed that I haven't come across anything about litter box training yorkies. I was just curious if there is anyone out there that has done this also? Silvia is almost five years old and we litter box trained her. It started out as a temporary solution to chewed up puppy pads all over the house, but it turned into a permanant thing. It has been a lifesaver as far as being able to leave her home alone overnight and not worrying, or not making it home in time to take her outside, etc. Also, when we realized that Silvia was going to be much smaller than we anticipated, it worried us to take her outside to do her business because she won't walk through the grass. She's so close to the ground that it bothers her and her tummy barely clears the grass. She's hilarious, like a cat with tape on the paws! Speaking of a cat, we do have two cats, and I was at first worried about them wanting to use her litter box, but that has never been an issue. The dog litter is much larger than cat litter and is made of recycled newspaper. It is comparable to the size of a pencil in circumference and the pieces are a 1/2" - 1" long. The cats have never even stepped foot in the box, and don't seem interested in it at all. Anyway, I was just wondering if anyone else has done this. And I was also wanting to put the idea out there for people looking for housebreaking solutions, since I haven't seen anything on it.
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03-24-2009, 01:28 PM | #2 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Decatur Illinois USA
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| Hello and welcome! I use liter for my chihuahuas but we peepad train Jasper and when he gets older he will go outside.Our Chis were rescues and were scared and timid so we had no choice but liter train them.They were scare of every noise and hated leashes.They are much better now but since they use the liter box we have kept with it.I like it a lot but Tinkerbell likes to carry some liter out of the box.Otherwise it is a nice and easy thing to use. |
03-25-2009, 01:40 PM | #3 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: glasgow
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| i would love to know how to do it? hi there. im new on here . i bring my yorkie pup home on the 18th of next month. i was thinking of using puppy pads until i came across ure suggestion of the litter box.. which can i just say i think it sounds gr8 and would siut my situation perfect. myself and my partner work everyday.. so most mornings my new dog will be home alone.. could u tell me how i go about litter box traing plz? any other tips u have for my new puppy will be much apprieciated. thanku. |
03-25-2009, 03:17 PM | #4 |
My little Shadow Donating YT Member | I do have a friend who litter box trained her yorkie. She does really great with it. Of course, she started this just as a puppy. It was new to me @the time.
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03-25-2009, 03:19 PM | #5 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Farmerville, Louisiana
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| We treated litter box training just like you would the puppy pads. We put a box in her cage and we also put one in one other place in the house. Everytime she acted like she were about to use the bathroom, we would scoop her up and put her in the box real quick and then praise her and give her a treat for using the box. In the case when she would pee on the floor or in her cage, we would of course rub her nose and raise our voice which scared her (never hit because her little hips are fragile). Then we would take her to the box and speak in a high pitched happy voice and give her a greenie treat. Instead of cleaning up the pee accident, I would take a maxi-pad and soak up the pee and then stick the pad to the bottom of the litterbox and bury it with the litter, so the scent would be there. If she pooped on the floor, we did the same thing and picked up the poop and put it in the box. She caught on very quickly. Now, she still had accidents on occasion, but I believe that's the nature of yorkies. She's four years old now and she might have two accidents a year, and once of those were probably our fault for accidently leaving her cage door closed. It's been such a great solution for our situation, because I always worried about her being so little and hurting her bladder holding it so long. It's also nice not to have to take her out every-so-often, or in the middle of the night. She knows that she can go the bathroom ANYTIME she wants. We often watch TV with her laying beside us on the couch and she will disappear for a few minutes, go use the box, and come right back. SOOOOO easy!!! I would recommend it to anyone! Good luck!
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03-25-2009, 03:20 PM | #6 |
Donating Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: East Point, GA, USA
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| Great idea! Where do you get doggie litter? I would love to litterbox train my Roxy. she rarely goes outside to poo- only to walk in good weather. She is pee pad trained but will not for some reason poo on the pee pad. Her favorite spots are the tile floor in my bathroom and the vinyl floor in the hallway right outside my bedroom. This is not a real problem- just have to keep tissue and disinfectant spray handy to get it up. She used to only poo when I was home, but lately she has been doing it once a day while I'm at work. A litterbox would be ideal. |
03-26-2009, 08:54 AM | #7 |
Donating YT Addict Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Ross, TX
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| When we had a stray dog for a few weeks, we tried the "doggy litter" stuff and hated that the pellets were so big. So I can not suggest a litter box with that stuff in it. Most people here I think use the litter box with a pad or cat litter in it. At least I think that is what I understand. The stray dog did learn to use the litter box very quickly, but the big (now wet) pellets could not be easily separated from the dry pellets and we ended up putting a pad at the bottom because urine would still collect in the pan. I think a box for the pad, be it a litter box or a refrigerator pan, is a good idea because they will not accidentally walk off and do business thinking they are on the pad. Penny does this several times a day because her pad is just on an office chair pad. (We are going to train her to a Pet Loo in a couple of weeks.) Last edited by ParrotLady; 03-26-2009 at 08:55 AM. |
03-26-2009, 09:31 AM | #8 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Farmerville, Louisiana
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| Hmmmm......I've never had a problem with the little pellets. My situation was the opposite, because Silvia would move the pee pad or chew it up, so it was never where it was supposed to be when she needed to use it. I'm sure there are several different brands of the pellets, but the ones we use are very easily separated when wet, so we just pick up once a day and then change the whole box once a week or so. We've never had pee collect in the box either, as the pellets absorb very well.
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03-26-2009, 09:38 AM | #9 |
Donating YT Addict Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Ross, TX
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| If we were ever to try pellets again, I would go to Home Depot and buy the pellets for pellet stoves. They are supposed to dissolve when wet and are a bargain. I learned about this recently from a book on dog potty training. I don't know if there are different pellets for stoves, but the ones suggested are made from newspaper. |
03-26-2009, 09:39 AM | #10 |
YorkieTalk Newbie! Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: north arlington, nj
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| my yorkie came litter box trained, you can buy pellets at petco but she kept eating the pellets and throwing them up. i tried different pellets i bought at walmart but mia also ate them. i tried the pads, and then the pads with a frame to hold it to the floor but in less than 10 minutes i had little white puffs all over. then i found a thing called wizdog on the net. it's a plastic tray that you put pads in and a grate over the pad. the dog can't get at the pad but pee goes right through. my mia pess on it but rarely poops on it. she likes to poop on my bedroom rug but at least she pees on the wizdog. |
03-26-2009, 02:26 PM | #11 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: glasgow
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| thanku thanku for the relpy i love that i can come on here with my questions and learn as much as i can before i bring my yorkie home..litter training sounds real easy..i hope mine learns real quick too i will be taking a few days off work when i get her..so should i start with the litter box straight away? she will only be ten wks when i bring her home. so cute i cant wait!....wot type of treats can i give her at this young age? thanks again for all the usefull info |
03-26-2009, 05:16 PM | #12 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Farmerville, Louisiana
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| I think ten weeks is a great age to start, and yes I would start from the instant you bring your new baby home. Silvia was also ten weeks old when we brought her home and we already had her boxes set up for her, so that's the first thing we did after introducing her to the cats. Since you will most likely need lots of treats in the beginning to motivate your pup to use the box, I would focus on very small treats that can be broken up. We used greenies, the kind that came in tiny little broken up pieces. It only took the smell of the treat to motivate her and they were so tiny that we could give her lots during the day. I hope your baby does really well with it. Good luck! And if you have any other questions about it, feel free to PM me.
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03-26-2009, 05:33 PM | #13 |
YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: california
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| I also tried litter box training but all of mine ate the pellets. I would love to be able to try again because I'm tired of washing pee pads. I just don't know what pellets to buy that they wouldn't eat I never tried cat litter only doggie litter from PetsMart
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03-26-2009, 06:16 PM | #14 | |
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03-26-2009, 08:09 PM | #15 |
Yorkie Talker Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: CA
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| Mine is litterbox trained while I'm at work during the day and goes outside when I'm home. She would tear the pee pads to shreds and I would come home to little wet, white pieces of pee pad. She did chew and play with the pellets when I first started training her but after two weeks, the novelty must have worn off. I used to come home and find the little pellets all over the x-pen area but now I only find one or two stray pellets outside of her litterbox. |
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