Potty training support group
 

Hi everyone, I'm going to be starting Coco on potty training all over again when my little rascal box gets here. I was thinking that a group for potty training support might be a good idea but didn't start one up yet until I see if there is interest.

I figure there is always training going on so it would be useful and all in one spot... anyone game to join with me?

I know there are those out there that have posted recently about trying a new product, or trying to go for just outside or even just training a new puppy... I'll start the group if I get some peeps to join it with me so i'm not talking to myself. LOL

lol,

I'll join. I'm in the middle of training a now 11 week old puppy. It's a lot of work, and yesterday it seemed like we started going backwards.

I'll join Ella is 10 month old and has accidents once is a while. Potty training is very hard especially if you live in place that is cold and snows in the winter time.

Potty trainers always need support!

I think I am on the tail end with Thor :hands:, but we need to go three months without an accident before I'm ready to say he's officially trained.

I'm in! I will have Bailey in a little over a week, and will be starting him on the Wizdog and hope it works for him, but I know it is going to be difficult, and who knows, it may not work and maybe I'll have to switch to something else. I find it interesting and helpful reading other peoples experiences with training their puppies:)

I'm in!! I didn't get Vino until he was 8 months old, and he is now 10 months old and I am so frustrated:idontknow

I will take any help I can get!!!!!!!

Thanks for getting the group started!!

I'm in to join. My 5 month old Mimi is having a really hard time with potty training. I'm getting a little frustrated. I can use all the help I can get.

Here is the link http://www.yorkietalk.com/forums/groups/don-t-pee.html... lets get going

Alright... let's get some joiners. the more silz the better off we are.

Support Group
 

I'm in as well. Thought I joined the other day. But this is Day 1 for me. I picked up my 10 wk old Lily today. She threw up on the ride home in the car. Poor baby. I am planning to train her to potty in a litter box. She peed the 1st time in the litter box (hooray) but pooped in her crate. I have the Yard pen XT or something like that, which I purchased from PetSmart. Her crate is inside the yard pen along with food and water. I reduced the size from 6 panels to 4 to restrict space. I had her water & food out in the remaining area but after she pooped in the crate I put it inside but left the door open. She also has some toys in there. She shivered and whined and barked a lot all afternoon. By evening she was a bit quieter. At 10:00 I put a beach towel over her crate And turned out the lights, when I went down to check on her she was asleep in the litter box (it has a pee pad in it not litter). I got her to move to the crate and she is sleeping in there now. I also ordered another pen which I saw in a post to Niterider. I plan to have that one in my LR. Right now she is downstairs and I am upstairs. I think she will be happier if she can see me. I'm really nervous about this potty training tho. I wonder if she will sleep thru the night and what's in store tomorrow.

I'm in. My little Max is about to be 12 months and I am still having a problem ..:(

i joined! what a great group!! do we post our training experiences in separate threads?

Sure, you can do whatever you like :)

I'm in too! What a great idea. :thumbup:

Lulu is 5 and a half months old. She is only pad potty trained. She is pretty good, but we have at least one accident per day. She knows where her pad is, but choses the hallway area as an alternative :confused: Go figure.

Nadezda

Lily Day 2
 

Lily slept quietly thru the nite and when I went in to check on her @ 6:30 she was quietly sitting at the gate of her pen. We played with her a little and when she started to poop I caught her and put her on the wee pad. She finished there and I gave her a treat. Since then she has been mostly whining and barking. I ended up closing the window as she is loud. A little shivering thrown in and not much eating. Random nibbles here and there. My instrx said to give her some nutri-cal today which I did but got worried anyway and called the breeder. They said it wasn't hypoglycemia whining but more "I want out of this pen" whining. She hasn't gone to the bathroom again since. Her 1st vet visit and 3rd shot are tomorrow so I can ask them some questions and make sure I'm handling this correctly. Whew, this is a tad stressful but I prepared myself for a long journey and it begins with a single step. I am in love with her already!

I'll join. I'm in the middle of training a 8 week old Yorkie female.:animal-pa
so far so good.

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I thought about buying some. you really can smell the scent on them.
just thought i would ask.

I joined! I love the groups avatar! lol! Thanks for starting it. At first I was confused, I thought THIS was the group! Then I clicked your link. haha I should still be considered a newbie.

So far my Yorkie is doing very well with the pads. she sleeps in the bed with me at night. i get up two times in the middle of the night and put her on her pad. and soon as it get up in the moring i put her on her pad and she goes. question is am i doing anything wrong by putting her on her pad or should i let her walk to it?
Since i have brought my Yorkie home. i have been walking her around My church parking lot, for about 30 min every night, with water stops.
Is it ok for me to walk her that long.. every night she sleeps very well.:rolleyes: is there anything wrong with this?

Day 3
Lily slept all nite again up @ 5:00 played and back to bed. No potty action. Later went to the holistic vet in Montclair. They changed her food from Eukanuba to BilJac said it was better if I'm going to leave her alone all day. Also said I was supposed to wet her Eukanuba but no one mentioned that to me. 3rd Shot was delayed till next wk. She is on 4 shot schedule now instead of 5. Vet feels that was too many shots. She threw up on the ride home. This is the 2nd time she's been in a car and 2nd car sickness. I need to find out what to do or if they grow out of it. Last tip was that the crate I'm using may be too big which might be why she potties in there. I was told to add some more "furniture" to her den. I came home and put a box in there to make it smaller. She immediately started using the crate to lie down in and went pee & poo on the pee pad in the litter box! I didn't witness the action so couldn't reward her. Not as much barking and whining today either. I go back to work tomorrow.

I would bring her right to the pad like you have been doing, at least until she get's it that she should be going there, one day you will be letting her have some freedom and she will walk over there to pee and you will see SHE GETS IT!

A 30 min walk is wonderful, as long as she is tolerating it then go for it. The big plus is it will help tire her out.

just wanted to mention a few posts up I have a link that goes to the "Don't Pee on That" potty support group ... if you want to post in there as well

Sounds like it's moving in the right direction! hope you had a great day today

Potty training support group
 

My little girl is now 11 months old. We got her when she was 3 months old. She will go potty outside during the night, she wakes me up. But during the day it is a real chore. She does not ask to go out, as she does at 1am :(, so I have to take her out about every two hours just to get her to pee. Getting her to poop is another story - she leaves me presents, as we call them now, all over the house. Everytime we have "had it" so to speak, she just looks at us with those beautiful eyes and adorable face and we fall in love with her all over again. Help!!!

Lily Day 4 Home Alone
 

This just goes to show you how little it takes sometimes to bring me joy. This was my 1st day back @ work and Lily had to stay home all day alone. I did come home at lunch time to check on her and let her out to play for about 10 min. She woke up around 5:00 am but I got up primarily to see if/where she has gone to the bathroom thru the night. I was greeted by both poo & pee in the litter box and a dry towel in her crate. At lunch I when I came home I discovered another spot of pee on the pad in the litter box. I returned home tonite around 5:30 and didn't really notice anything new. I took out her old pad and straightened out her area, checking food & water. I then played with her out of the pen. I made a sort of runway area for her out of a plastic runner I got @ Home Depot. I don't have to worry about staining if she decides to do her business on the sly. I sit on the bottom of my stairs put a harness and leash on her and she can only run that distance back & forth. Carpet stays clean. After about 10-15 mins of her being out. I put her back in the pen on the pad which she jumped out of (she always does). So I left her there barking & whining. I changed my clothes and when I returned there was a new poo & pee right on the pad. No accidents today and without me even being home. I feel good. I know it's temporary but I'm a happy girl right now!

5 months and not potty trained! Help!?
 

My little Morkie is almost 5 months old and still doesn't seem to understand at all that she HAS to let me know in some way that she has to GO OUTSIDE! She seems mostly to pee and poop in my bedroom. I read somewhere that Yorkies don't get trained before 15 weeks. Is this true and I'll take all the helpful ideas I can get. I'm moving to a new place this weekend and I don't want to let the carpets get dirty or smell this smell anymore. She SO intelligent in every other way. I just don't understand this. Thank you! :o

Donna

Lily Day 5 Still Home Alone
 

Today was pretty much a repeat of yesterday accept she did not make any noise this morning until I went in to check on her. All business had hit its intended target. One accident occurred when I put her back in her pen area after letting her play & get some exercise. When I returned her to the pen and placed her in the litter box with my command, well, as usual she never stays in the litter box. So I just leave the room and when I come back she has finished. This morning I think she was so excited from playing that she had her #2 right at the side of the panel where she jumps up & down. I calmly cleaned the area and left for work. The rest of the day was fine & accident free. I finally got to witness my 1st "Lily poop" in the litter box. I got to celebrate and give her the 1st treat for a job well done. She has been doing what she's supposed to do but I have never seen her do it. She went to bed even earlier tonite. Around 8:45. She seems to be getting used to our routine of her coming upstairs with me and lying on my lap while we watch The View & the Animal Planet. Afterward I take her downstairs, cover her crate and turn off the light. Off to sleep she goes.

potty training
 

I would love to join the potty support group. My Tessie is 4 months old. I got her on mothers day. She will use the potty pads sometimes but only once and then she wants a new pad ( very expensive). I work on taking her outside with very little luck and then she will come in the house and go to the pad. I really need help.

My baby is 22 months old and I need to start all over again with potty training so this sounds great.:aimeeyork

Potty Training
 

For small dogs which is better litter box, wee-wee pads or oudside or maybe both:confused:

sophie is in like it or not. she is 11wks
when and how to start?