How long did it take for your yorkie to be fully potty trained?! Help please? :)
 

little chloe is 4 months old in four days. i got her from the breeder when she was 10 weeks old.

i did confuse her a little bit in the beginning, because at first i thought i would be litterbox training her. i live on the fourth floor of my apartment building, walk-up. she was 65-70% going in her litterbox for number ones, & about 35% of the times for number twos.

she started getting the walks and going outside. but she would still pee inside the house!

i took the litterbox away about 2 weeks ago. and now i've been doing more frequent walks. every three hours at LEAST. and at night, i take her out right before i put her in her crate to sleep.

i'm a student on top of all that, & it's finals for the next two weeks. this is draining me so much, i'm trying, but can someone help me out?

how long did it take for you to train your puppy? how old were they? & if you have any advice on what i can do, it would be great!




also: she never goes to the bathroom inside my room, but she always does in the living room if i let her roam free.

You have a lot on your plate right now. It will be quite a while before she is completely trained. I've heard that they are not truly trustworthy till they are over a year old maybe 18 months or more. Every dog is different. I would get an expen that you can put a puppy pad in one end and a bed in the other with food and water. This way you have a safe place to leave your baby while at school and studying. You can still take the baby for walks, but she has a place to go when you are not available. She is still very young and just doesn't have control yet. She will learn, but it's important that you understand that she just can't hold it for very long.

Four months is verrrry young to expect her to be potty trained. One key here is to never let her roam free, if you cannot have your eye on her. Potty training takes consistency and patience. Just curious, why did you take the litter box away? It might be a good way to have her trained if you live on the 4th floor and are not home all the time to let her out/walk her.
How long it takes to be 100% reliable can vary from dog to dog (some in as little as 6 months, some up to two years, and some never 100%) and depends greatly on how much time you devote to potty training. I think it happens much quicker if you are with them 24/7 and focus on the potty training 100%. It takes longer if you work or are gone parts of the day.

Magnus was trained at 3 months for the pee pads. Took him about.. 2-3 weeks. I started out by putting pads everywhere around the house but he still had "accidents". So I ended up limiting his roaming grounds and I think that was the most effective part. As he started going on the pads, I'd praise him and give him a treat. As time went by I took one pad away at a time and now we're down to one. He's been really good so far. *knock on wood* I also got one of those spray things that's suppose to help with potty training. I know it didn't work for a lot of ppl but it worked for me so.. *shrug*

Hope this helps and good luck on your exams!!!!!

Cooper was trained in about two weeks to go outside but I am home all day so I think that made a difference. Just keep taking her outside and telling her good potty she will get it. Good luck!!

i keep her in my room with me with the door closed most of the times, & she never goes inside my room. but if i let her out to roam free in the living room she will pee in the living room.

she knows to go outside for the most part because she will whine when she has to go, & i take her out. but sometimes she still pees in the house. and occasionally will go number two in a corner of the living room if i take my eyes off of her for five minutes.

i'm determined to get her trained asap so now i am keeping an eye on her at all times.

she is crate trained so when i go away for my classes (i go to a university) she hangs out in her crate. she also sleeps in her crate at night. she will never go in her crate (because she does take it as "her room" and "her den", i hear after they are crate trained?). i dont have to worry about her going to the bathroom in the house while i'm in school. i let her out and take her outside as soon as i get home. i come home between classes just for her.

i took the litterbox away because she seemed to be a little confused about going outside and going inside. and i had planned on taking it away at some point anyway; i felt that she understood going outside was a good thing, so i wanted to take it away now since they say after 3 months, they are able to "hold it" for three hours max. i take her out often enough for her so i decided to take it away.

i guess i will just consistently do what i'm doing, & learn to keep an eye on her even more! this is my first yorkie (and the first dog that is actually fully just mine, and not the familiy's). i have a golden retriever back home who learned potty training completely in about two weeks. chloe (my yorkie) is a smart puppy and i'll just work harder with her to get her trained!

thanks for all your advice and help! it really helped me a lot :)

It sounds to me like you are doing everything right, just keep up the good work!

I also once had a Golden Retriever and a Yorkie.....they were just like night and day in terms of potty training. I raised the Golden at the same time as my human baby and we decided that the Golden had an IQ of about a 3 year old child, which is a lot of intelligence if you really think about it! (After that point, my daughter understood words and commands that the dog did not.) Our Yorkie still had accidents until he was over a year old, but at least they were Yorkie sized accidents! The Golden accidents were monumental!

Best of luck to you...........

Kaylee is 16 months and she knows she is not to potty in the house but she still does quite a bit...but it took us almost 3 yrs and finally a doggie door to get Shelby Rae to not potty in the house...she still will if it is pouring rain since she doesn't like that...my hubby cleans the carpets at least once a month..he hates that lol but I think it is our fault for not letting her roam free from the time we got her...now I can't bear to limit her freedom since it upsets her so much..
good luck and she will get it.;)

I have had to house break 3 different kinds of breeds.
my first dog God rest her soul....Golide a golden retriever...3 months
Second dog my Daisy a jack-a-poo ..........3 weeks
third dog miss Pixie yorkie..........5-6 months
What I have learned is patience and perseverance and that Yorkie's are harder to house break!! But they are the most loyal and loveable breed and are worth all the little piddle pots! lol

I agree with a lot of other posters. Magic our BRT - house broke with confidence at 3months. Razzle our Yorkie took longer (some of it my fault) because he came home in the winter and I started with the puppy pads and I just couldn`t ask him when he was sooo very little to go out in the snow and cold - but at about 9 months old he was house broke completely.

Have patience and your little one will be house trained soon.