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09-11-2010, 10:45 AM | #1 |
Yorkie Talker Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: peru, indiana
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| training dog not to use pee pads I have a just 2 year old yorkie. He is what I call sometimes housetrained. Sometimes he uses his pee pad and sometimes he doesn't.I tried to train him to go out side but failed. I dont know if he was confused or what. I would love for him to go outside all of the time, I just dont know how to go about it. We dont have a fenced yard, I dont know if that makes a difference or not. Any advice I get would be very useful.Thank you. |
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09-11-2010, 02:22 PM | #2 |
YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Michigan, USA
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| Hi, Toto's Mom. I would go back to basics. Crate training is the fastest and easiest way to house train a dog. If you stick to a strict food, play, potty, and crate schedule, it should have a positive outcome. |
09-11-2010, 02:53 PM | #3 |
Yorkie Talker Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: peru, indiana
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| training dog not to use pee pads I dont mean to sound dumb, but could you give me an idea of what that might be. |
09-12-2010, 05:33 AM | #4 |
Yorkie Talker Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: peru, indiana
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09-12-2010, 06:52 AM | #5 | |
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As I don'tlike getting locked out of my bathroom myself for long periods of time, I don't ever recommend crate training cruelty for potty training. You could create a problem where he will potty in the crate all the time and you can be blessed with having to clean that up. | |
09-12-2010, 08:21 AM | #6 | |
YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Michigan, USA
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I highly recommend the book, "How to House Break Your Dog in Seven Days." It has different schedules for if you're working or not and the age of the puppy. For example, at six months, I started feeding Sydney twice a day, but when I was potty training, I fed her three times a day. A crate is simply a dog cage that you can section off so your puppy can turn around, but deters him/her from soiling where they sleep. In the crate, you want it comfortable and with a safe toy, but no food or water. Each dog is different. Some catch on quickly while it takes time for others. If you stick with a schedule, it's easier on you and your dog. Actually, you can pretty much time your day by your dog's bowl movements. lol The schedule below is an example. If your dog takes longer than a half-hour to go potty, put him/her in the crate and take him/her back out for potty after ten minutes. Say, "Potty" when you're at the spot for him/her to go. It might take a few tries, but eventually, he/she will catch on to what is expected of him/her. Schedule I used at 12-weeks: 7 a.m. Potty 7:30 Breakfast 7:45 Play 8:15 Potty 8:45 Play 9 Crate 12 Potty 12:30 Lunch 12:45 Play 1:15 Potty 1:45 Play 2 Crate 5 Potty 5:30 Dinner 5:45 Play 6:15 Potty 6:30 Play 6:45 Crate 8 Potty 8:30 Water and Play 8:45 Potty 9:15 Crate 11 p.m. Potty 11:30 Crate | |
09-17-2010, 05:49 AM | #7 |
Yorkie Yakker Join Date: May 2010 Location: Chicago,IL
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| I agree w/ Kirby's book rec.. I bought the online version of the book and it helped w/ crate training my puppy. I believe they have a schedule for older dogs too--as they obviously don't need to "use it" as much as a puppy would. Buying pads was expensive, and the puppy "using it" inside does leave a slight smell indoors, IMO---so outside was best for us. |
09-17-2010, 06:10 AM | #8 |
T. Bumpkins & Co. Donating YT Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: New England
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| Crate training never worked for us but a schedule and positive reinforcement did. I think crate training failed because we had to leave the puppies inside their crates for 4 hours at a time and at a young age they couldn't hold it. It took us A LONG time to break our two older ones and it was frustrating. They used a litter box and now use washable doggie pee pads. Our youngest Teddy is still not 100% - but each day it gets better and he continues to learn. It's a test of patience for sure. Our dogs also go outside, and they prefer to piddle in the garden, but it's just too cold here in the winter and they cry if they see snow.
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09-20-2010, 06:34 AM | #9 |
Yorkie Talker Join Date: May 2010 Location: Palmetto Bay
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| treats & lots of praise We did not want a puppy so when we received our 1 year old boy he had been weewee pad trained by his breeder family. The switching process is a work in progress. After lots of research and talking to breeders we decided to crate at night and during the day between play times keep him tethered to one of our sides. This allowed us to keep an eye on him at all times while going out every 2 hours. ALL food and water is removed at 8 p.m. and final walk is at 10 p.m. Our garden is not a fenced in area so he was on a leash for about 1 month. Our break through occurred when we started rewarding him with lots of praise and a treat after each potty. Then once the potties became standard fare we started praising him & giving treats when he was off leash and remained in the allotted area. It has been 6 months but he is off leash in the garden, stays within the allowed area and housebroken when left alone and restricted to the first floor however, if we leave him the run of the entire house he will go on the rugs found on the second floor. There are area rugs on the first floor too but he does not use them. I might also mention that his creat is also on the 1st floor and whenever we are in that area of the house he will lie in his crate. Hans continues to sleep in his crate over night because if not he will wake me several times during the night to check on me. I know this because when he started this behavior I thought he wanted to go out so like a good mommy I walked him at all hours even in the dead of night and nothing. That's when I realized what he was doing. To make matters worse he would then wake me at 6 a.m. to go potty! The crate has allowed me to move his biological potty clock to 7:30 a.m. a time we can all live with. I would love to be able to leave him out all night. We tried letting him sleep with us in our bed but he would wake us up all the same only this time instead of a yap it was a wet tongue in my ear!!! We love our baby and plan to keep working on the housebreaking and night love patrols Sorry if I rambled on...hope this helps. |
09-22-2010, 05:10 PM | #10 |
Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Hiawassee, GA
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| Kirby said: "I highly recommend the book, "How to House Break Your Dog in Seven Days." I wholeheartedly agree. The key is that you take the dog outside at every trigger: wake up from nap <go out to potty> and say "you need to go potty?" in a really high, excited voice. Eat, wait a few minutes, and <go out to potty> and say "you need to go potty?" in a really high, excited voice. Play excitedly... <go out to potty> and say "you need to go potty?" in a really high, excited voice. Before getting in the car to run errands... <go out to potty> and say "you need to go potty?" in a really high, excited voice. Nothing happens for 90 minutes... <go out to potty> and say "you need to go potty?" in a really high, excited voice. Before you go do anything different from what you're doing... <go out to potty> and say "you need to go potty?" in a really high, excited voice. This is the important part. Do not decide to do something else (clothes from washer to dryer, stop by the bathroom for your own potty, refill your water bottle) first. FIRST, take the dog out to potty. After potty (this make take a while... cultivate patience), praise and take him/her inside. The main potty-block we've encountered is that Dante does NOT like wet grass, particularly if the weeds are growing high. I put in some pea gravel, which helps. But the big thing is consistency, and for a few weeks (7 days may be over-optimistic for tiny dogs), making this the #1 priority. Dante's six months old now, and about 95% potty-trained. I'm happy I can relax a little... but the x-pen to "capture" him in when we're "at risk" is helpful! |
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