I have absolutely no idea how to potty train my 12 week old yorkie!
 

My puppy is very hyper! I am trying to train him on puppy pads and I tried training him to go outside but he does not like being outside. :confused: I really need help because all of his constant accidents are interfering with our relationship. :(

Your puppy is very very young and he will continue to have accidents. It takes time. Try putting a puppy pad by the door. Wipe up some of his urine on the pad. He will smell it and use his pad. Please be patient. It took your mom at least 18 to 24 months to potty train you! Right?

You also have to be diligent. If you are pee pad training him, you have have to keep a close eye on him and when it looks like he is needing to go pee (or poop for that matter) scoop him up and put him on the pee pad. We had Jack's pee pad surrounded on two sides by the wall (we put it near the corner of the walls) and I would put him on the pad and say "go potty" - you need a word to associate with him going to the bathroom. Then I would literally coral him on the pad by using my arms as a barrier and would not let him off until he did his business. Once he would go, I would praise him constantly (matter of fact, I still praise him) and give him a treat if he did good.

It is a constant thing and he will still have accidents every now and then and he's two years old already. Please have patience with your little one and good luck!

Little dog = Little bladder. I takes time and a lot of patience to housebreak a puppy ESP. A small breed puppy. Good Luck.

Not to sound harsh but did you think it came nature to pups to know where to relieve themselves. In a pack the leader must teach the young.

Potty training problems is a major cause of why people get rid of the dogs.

consistence is the most important and do not get angry with him that will just make it worse Patience is very much needed And once you do it right its for life So take a deep breath and learn what he does before he goes be it run off sniff or whatever you should beable to catch on and then take him to the pad in time Good luck

i had a very tough time too, so your not alone, if that helps as your cleaning up pee & poo & family is blaming YOU.!! I had to throw away an expensive oriental rug that i loved because i did not clean it properly, i steam cleaned, spot cleaned but that did not get rid of the scent. my advice from experience is only one area to pee on., don't put pads in numerous areas throughout ur house. if they pee outside that area make sure it is cleaned. if they smell their scent they want to go there again. natures miracle is good, a regular rug cleaner is not enough to get rid of the scent . its not easy but they are well worth it. i know it can be discouraging, then they look at you with their irresistoble faces & you forgive them but it dosent' solve the problem. i was soooo.. embarrased because my house smelled, & i am very clean & worked extremely hard just so it didn't smell. good luck, you will get thru it, i did & never never thought i would because i am such a softee.:)

i have learned that it is all about consistancy and being available to help your pup at all times learn. if you are going to pad train you must have your pup in your site at all times when not crated or in a pen so that you can catch them when sniffing or in the act to say no and take to the pad. otherwise, one minute you arent looking and they are peeing on the rug and think its ok to pee there. I started off pad training. then slowly i learned that lola preferred to go outside to do her busienss. now we have gotten her trained to go outside but have a pad to pee pee when we go out to work or run errands and she goes on there. i guess i am lucky but it took alot of time and patience.

now we take her out 5-6 times a day and seh goes every single time, even if it is a quick pee. you need to decide where u will want the pup to go and work from there. you need to make their free roam space small while training. they will learn

I'm in the same boat as you. However, Cailee is 20 weeks old and she is still a "work in progress". When I got her at 14 weeks, I confused her with inside AND outside. After I stopped worrying about outside and focused on inside she has started to "get it".

She will "go" outside if we are going for a walk. Otherwise, it's inside on the pee pad. I started taking her to the pad every hour. She will now go with little or no encouragement + a treat for success, of course. She isn't 100% yet but we are having good days.

She's a hyper little girl, too. But it takes a lot patience and consistency.

Best of luck to you.

You might want to consider crate training. It's definitely not the only way, and of course nothing will eliminate accidents completely while your pup is learning, but it's very effective because it uses a dog's natural instincts to help teach them where to potty.

Cody sleeps in his crate next to our bed every night. By instinct, dogs do not want to do their business where they sleep. So Cody doesn't want to have an accident in his crate because he sleeps there every night. As soon as I wake up, I hurry up and get him outside where he can do his business and make a big fuss over what a great job he does. The same would work with potty pads if that's what you chose to do.

To help minimize accidents, we watch Cody carefully and try to keep him on a schedule. He goes for a walk first thing in the morning, about 20 minutes after breakfast, as soon as we get home from work, about 20 minutes after dinner, after we play, and last thing at night before bed. We also keep an eye on him and if it looks like he has to go at any other time, we make sure to take him outside so he has a chance to do it. Of course I think my baby is super smart, but we've never had an accident in the crate and we've now been a few days without any accidents in the house at all.

Just remember, your pup is tiny so he can't hold it for very long. After he eats, drinks, naps, or plays, he'll need to go. If he starts to sniff around or walk in circles, he may have to go. If you create more positive experiences where he goes in the right place and gets praised, he's more likely to learn what he needs to do. So it's your job to get him to his potty spot in time as often as he can. And when you both miss it? It's okay.... accidents happen. Just clean it up and try again.