Dont know what to do!!!! Ok i have a 9 month old yorkie, hes been potty trained for quite awhile now. During the day hes in an exercise pen with puppy pads, then when anybodys home we have bell training, where theres a bell on the door and he just hits it when he has to go outside. Its been working great no accidents or anything. Until now. About 2 weeks ago he started not going to the door at all to let us know he had to go out, so i was taking him out whenever i thought it was about that time, well i go to put his leash on him hed start to pee (scream) so id scould him and say no potty outside and most times hed stop peeing when id say no and id finish putting leash on and hed finish going outside. Well twice today doesnt go to door at all and ive taken him outside probably 10 times in the past 4 hours just to make sure there was no accidents and two of the times i say wana go outside we go to door and put leash and he just starts peeing and ill pick him up because hell usually stop and he just keeps peeing. I am just getting so frustrated and dont know what to do everything was fine nothings changed...i dont know if hes just being lazy and i dont know how to deal with the situation i tell him no and put him in his kennel this past 2 times because hes fully peeded in the house. |
I would get him checked over by the vet as he could have a urinary tract irritation or infection or bladder infection. Pursue that first. |
see why i want to say thats not the reason is because he only does it to me and not my husband, why i couldnt tell you its like hes mad at me or something and i cant figure it out. I feed him let him out im his primary care taker if thats what you want to call it. |
Then he's reacting to something that you are doing and his peeing is likely fear-based or stress related and is called submissive urination. Don't pull your hair out just yet - most everybody has fits and starts when housebreaking. Dog's don't empty their bladders out of anger but do when the bladder is full or they are marking their territory for other dogs and some do when they are stressed or scared. There is likely something that you are unwittingly doing that he's associated negatively for some reason. I would change things up and sort of restart his housebreaking from scratch on a strict schedule and with lots of positive reinforcement. Perhaps you could read up all you can on Submissive Urination and Behavior Modification training techniques and sort of retool your relationship with him. Lots of patience and love and gaining all the knowledge possible on these subjects can go a long way sometimes when we have setbacks in housetraining. Those would be some of the things I think I would try under the circumstances and good luck to you. :) |
Here is something you might want to read about some things we've all maybe thought about from time to time in trying to figure out why our dogs are doing certain things. http://www.yorkietalk.com/forums/gen...s-decoded.html |
When you trained him to use the bell and go outside, did you reward him? Sometimes, people think that once a dog learns something they don't have to reward them anymore, it's good to continue the rewards though. Not every time, but you should vary how the rewards are given, like every 5th time, and then every 2nd time then every 9th time etc. Don't punish ever for mistakes, ignore the mistakes and reward the success. Nine months is a little young to be fully trained for a Yorkie. Is he neutered? Are you sure he isn't marking? Marking is different than peeing and has nothing to do with a full bladder. An unneutered male feels compelled to mark his territory. If he isn't neutered, you should get him neutered ASAP before marking becomes an established habit. |
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you said " i go to put his leash on him hed start to pee (scream) so id scould him and say no potty outside and most times hed stop peeing when id say no and id finish putting leash on and hed finish going outside. " i think that now he was scolded he is afraid to go to the door . you cannot punish him for having an accident . dogs do not think like us. he is not lazy , i think he is just confused. he senses your frustation and it is making him nervous. just try to calm down. it is not the end of the world if he has an accident. yorkies take a long time to housetrain. when it is time for him to go out don't say anything , put on his leash , take him out to the same spot every time , then say "go potty", when he does tell him what a good boy he is. you need to be consistent and do it the same way every time. i went thru this with my boy , i did not think he would ever get trained but he uses his litterbox 100 % now... just be calm and have patience.. |
no i didnt treat him anymore so ill deff be trying that thank you, once he got the hang of it i just figured that was it and he didnt need to be treated anymore but ill try it and see how it works out. Quote:
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