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05-26-2014, 06:54 AM | #1 |
Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Greenwood, DE, USA
Posts: 47
| HELP!! Going Backwards in Potty Training We were doing so good with potty training. Almost had it. Now we are going backwards and going wherever we jolly well please!! HELP. I have confined her to one room again to start back at the beginning. She does not tell me she has to go even being confined. She just goes to the corner and goes. She REFUSES to poo outside no matter what I do. I tried walking her back and forth in the same spot she used to go and not giving her the pleasure of a walk until she did her business (no go) Tried walking her for a while, coming inside for a minute and then taking her back out and reminding her to go (no go). She used to then all of a sudden decided the only place she will do it is in the hall. Any words of advice would be so appreciated. She is just over a year. I had no idea it takes this long to train!! :-) My big dog learned in 2 weeks so this is quite an adjustment for me. I tried giving her a LITTLE tap on the rump but that just made her afraid of me. I also heard that makes them aggressive?? Not sure if that is true?? |
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05-26-2014, 07:26 AM | #2 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Dec 2013 Location: Washington
Posts: 95
| Hi there, I am in NO WAY to give advice on this one because at 11 months we are still trying to get there, but first off, NO patting on the butt. I would guess that the experienced ones will chime in and tell you to take your baby to the vet and I would suggest the same to make sure that there is no under lying health issues. Now, I take Jax out constantly, and I say "Outside" do you have to go "Outside", with me I have treats that are just for outside potty. I show him and put it back in my pocket and tell him "Go potty" "Go Poo" get big treat!! Lots of praise and remember to give your baby some time to go. Also, listen to your baby, she might bark at you to let you know that she has to go outside. Jax sometimes makes his little #2 OOPSies in the house, but I tell him NO Poo in the house, that's MOMMY's fault and take him outside. I would like extra advice on this myself. You will, I'm sure, get a lot of GREAT advice on this one and I hope that mine was of some help to you. Remember, be patient and consistent and give lots of praise and keep your baby on a schedule. Pattee, mama to JAX and KLOEE RIP |
05-26-2014, 08:14 AM | #3 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Apr 2014 Location: Tucson,AZ
Posts: 244
| You need to know your pup, there will be a sign, usually an urgency, and circling. This is my first time with PeePads and this takes away 90% of the stress of constant watching waiting. Without the PeePads and crate you have to constantly watch and be able to pick up pup as every accident is two steps back in training. Establish a "Proper" place and take her there. mark it with one of her accidents for scent. After eating watch her like a hawk till she goes. Rev her up playing after getting up from nap as she will need to pee quicker. If your starting over it will take some time but the more you put into it the quicker it will be done. Praise and a Pee/Poop word will lock it in. You should be able to do this in 2 or 3 days if you apply yourself. Crating will make it easier on you as you can crate/PeePad in crate when you need a break or can't watch close. If your trying to train for outside potty, get some outside panels and build a small pen, doesn't have to be big. Just big enough to place her in till she pees or poops, this will help in getting her spotted without you having to chase her all over the yard. Leave her till she does her business, praise when she starts, even treat when done. |
05-27-2014, 09:47 AM | #4 |
YorkieTalk Newbie! Join Date: May 2014 Location: Neffs Pa
Posts: 3
| Hi I'm new to YT I have a 24 week old yorkie that we just got a week ago and we are working on getting him potty trained he is crate trained and I take him out alot I notice that when he has to go he will walk back and forth I think this is going to take a lot of time to get him to go outside I talked to the vet to see if we should use pee pads to get him trained and they told me not to use the pee pad if you want him to go outside so we are not doing bad hoping he catches on |
05-27-2014, 10:07 AM | #5 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Apr 2014 Location: Tucson,AZ
Posts: 244
| When Ginger is done with shots and immunity I will get her going out side too, PeePad will be for emergencies indoors and crate. I'll take one of her used pads and put it where we want her to go outside and she should figure it out in a few days. Dogs are as smart as you want them to be, the more you try/expect the more they will surprise you. You just need to understand their mind and habits to finds ways to achieve your training goals. |
05-28-2014, 09:17 AM | #6 |
Yorkie Talker Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Hill, Nh
Posts: 17
| Pad retraining Okay, here's a problem I cannot find any info about.....have recently adopted a rescue yorkie, Sophie, 2 1/2 year old, as a play pal for my 23 month yorkie Tyrone. This dog has been through a lot of adjustments, leaving a mommy who loved her, transitioning from only people food (pizza, potato chips etc...)to quality doggy food, NEVER been around children, other dogs, had any toys or been outdoors at all. She has handled all these things really well...my grandaughters, Tyrone, our often outdoor life, sharing toys with Ty, and is eating the food I give. Clean bill of health from the vet....had never been....and now groomed....had never been, though my groomer could not do all her claws lol. So much for history.....She lived in a high rise with a disabled person, and she was completely pad trained. Since I have had her, she is peeing and pooing everywhere but the pad. She has gone outside a few times though she never had before. I have taken her out to the spot she used without luck. I have even put pads everywhere, but she avoids them. She has a bit of a mind of her own, so this is not the same as training 10 week old Ty was. Does ANYONE have any ideas for retraining an adult dog? |
05-28-2014, 12:30 PM | #7 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Apr 2014 Location: Tucson,AZ
Posts: 244
| First, do you want her to use pad as emergency back up? If not you need to learn her signs and take her out before she goes. After eating (forget the 20 minutes) take her out to the pee spot till she does 1 and 2. Mark it with a clean up mistake so she smells her spot. Make a pen there if you can't keep her in target area, After she starts (Not before or she'll stop and get distracted and not go till later), praise and treat. I call it "cheering the running water"(even if its a number 2, lol), get a word or phrase such as "Go Potty". Don't trust her for at least a week of 100%, also you need to clean and enzyme your house or you'll always have indoor spots. The more dedicated (I know its stressful watching a dog constantly) the quicker it will work and every accident is Two Steps Backwards, So stay close even leash if you have to. |
05-28-2014, 12:35 PM | #8 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Apr 2014 Location: Tucson,AZ
Posts: 244
| One thing I haven't seen mentioned here, for lack of a better definition, Praise in a high squeaky excited voice is more effective. You can test this during play to find the right voice, pups and dogs love it and if your a guy like me, people will think your weird, lol. |
05-28-2014, 12:45 PM | #9 |
Yorkie Talker Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Hill, Nh
Posts: 17
| Thanks for the good advice. I need her to be fully pad trained for when I am away and for winter in this hilly high snow and ice area when I can't even get down my driveway safely. Tyrone will go outside if we are spending time in the garden or on a walk and that is fine. I have been watching for her signs...she doesn't seem to have any lol. Ty paces. She is high energy and will often poo while walking, so there's a trail of little packages. And yes...I buy enzyme stuff by the gallon...and my son has a carpet cleaning company, so I am lucky there...I am going to try the gate-her-off idea after eating. |
05-28-2014, 03:36 PM | #10 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Apr 2014 Location: Tucson,AZ
Posts: 244
| OK, Gate off or crate a 3' x 2' area, put pad on back half (so she won't walk through poop to get out and when traffic goes by). Put blanket (Old stinky worn T-shirt) and food, water at front on one side, food towards front again so she wont step in water by gate/pick up point. She should figure it out, if not clean crate and mark a new pad with old pee(push it on wet spot) then after eating put her on pad a few times until she sniffs the pee spot, she should start after that. Nice thing about the pads is I got a pad holder and put it by rear door, put used pad in it and put Ginger on it a few times and she started using it. We picked her up 5/17 and she started using the back door pad the next day. We crate her when we can't watch her or are doing something that we don't want her getting into. She hates pooping in the crate and will tell us to let her out, goes straight to pad and poops. Shes doing no accidents. I'll be rough housing with her, she break off, prance to the pad and pee or poop or both, come back all proud and pick up where we left off. If your going to crate her anyway then keep her crated when you can't watch her, it easy to convert over to the other pad or put one out side and she'll know that's the place. Your other dog should be teaching her the ropes once they bond. |
06-04-2014, 07:13 PM | #11 |
Yorkie Talker Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Louisiana
Posts: 15
| We have a male Yorkie and this is EXACTLY what is happening to us. We had him pretty much potty trained, well all of a sudden he is peeing on our hardwood floors. He will ask us to potty outside so we take him and no more than 30 mins later he pee on the floor. We can't ever get him to poop outside (personally I think it's because he is on his leash). My husband and I really don't know what to do at this point. Our Yorkie seems to think he can pee wherever he pleases now. He's a year and a half old btw..
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