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02-03-2015, 01:00 PM | #1 |
YorkieTalk Newbie! Join Date: Feb 2015 Location: Ohio
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| Help! Refuses to be potty trained. Hi, I have a 5 month old female Yorkie. I am an experienced dog owner but new to the Yorkie breed. I have always owned larger dogs in the past. My yorkie is refusing to be potty trained. It is crazy really. I know how to potty train a dog, I have never had a dog take longer than 2 months to be potty trained. I got her at 12 weeks old. She is crate trained and very rarely goes in her crate. She will hold it all night long and wait to be put outside. HOWEVER, during the day she just pees and poops wherever she wants. I put her out a schedule, keep a routine, use treats, use a timer to remind myself to take her out, everything! She will go outside and pee and then not 10 minutes later she will pee on the floor. Our whole house is on lock down. She is confined to either the crate or the kitchen. She has been known to wonder upstairs and poop on piles of clean, folded clothes even. She even followed me down to the basement once while I was doing laundry and pooped on the clothes, I didn't see it and threw it in the wash, it was a total mess! My husband wants her gone. I have been taking her to puppy obedience classes for the last two months and I follow all their instructions but still no change. The instructor can't even get her to sit. She is the only dog in the class that doesn't listen to commands OR is totally unable to sit even with all the tricks that the instructor tries to use. I feel like I just wasted $300 on obedience class and starting to think I wasted $600 on a dog. Is this normal for all small dog breeds or Yorkies? I am at a total loss. It is depressing and sad. I love this dog but I am starting to wish I never bought her. |
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02-04-2015, 07:44 AM | #2 |
Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Nov 2014 Location: Elkridge, MD, USA
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| Is she completely emptying her bladder? If she can come back inside and still pee she must not. Do you just let her out in a yard or do you take her for a walk? Maybe she needs a little more time outside to get it all out. I've heard of other yorkies on here peeing like 5 times before they're actually done. She has no infections right? And since you're feeding her on a schedule, does she poop on a schedule? http://www.dreamydoodles.com/puppies...sebreaking.pdf You might want to get that book How To Housebreak Your Dog in 7 Days and use that schedule to get things together. That pdf can get you started. I really liked the schedule because it allows no free time until after the potty. It seems as though she hasn't earned the privilege to roam around the whole house. Especially since you can't always keep an eye on her. Sorry you're going through this. It must be frustrating for you and your husband, but with some patience and consistency you definitely can make it through!. |
02-04-2015, 08:30 AM | #3 |
YorkieTalk Newbie! Join Date: Feb 2015 Location: Ohio
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| No infections, and I am pretty sure she does empty her bladder. She sure does pee a lot when she goes outside. I let her outside with our other dog and she pees almost immediately when walking outside. I leave her out for a bit to make sure she gets it all out (sometimes she does pee twice outside). She always poops in the morning. She almost never poops first time she goes out in the morning so I have to put her out again 5-10 min later so she can poop. She is a tricky little girl because she gives NO clues that she needs to go out. I am trying to teach her to ring bells I have hanging on the back door but she is not picking that up at all. She is by far the hardest dog to train I have ever encountered! Even her dog trainer at puppy class just kinda shrugs at me and gives a I am sorry for your luck look haha. She sure is cute though. |
02-16-2015, 08:19 AM | #4 |
Donating Senior Yorkie Talker | Potty training solved Assuming that this is not a health issued, some dogs just don't like to go outside, but I can see the frustration with messing on your laundry. You may want to try a crate that opens to a confined play area. We find that having a crate that opens into a small fenced area (about 6 foot square) is perfect for training. You can purchased these types of gates from Walmart in the baby section This process has worked for every person I have shared this with, so you may want to try and let me know To set this up, unfold the gate and attached it on both sides of the crate. Leave the crate door open to the play area so your dog can enter and leave the crate at will. In the open area, place her food, water, chew toys so she is not bored, and your indoor dog potty. As soon as she leaves the crate, drinks water, or has dinner, she should have to go potty. Place her on the dog potty, and say go potty. If you see her try to go elsewhere, just say a stong "no' and place her on the puppy potty and praise her. If needed, the scent of another dogs urine will let your dog know it's okay to do her business here. Praise all attempts, and reward. In a few days your dog should be using her indoor potty. Now leave the gate open to your house. Your dog should be able to roam from her pen, but know she can reenter the area anytime to access her water, bed and potty. If a few weeks, you will no longer need the fence. I thank you for sharing as it would terrible if your husband insisted you give up this little baby. The dog has probably been stressed, and we just need to make her comfortable and feel safe. Let me know what happens, I learn something from everyone Kathy
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02-16-2015, 08:29 AM | #5 |
YorkieTalk Newbie! Join Date: Feb 2015 Location: Ohio
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| Things are going better. She is still not allowed to have free range of the home. She is confined to our kitchen and living room area when she is not in her crate. I put her out regularly and NEVER leave her alone when she is out of the crate. We have had only one accident in the past week. My husband is also not allowed to take her out of her crate when I am not home as he does not watch her as closely as I do. I feel bad about it but she almost ALWAYS has an accident when he is watching her. I think she is just a slow learner and as stressful as it is that we can't trust her yet I am hopeful that given enough time she will be trust worthy. |
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