New House - Wants to potty on carpet Hello:)! I am having trouble with where to start on training our almost 1 year old yorkie, Coconut in our new home. She is in her play yard in the kitchen while we are at work and uses her potty pad if she needs to potty before we get home. When we get home I want her to be able to be around us and I don't want to keep her barricaded in the kitchen all of the time, but I don't want her peeing on the carpet (which is the majority of the house). We want to be able to enjoy our dog with us while we are at home. Open to all suggestions! Thank you so much :) |
Welcome to YT. Until she gets use to her new home and knows exactly where to potty I would keep her in the kitchen. If she was 100% pad trained in your other home she should do well in the new one, but may need some time to adjust. When you see she has made on her pad you can bring her into other parts of the home but not for long periods. Sometimes females mark their territory, new carpeting may cause her to do this. |
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The World's Biggest Pee Pad? You might want to check to see if there were other animals on the carpet before you moved in. Your pup maybe picking up smells and marking, or just thinking that's the biggest potty pad ever! If there have been other animals, you may want to get the carpet cleaned with special cleaners to neutralize urine odors. No matter, I would recommend slowly expanding her area beginning with kitchen only based on success. You might also need to time her potty breaks again, like when she was a small puppy. Good luck! |
I can understand that you'd want Coconut with you around the house after you're home. It's good that she's learned to use the potty pad while you're out too! Have you been able to figure out how many hours she holds her potty in between each time she goes? If it's something like 3-4 hours, then after you see that she's just gone potty, you could let her out for ~2 hours and put her back into her play pen. When she's with you around the house, I would tether her to you and not give her free-running range. I found having a long leash tied around your waist works well. Or also, if you have a carabiner, you could clip it to your pants. Basically, when you keep her close to you, there's less chance she'll sneak in a pee when you're not looking. Slowly, give her more time out of the play pen once she has no accidents. Then slowly give her free-range access, in restricted rooms wherever you are. Then, slowly give her access to more running around space. Basically, they need to 'earn' access to your home, when they can prove to you that they have no accidents, otherwise, they're enticed to mark. ;) |
:) I don't know about the tethered thing discouraging accidents. I have found myself dragging a pooping or peeing puppy when I'm on walks and she slows a bit. I keep walking and discover her deeds when the dragging becomes pronounced. I might just be less attentive. lol :D |
I guess key word is "less chance" but as we know with these little 'terrors', it's never impossible. ;) Which is why it's important to only tether them to you at home after they have pottied and for a certain duration before putting them back into the play pen where they have potty pad access. Plus, no matter what, when they potty during walks, it's always a pawty! I always celebrate whenever I catch them mid-poop/pee when we're outdoors. But I get your joke though. It happens a lot for me during our outdoor walks as well. Especially when there's two! My favourite is when they're pooping at the same time - I save a poop bag! :D |
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