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Why is training so hard? I have a 4 month yorkie named Luna. I read everything I can on training but I just don’t get it. I’m currently trying to train her to go outside but she won’t go. She doesn’t like walking on the grass and the few times she went outside was on our patio furniture or the concrete. We stand on the grass for 15 minutes and she just stares at me. I feel horrible, especially in the morning when it’s freezing. She is currently sleeping in a pen with her bed, food and a pad and she goes pee pee on the pad, which is great for now, but she also has accidents in the house. Am I confusing her? She also goes #2 in her pen but not on the pad. Im so frustrated with myself because I feel like I’m the one just not getting it. Is there a better method? I have had 2 other yorkies and I don’t remember it being this difficult. Any advice is appreciated. |
Did you try giving treats when she goes outside and goes pee? |
I have treats with me but she hasn’t gone where I want her to go yet, so I haven’t treated her yet. She’s only gone on the patio furniture and the concrete. |
It takes patience. Just about every dog puts out signs they are going to use the bathroom so you need to figure out those signs and as soon as you see them rush them out. In my opinion doing pads and outside can be difficult and I would pick one to focus on. It might be helpful to watch some positive reinforcement potty training videos on YouTube. Never yell at them even if they go in the wrong place but be prepared to praise with lots of treats and love. They also can go into a fear phase at this age so using treats and exposing them to as many things as possible especially different surfaces to walk on is important. If you treats don’t work to lure them you need better/different treats. Some dogs prefer training with a toy. You have to find their best way to train. |
Thank you very much. I guess I just need to keep trying and she should get it soon. It’s also tough with the pad because it’s in her pen, but even though I leave the door open for her to get in and use the pad, I feel like she doesn’t want to go back in there when she has time out of there. For that I put another pad in the living room where we play and hang out, but she never wants to use it. |
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Schedules work the best. I would feed my puppies wait 30 minutes then walk them, even if they made on their pads they were still walked. You just have to see how long after they eat when they make. The schedule must be the same time every day, rain, cold, snow, sleet dress them for the weather but out they must go. Constancy is the key factor in house breaking. It's never the dog failed, it's the human that fails. When they went for their walks I would repeat over and over to pee-pee or poo-poo, letting them know what they were being walked for. When they did their business I would reward them with a kibble or two and praise like crazy. Feed same time every day, walk same time every day regardless of whether they already went on or off their pads take them out. Dogs do best being on a schedule. All of my puppies were 100% house broken at 6 months old. |
It took almost a year to train my female yorkie to go outside to pee. One of the things I did was lay pee pads leading to the back door. Once she started using them I began removing them slowly, one by one, until she always went outside. As my house has two floors and I worked for some hours outside the house, I did the same, but put the pads to lead underneath the upper floor stairs. Eventually, when she got very old and got kidney disease, she would still like to go upstairs and pee on pads, she was a good little girl, I miss her heaps. Good luck, there's lots of good advice here. |
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