For those who train Yorkies to go outside..

[bchgirl]

Originally Posted by lily's mom

I wish I had a well desciplined one like you all do. Lily will sneak off into someones bed room and go. How do I get her to stop that?

Take her out, take her out, take her out. That's the only way I have gotten mine housetrained....even when Ramsey didn't act like she had to potty....we went outside. She is better at home than at work...so we still go outside frequently here. Good luck ~~ Btw, Ramsey loves water...the rain doesn't phase her. Thunder is a problem though.

[Rem&Silkmom]

Originally Posted by Gingergirlsmom

I either grab the umbrella and out we go, or (our yards fenced in) open the door and let her run out.

When its cold and raining hard, she's pretty quick about it. But in a light rain, or even warm rain, she doesn't seemed phased, and takes her good sweet time. (Of course, there's always the "go potty" command if I'm feeling impatient. ) I just have to keep towels by the door to dry her off before she touches the carpet!

I've always had dogs (as a kid we had schnauzers), and I could never imagine NOT training them to go outside. Don't even begin with newspapers or potty pads with a pup...it's outside from the very start.

Therefore, I'm amazed (in a good way) by those of you who've trained your dogs to go inside...never met anyone firsthand, or been to anyones home that does that...what are the advantages? Disadvantages? And seriously, my cat's littler box needs cleaned daily...and most dog owners don't use litter. What about odor?

I agree...I'm not sure I could handle the smell. Chance had an accident in the house the other day. It was actually quite funny. He was running and playing and then oops..poo. He did not even sniff around just squat and went. It smelled so bad ...I don't think I could do the indoor stuff.

[chachi]

Chachi and Jewels wont go out if its rainiing so we let them out on our front covered patio and they go there.

[sandraj]

We are struggling with this now it is winter in NZ. We don't like getting wet! Either Holly sqats just outside the door on the deck,or I run her along the garden to a little path and she goes there. We try to take advantage of dryer periods too! I do still find the odd puddle,when it is raining,unless I am there,as I am better at insisting she goes out than my son! I will have to buy a golf umbrella!Keeping the grass short also helps! lol

[avidscrapbooker]

Hi, our family recently adopted a 5yr old Male Yorkie. The previous owner has a 2yr old and a 3mth old, no longer could give the desired attention. She said that he is potty trained, but...... needless to say today I steam cleaned out rugs and kids room carpets. Im a stay at home mom, so he goes out into the backyard frequently, and I see him going pee/poop. But never fails, about 10 minutes after comming inside I'll find pee on the hardwood floor by the back sliding door .
Help please, any advise will be greatly appreciated.

[Tiger's Mom]

Originally Posted by lily's mom

I wish I had a well desciplined one like you all do. Lily will sneak off into someones bed room and go. How do I get her to stop that?

that's hilarious . . . although ain't really funny

[Tiger's Mom]

Originally Posted by chachi

Chachi and Jewels wont go out if its rainiing so we let them out on our front covered patio and they go there.

do you then just clean it up? If it was pee, do you do the same?

[Tiger's Mom]

Originally Posted by Rem&Silkmom

I agree...I'm not sure I could handle the smell. Chance had an accident in the house the other day. It was actually quite funny. He was running and playing and then oops..poo. He did not even sniff around just squat and went. It smelled so bad ...I don't think I could do the indoor stuff.

As much as I would love to have my baby be trained to go outdoors, I couldn't because it was wintertime when we first got him and I fear he could get sick plus I don't have the luxury of being a stay home mom . . . so the pad has worked well for me. Now that it is spring and warm, he does both! When I take him out, he goes . . . and when he needs to go and I can't take him out, he goes to the pad.

Although oftentimes Tiger aims really bad, it is cleaned up right away with some petenzyme so the smell won't linger. His poop and pee pads are always disposed in a diaper bag so the smell is contained I also clean his feet and private parts every single time he goes - indoor or otherwise!

I never let Tiger roam free in the house without a belly band. Of course, there are rare accidents (poop) but thank goodness it is always dry so easy to clean up.

He mostly spends his time in the laundry room and that has tiled flooring.

It definitely stinks if you are a messy person but since I am NOT and my husband is ANAL about cleanliness . . . I don't have that stinky smell . . . if you are a visitor, you would't even know I have a dog.

[Gidget01]

Gidget would always go in the rain but she would go fast, she still had accidents in the house if you got busy doing something and weren't paying attention. She obviously couldn't hold hers as well. She did pretty good though. Boy do I miss her.

Now I have a little one and trying to train from the beginning. Never had a puppy. I got Gidget when she was about a year old and was use to being outside.

[Hickey007]

Are you kidding...I love when it rains. Reagan runs out, goes really quick then shoots back in as fast as possible. No standing around while she is smelling the wind, what are they smelling anyway? Generally I don't smell anything great. Although one time she was not having it, she didn't want to go out in the rain, so what does she do? She looks at me standing inside all nice and dry and goes right on the porch. Oh well I guess I probably would've done the same thing and i just took a pitcher of water and dumped on it so no big deal.

Originally Posted by Gingergirlsmom

Therefore, I'm amazed (in a good way) by those of you who've trained your dogs to go inside...never met anyone firsthand, or been to anyones home that does that...what are the advantages? Disadvantages? And seriously, my cat's littler box needs cleaned daily...and most dog owners don't use litter. What about odor?

Our cats are actually indoor/outdoor cats and prefer to go outside. The best thing we have ever done was get a catdoor. No more cat litter box for us...YEH!!!! Hubby about had a heartattack when he started cutting that hole in the door. He about had another one when he stood back to look at the hole before he put the catdoor on it, I admit it was a scary site. But in the end we love it.

[Erin]

Originally Posted by lily's mom

I wish I had a well desciplined one like you all do. Lily will sneak off into someones bed room and go. How do I get her to stop that?

Don't let her sneak into someone's room? In other words, confine her or crate her until she is ready. Try using a bell so she has a way to let you know. Keep her on a leash. Those are all things that we had to do, and Loki would still squat and pee right in front of us. But at least he'd do it RIGHT THERE where I could grab him and take him outside.

[Erin]

Originally Posted by Hickey007

Are you kidding...I love when it rains. Reagan runs out, goes really quick then shoots back in as fast as possible. No standing around while she is smelling the wind, what are they smelling anyway? Generally I don't smell anything great.

I totally sympathize with this! Isn't it hilarious? What are they smelling?

[Rem&Silkmom]

Originally Posted by Tiger's Mom

As much as I would love to have my baby be trained to go outdoors, I couldn't because it was wintertime when we first got him and I fear he could get sick plus I don't have the luxury of being a stay home mom . . . so the pad has worked well for me. Now that it is spring and warm, he does both! When I take him out, he goes . . . and when he needs to go and I can't take him out, he goes to the pad.

Although oftentimes Tiger aims really bad, it is cleaned up right away with some petenzyme so the smell won't linger. His poop and pee pads are always disposed in a diaper bag so the smell is contained I also clean his feet and private parts every single time he goes - indoor or otherwise!

I never let Tiger roam free in the house without a belly band. Of course, there are rare accidents (poop) but thank goodness it is always dry so easy to clean up.

He mostly spends his time in the laundry room and that has tiled flooring.

It definitely stinks if you are a messy person but since I am NOT and my husband is ANAL about cleanliness . . . I don't have that stinky smell . . . if you are a visitor, you would't even know I have a dog.

I'm not a stay at home momma either. I just think chance has extra stinky poop...YUCK. Me and poop and vomit don't mix very well. I can barely handle it when my own children vomit or husband. Amazing how I'm always the one to clean up vomit in my house. My hats off to anyone who can handle it. I clean constantly and I don't do the pee pads in the house.

[Tiger's Mom]

Originally Posted by Rem&Silkmom

I'm not a stay at home momma either. I just think chance has extra stinky poop...YUCK. Me and poop and vomit don't mix very well. I can barely handle it when my own children vomit or husband. Amazing how I'm always the one to clean up vomit in my house. My hats off to anyone who can handle it. I clean constantly and I don't do the pee pads in the house.

so how are you handling the situation when your baby needs to go?

I too cannot handle VOMIT . . .my husband does the cleaning

[Rem&Silkmom]

Originally Posted by Tiger's Mom

so how are you handling the situation when your baby needs to go?

I too cannot handle VOMIT . . .my husband does the cleaning

They go outside