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06-22-2006, 07:02 PM | #1 |
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| Potty Help ! What is the best way for me to train my yorkie to potty outside in need of some helppp!!
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06-22-2006, 07:32 PM | #2 | |
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06-22-2006, 10:14 PM | #3 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brooklyn, New York & Casco, Maine
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| I gave up on pad-training and encouraged her to go outside. Probably the most sensible way to potty train. After food or play, take your precious one outside and do not stop saying "Go potty" (or you can break it up into "go peepee" and "go poopie"). When the business is finished -- praise a lot! When an accident happens at home -- punish. The problem is in consistency and how far you want to go with punishment. My punishments for accidents and misbehaving are severe and consistent. Now, we do not have accidents anymore, pee on command and learnt about 2 dozen commands/tricks. Praise and punishment! |
06-23-2006, 06:33 AM | #4 |
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| Crate Train! Loki is 100% housetrained. Yorkies are only difficult because they are small and it takes longer so many people give up. They can't hold it as long as a bigger dog the same age. Get a small wire crate with a divider - small enough so your dog can lie down, turn around, and that's it. Slowly you can make the space bigger (Loki has a crate much bigger than his "training" crate - we passed that on to a friend!) We had the smallest size crate with a divider. There is a ton of info on here about crate training. Don't punish. It's not fair - your dog can't hold it long and they don't know they need to go ahead of time every time. Would you punish a 3 yr old for wetting his pants?? That's why it's called TRAINING. You say OOPS and move on. What you can do is *startle* your dog so they stop peeing on your floor, carry them immediately outside and then give them a jackpot of treats when they pee outside. (You should always catch your dog in the act, because you are watching them every second they are not in the crate.) Soon they figure out you want them to pee outside - and they get treats for it! Take them out on a leash and be right there so you can catch them in the act and say "Go potty" when they go, so they learn to go on cue. Don't let them "play" until AFTER they go, then the reward is sniffing the whole yard. There are SO many things you can do to encourage. There are also many books out there. Let me know if you need a recommendation. Have you signed up for puppy training? That helps too! The only "punishment" around our house is a time-out in the crate. Loki gets a little too excited barking so he gets a time-out to CHILL. When he was still having occasional accidents he would get a time-out reminder that we go back to crate training if he pees on the floor. Now he just goes in the crate when we are not home or sometimes he goes in there to nap. If you punish, you can teach the dog that it's not OK to pee in your presence and makes things more difficult. That's when you will start to find them sneaking off to a closet. There's just so many better ways to do it.
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06-23-2006, 07:24 AM | #5 |
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| potty training I dont potty until there at least 6months its to stressful on the baby and me. Up until then put baby in bathroom or crate with wee wee pads after she goes take her out to play. Puppys go 20 times a day you dont want to scold all day, there also creatures of habbit so by then they will automaticly go on pad then if you like take them out to train when your not around they go on pads and no mistakes. ps make sure you have urine remover if theres urine on your carpet dogs will try to go there. PS use metal cage its cooler and they still can interact with you. |
06-23-2006, 10:07 AM | #6 |
Yorkie Talker Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: San Mateo, CA
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| i have another related question... does anyone have advice for this situation? i live with roommates, and they love my baby. Nina is very good with her potty training when i'm around. but when i go to work, which is four nights a week (i'm a waitress), my roommates love to let my dog run around and play, and that's when most of her accidents occur. they let her outside to go, but they just let her roam and don't stay with her and watch her and tell her "go potty!" i don't want to ask them to have to train her too, (it's time consuming and frustrating!), but i wish they'd just offer! what should i do? leave her in my room? |
06-23-2006, 10:17 AM | #7 | |
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Also, evening is and always has been Loki's active time - also when he would have mistakes. He sleeps all day while I'm at work - my husband is home to let him out but he mostly sleeps. I let him out in the morning, feed him and let him out again before I leave. Then he sleeps til noon and hubby lets him out. He goes back to sleep til 2 or 3, goes out again, and waits for me to get home. Then I come home and feed him, walk him, give him water, etc. and play with him and he probably goes outside once an hour in the evening. Maybe your little girl is more active, therefore having more accidents. Especially if your roommates are playing with her. I'd just set some minor rules for them and say she either needs to go outside every 30 mins or she needs to be crated if they can't let her out or watch her. Also make sure they give her a treat when she goes outside too so she doesn't think the rewards only come when you are around. Then just ignore any accidents that happen. Even though my husband and I trained Loki, he is just as trained at someone else's house with someone else watching him (potty-wise and tricks/commands). As long as you show him where the door is and where the treat can is, he's good to go.
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06-23-2006, 10:20 AM | #8 |
Yorkie Talker Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: San Mateo, CA
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| Thank you Erin! That's great advice! Nina thanks you too We'll try it and let you know how it's going |
06-26-2006, 08:51 AM | #9 |
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| I have trained mine to use a pee pad since she was about 8 weeks old and she will pee outside if we are out there playing. Although she still has accidents. Now I have to keep the pads in the same place so she know everytime where to go, she will get confused if they are moved. Everytime I would see her start to go I would tell her no! and put her on the pad. The only problem I have is she will not poop on them unless by accident. She loves to hide and poop. I have tried to train the same way as I trained her to pee but she will hold it in until she can sneak past me and hide. Any suggestions? PS. She will pee in her crate on the pee pad but will not poop. She will hold her poop until she is let out of the crate. Of course now she very seldom gets in her crate, she sleeps with us and has run of the living room & kitchen until we get home. My husband who hates inside dogs, actually likes this one maybe because we have had her from a puppy and he gets to help in the training department. So he thinks leaving her cooped up all day in a crate is horrible, so he lets her run in the house. Wish he would have been that way with my other Yorkie-Gidget, who I still me dearly. |
06-26-2006, 08:57 AM | #10 | |
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It sounds like you need a trainer or behaviorist. If she is hiding from you to go she has some issues beyond not being able to hold it or not knowing where the toilet is. Have you ever scolded her for going in the wrong place? She might be afraid of your reaction? You would do yourself a favor, in any case, by contacting a good positive trainer.
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06-26-2006, 09:01 AM | #11 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: May 2006 Location: Yoakum, TX
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| She did that the very first time she had to poop. And does it every since. Didn't think about not putting a pad in there would be better. It is just that I am at work for 8 hours and didn't want her to lay her in pee. Guess I am a little to caring. |
06-26-2006, 09:05 AM | #12 | |
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06-26-2006, 10:54 AM | #13 |
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| So my roommates have been more than happy to help! and so i wanted to thank everyone for their advice and guess what! Yesterday was Nina's very first accident free day! WOOOHOOO! i'm so proud of my little Pants! at last, I can see the light at the end of the frustrating, potty training tunnel |
06-26-2006, 11:07 AM | #14 |
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| Oops see below. Last edited by Gidget01; 06-26-2006 at 11:10 AM. |
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