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08-02-2006, 05:01 PM | #1 |
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| Pita!!! I have had my bitch for a year and a half. She is just over that in age. I can NOT seem to get her to STOP peeing and pooping in the house!!! I take her out frequently, but she comes in and does her number in the house. Today was it... I had her outside for an hour while I got ready for work... Walked her around the yard to see if she would go. She didn't, but I thought since she had been out for a while, that she probably went. I left for work. got down the road and realized I forgot something... By the time I got home, she'd already gone on the carpet in the dining room. I have come to beleive that Yorkies are just a pain in the a** (PITA_. Any advice you can give me about this problem? I have tried real hard with postive reinforcement, but I'm thinking that spanking her little a** is going to be the answer. (and if you are going to lecture me about that, please save your keyboard strokes). does anyone know how I can teach her to use the dang Yard? My neighbors have a 10 week old lab who already goes to the door when it's time. I've worked with her to no end, but its not taking... I am so frustrated. help And ot those of you thining of getting a yorkie... read this board, you will see that they are a challenge. Stick with a Lab or Beagle... Last edited by simonandhallie; 08-03-2006 at 09:58 AM. |
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08-02-2006, 05:08 PM | #2 |
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| Are you confining her to a certain area of the house or giving her full run? It she has a favorite place to go in the house - try to keep her out of that area. Make sure you are cleaning the carpet well with a cleaner that totally removes the scent. All the experts will tell you to ignore the behavior you don't want and praise the behavior you do. Perhaps try going outside with her and encouraging her to "potty" and then give a treat when she does. If she likes going on a rug, I have known someone who bought a small throw rug (that can go in the washer) that is designated as their potty pad. That is everything I have up my sleeve or have heard of working. Good luck!
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08-02-2006, 05:12 PM | #3 |
Princess Bella Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: virginia
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| The above post about completely removing the scent of where she has used the bathroom before, is a good place to start. She will "go" where she smells she has "gone" before. I hope everything works out with your little one.
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08-02-2006, 05:25 PM | #4 |
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| All dogs are a challenge to train and all dogs can be trained. Yorkies are very smart. Her having accidents in the house may have absolutely nothing to do with not knowing where to go and everything to do with emotional factors, like being left alone, not getting enough attention, etc. etc. Try to take notice of when she has her accidents and where, you may notice a pattern and then be able to work from there.
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08-02-2006, 06:22 PM | #5 |
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| I'm glad no one has tried to lecture you as you asked. My only advice is maybe a more loving environment would help.
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08-03-2006, 06:06 AM | #6 |
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| Do you crate train her? When she comes back inside without going, you need to put her in a small crate and then try again later. Don't let her have freedom except for 30 mins or so after she goes outside. Feed on a schedule so you know when she should have to poop. Is she left home alone all day? Maybe it's separation anxiety - OR she needs to go but no one is there to let her out. Try doggie daycare? And you might want to sign up for some training classes. Also, walking on a leash helps so you are there to praise her when she goes and you can make sure she goes. It also helps her understand she's out there to pee, not to play. Loki goes straight out on his leash and straight back in, even if there are fun distrations outside. Loki's 100% housetrained, and we STILL leave him in a crate when we are gone longer than like 15 mins. If he rings his bell to go out, and no one lets him out, that's not a good situation. He just sleeps in his crate.
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08-03-2006, 08:58 AM | #7 |
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| reply to pita I'm sure it's very frustrating. My suggestion is to gate the dog in the kitchen or bathroom. Also, buy some potty pads that are scented or buy the spray to put on them to attract the dog. Don't give up on your Yorkie!! Good Luck. ~Paula - Otis and Oliver's mom |
08-03-2006, 10:14 AM | #8 | |
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08-03-2006, 10:18 AM | #9 |
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| If you want your yorkie 100% potty trained it will take a committment from you that you will NOT let up on the steps to do so until she is. It will take hard work, be very inconvenient and will require your involvement whether you are busy, tired, or not interested. So if you are willing here are the steps: Before you begin you will need to clean your floors with an order neutralizer like Nature's Miracle of Simple Solution. (There are others, but I know these 2 work) You will need to clean the carpets and the tile/wood floor with it. You will probably need to use a rented carpet cleaner (if you have carpets) but use the above listed neutralizers. Do not use the shampoo, until after you have neutralized the odors. Once that is done, you will need to train dog, just as if they are a puppy. 1. Keep her confined at all times, either in an x-pen or a crate, when you are not able to keep a 100% eye on her. 2. When she is out of the crate or x-pen, you will need her leashed to you with a 6' leash or you will need to confine her in one room and that is the room you are in. You will need to watch her at all times. 3. Put her on a water and feeding schedule. No free feeding. Only feed her once time a day and the same time each day. Since she is an adult, she only needs to eat once a day, anyway. Do not give her any water after 8pm at night and no water during the day while you are not there. However, you can leave her water down, when you are there(except after 8pm) and put it down in the am so she can drink before you go to work. 4. Never ever let her go outside without you. You must be in attendence at all times. You will be directing her the whole time to "go potty". You will stay out there until she goes. If she will not go, after about 15 -30 mins, bring her in, but put her in her crate. After about 10 -15 mins, take her out and out to potty again. Keep this up until she goes and then give her a treat and praise, praise, praise. After she goes she should have some free time outside the pen/crate, but you should keep an eye out on her anyway! Never take your eye out from her until she is reliably housebroken. 5. You should take her out as soon as you get up in the a.m., and right before you go to bed. Since she is an adult the rest of time you will have to play it by ear. After a while you should develope a pretty good idea of what her potty schedule should be. Her Poop times should be discernable too, since you are scheduling her feeding. 6. Take her for walks, even if she has a yard to play in. You should take her for a walk as soon as you get home from work, everyday. As these routines are built she will come to know she can count on a nice walk to work her bowel movements and to potty as many times as she wants to. Plus it's good for their constitution and gives her much needed excerise. You must do the above and be consistent. Dogs love routine and will respond much better to consistency than anything else. You are working on getting rid of bad habits and instilling new good habits. Always praise good behavior and ignore bad behavior. If she starts to sniff and squat in the house while you are watching her and she is on the leash, you can tug on the leash, tell her NO in a stern voice and pick her up and carry her outside to finish her business. Praise her when she is done. I also agree that there may be some underlying emotional issues at work, if she is excessively pottying in the house when you are not there. She could be expressing some anxiety to being alone or some other problem. You will need to address those issues separately. Hope that helps. |
08-03-2006, 10:24 AM | #10 | |
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08-03-2006, 10:27 AM | #11 |
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| BTW spanking her is not going to help. It will make you feel better, but she won't understand what the spanking is for. It's one thing to say to a kid "you're going to get a spanking now because you ran into the street" but a dog absolutely does not understand, even if you do it while she is going. She will think she is being spanked for pottying in general. Then she will hide from you the next time. Don't take this as a lecture - I tried to give some positive advice above. Sometimes people think their dogs reason like humans do, and they don't.
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08-03-2006, 10:35 AM | #12 |
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| There could also be medical issues. You never know. Loki was still peeing every 15 minutes even when he was 6 months old. He was drinking about 4 times as much water as a dog his size should drink - but I didn't know that until I asked the vet. (Everyone says a dog should ALWAYS have fresh water, but not if he drinks so much he pukes!) He would drain his bowl in seconds. I had him checked out for every possible medical problem. Finally it was determined that it was behavioral and we worked carefully (with the trainer) to solve the problem. Now he only drinks about twice as much, but my deal with him is he can have as much water as he wants as long as he pees OUTSIDE! He keeps his end of the deal so I try to keep mine BUT, the moral of the story is it could very well have been his kidneys, liver, a UTI, diabetes or a whole bunch of other problems. If a 1.5 yr old isn't housetrained, a trip to the vet isn't unreasonable.
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08-03-2006, 10:36 AM | #13 | |
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08-03-2006, 03:10 PM | #14 |
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| Keep her confined in an ex-pen with just her bed, foodand water, toys and a pee pad. If she is not going outside, you have failed to communicate with her that you want her to go outside. If what you have been doing isn't working then try something else. She is not deliberately trying to annoy you. They want to please, she just does not understand. Keeping her confined will help to keep you from getting upset. The dog will not learn a thing when you are upset because it's main focus will be to stay out of your way. Patience, Patience, Patience. Calm and Assertive are the key words. Tune into the Dog Whisperer tonight on the National Geographic Channel, to learn how to be Calm and Assertive. |
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