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09-12-2006, 01:23 PM | #1 |
Registered User Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Centreville, VA
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| First time Yorkie Owner needing help (long) Hello all, My wife and I bought a 10 week old yorkie we named Friley a few days ago, and we are having a heck of a time figuring out how to train it. It knows how to pee on a pad pretty well (breeder started the training), but we have no control over where it poops as he refuses to poop on the pad or outside. He typically poops on the sidewalk after about an hour walking around (frustrating to say the least), or on our floor. We have a small airplane carrier thing for him that we use as a crate (since he can't move too much in there), its about 1ft wide and tall, and about 2ft long, and we have been keeping him in it overnight, he has never ever had an accident in it, and he can actually hold it all night till we take him out in the morning (he doesn't even cry so we can sleep!). Our work schedule dictates that we must be gone from about 8/9am to 5:30pm during the work week. There is no possibility of us coming home during the day due to let him out because of the travel time. After reading a few threads, it seems there may be a couple of strategies, and I'd like your input on what we should do: 1. Get a big wire dog crate with the hard plastic bottom meant for the larger dogs, and put in a towel to sleep on, food and water dish, and a pad. This seems to us the best option, since he can do everything he needs to, and we have a 2nd bedroom we use as an office and can put a large cage like this in. My wife spends a good chunk of time in this room, so when he gets to like his setup (I hope) it will be convenient because they could "hang out" together even when not directly interacting. 2. Buy an "x-pen", and create the same sort of setup, except sticking our little airport carrier/crate in there (with the door open) as his home, and leaving in the food and water and pad. This option would also work, but I like how the big wire crate has a floor which will catch the mess when he misses the pad, the x-pen option would have mess all over the carpet since it has no floor. Eventually, we want to have a dog that is trained indoor/outdoor, but weather in this part of the country and our work schedule dictates indoor must come first, since it will be cold soon, and then next spring we can hit the outdoor training hard so he knows both. I know that official "crate training" only allows the dog to live in a small crate like we already have, but it also requires someone be around at least every 2-4 hours and thats not possible for us. We would just like your input as to which one of our strategies you would recommend, or if they would even be effective in getting him to pee and poop on a pad. We are also having a somewhat hard time getting him to recognize his name if you have any suggestions. Thanks in advance for all your help! P.S. Currently, we use our 2nd bathroom and a baby gate to hold him during the day. He sleeps in the airplane carrier/crate (door open) and has food and water, and pees on the pad, but poops anywhere but the pad. Its a 10ft x 10ft room, so I think its too big for him to be "forced" to poop on the pad (so he's not going to learn) when no one is around which is why I'm looking at getting a large wire crate or xpen to make his roaming area smaller. Last edited by Friley; 09-12-2006 at 01:25 PM. |
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09-12-2006, 01:57 PM | #2 |
Peanut Gallery Mom Donating Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Maryland
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| to YT neighbor! (I'm in Manassas ) I am by no means an expert but I can tell you from my personal experiences that 10 weeks is a bit young to expect your little one to fully grasp the potty concept. In my experiences, that light doesn't turn on until possibly 4 months or later. I can tell you that consistancy and pleanty of praise is key with these little guys and each one is totally different - Requiring different tactics. X-Pens are great in that you reduce them to the required size of living quarters and gradually increase as your little one gets bigger and/or starts getting the idea in the space. And, it may also work within your 10x10 bathroom area. In keeping this short, all three of my furbabies use both inside/outside potty habits - Using both daily walks and potty pads. If you want additional pointers or want to drop by to see my set up, feel free to PM me. |
09-12-2006, 02:04 PM | #3 |
Donating YT 30K Club Member | This is what worked for me. I know most don't like the pee pad in their crate. I bought a dog playpen and put he bedding at one end and the pee pad at the front where it zips open. Cali trained in a few weeks by 12 weeks of age. She would use the wee wee pads when confined to her playpen and just hops in there to use it when she is out. She is 14 months old and still goes in the playpen to pee and to take a nap. We just started giving her free run of the house when were gone. The difference is I no longer work so she is never alone more than 3 hours and that is not often. Just remember they really are too young to hold it for 8 hours yet. Like I said this method worked great for us. Good luck
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