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Old 03-12-2007, 11:02 PM   #1
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I have a 10 month old Yorkie, and I've had her for about 7 months. During that time, we have had a horrible time house-breaking her. You name it, and we've tried it. We just can't get her to signal to us in anyway if she needs to go potty. The most recent attempt is having a bell by the front door. Before we take her outside we have her hit the bell, and then we go out. I know a couple people with other breeds of dogs that have had great luck with this, but no such luck with us. She'll pee outside, and then it seems the second we get back inside she pees again. Her new favorite thing is to pee on our bed, which is always enjoyable.

Her new thing is chewing holes. She gets into our closet to go through the laundry and chews holes in clothes. She's chewed through sheets and I caught her tonight with a shower towel. She has plenty of toys, not sure where this new fixation is coming from.

Also, when we're outside she keeps running and barking at everyone that she sees. We live in a condo, so I would often let her go outside without being on a leash and she's always been great. But now that it's getting warmer outside, she freaks. She barks at everyone, and has even started running after other cars. We've gone back to using the leash each time we take her outside, but she won't go potty on the leash. It's a no-win situation, really.

We're expected our first child in 3 months, and it would be great if we could get some of these issues ironed out with her before. I work from home so I'm always here with her. I can't imagine if I had a 9 to 5 job... no telling what she would do. Any advice??
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Old 03-13-2007, 01:27 AM   #2
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First of all.. your yorkie is still young. It's up to you to set the boundaries in the home. Crate training is a great tool for this. When you can't be with her to supervise, she's in the crate and unable to destroy things or pee on the floor. This crate time will also help her to learn to "hold it" so that she can wait a little longer in between potty times.

If she's peeing on your bed, she shouldn't be allowed on your bed, or should be 100 percent supervised while she's on there -- the truth is she doesn't have limits so she doesn't know it's bad to pee wherever she wants.

How often do you take her out to potty? Puppies often need to go out a lot. I know that I take Lula my 5 month old out every 45 minutes just to see if she has to go until she builds up her ability to hold it a bit.

Also, you should never ever have your dog off leash. It's irresponsible to other dog owners and people in general and could be dangerous for your yorkie. If she sees something and takes off she could be easily hit by a car, lost or anything like that.

Dogs can bark at people for a lot of reasons.. pent up energy, boredom, fear.. the list goes on and on. Try to work to see what your dogs trigger is. How long of walks do you take per day with her? Try diverting her attention when she barks at people. Make sure you're walking her on a leash, close to you.. and try to bring a squeaky or a clicker and each time she looks at you instead of barking at others give her a treat.
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She needs to be crate trained and have some limitations set for her. Right now she is ruling the house and you need to be.
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She needs to be crate trained and have some limitations set for her. Right now she is ruling the house and you need to be.
As far as crate training, she does great at nights. The crate is in our room and she sleeps in it just fine (no crying or barking). I guess I'm confused by crate training... do I just keep her in there during the day also, like what was said above, whenever I'm not with her? Should I move the crate out of our bedroom during the day? When I'm working, I often can't watch her every minute, so should I put the crate in my office and have her in there? I don't mean to sound stupid, I just need some advice here

I know she's a very smart dog, I just need to learn how to parent her.
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What I would do is take the crate into the office w/you if you want to be close to her. She should be in her crate absolutely any time you cannot watch her. If she keeps having accidents in the house, she will never learn the correct behavior.. and it isn't her fault.. she'll just be confused w/o guidance. Set aside time every so often.. 45 mins.. hour... hour and a half.. whatever works for you to take her right outside to potty. Wait about 15 minutes.. but do not talk to her or play with her.. just watch and wait. If she doesn't go.. put her right back in the crate.. and try again the same exact way in a little bit. As soon as she potty's outside praise like crazy and give her a treat.

After you keep repeating this pattern, she'll eventually get it and learn outside potties mean treats and praise! Then once she's become very reliable w/pottying outside.. you can start to slowly increase the amount of space she's allowed free roam of. You might want to try just your office at first.. then increase bit by bit. Letting them have tons of space even after they have their potty's outside down, can be overwhelming and they'll often have accidents again

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If you crate your puppy at night and also in the day to potty train, do make sure you give them enough exercise and play because they need to have mental stimulation and release some pent up energy. Puppies have a lot of energy and if not directed properly, it can get out of control and create behavioural problems. Provide some chew toys such as bullysticks in the crate. At least your puppy has something to do when not sleeping.
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Thank you to all you guys above in responding

So far so good today, as I have been keeping her in her crate. Every hour/hour and a half I've been taking her outside for potty time, and we went for a walk earlier. She gets so excited and just wants to play all the time... it seems almost impossible to wear her out!! I'll try two walks for awhile, in addition to playing with her. There are some neighbor girls that love to play with her, and she does seem a little less wound-up after she's been with them for awhile. She's been doing so well the last couple months (other than the potty issues), but now that it's starting to get warmer she's suddenly even more full of energy and crazy!

She has tons of toys, but lately she seems to want nothing to do with them. Maybe it's time to try a different kind of toy, any suggestions? She used to love greenies (I would only let her have them when I was around), and sometimes her nylabone. Squeeky soft toys are still a hit. She loves to fetch, but no so much a fan of balls. I would love to find something she could work on for awhile... a kong with peanut butter maybe?
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I'm an absolute believer in crate training. I got my yorkie when she was a year-and-a-half and not housebroken. She could hold it overnight and she didn't wet or soil her kennel at night so I knew that she could probably go 3 or more hours between peeing.

Every couple hours I took her out to potty and if she didn't go, we came back in and she went in her kennel. We would try again in a little whiile. If she did go - then she got some freedom in the house. I often put on her leash and let her drag it, but usually I wore it so she would not have the opportunity to ever go in the house. She was fully trained in just 3-4 months.

Now, when we wake in the morning we go right to the door. If she wants to go out then she walks right to the kennel herself and I lock her in. After a little while she'll let me know when she has to go and I let her out and she's free for the rest of the day.

This will work for you! Kathy
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Is she spayed? If not, some of this new behavior could be linked possibly to that.
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Hi Dalias Mom. I have a 5 month old Yorkie and am a little discouraged that yours is not housebroken at 10 months! We have a bell by the door and it is used occasionally. For the most part we potty outside but the #2 seems to be ok anywhere in the house. We have newspapers down, we even tried an indoor potty with a grate so that he doesn't get his feet wet. I was hoping we would be set in a couple more months!!
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Hi Dalias Mom. I have a 5 month old Yorkie and am a little discouraged that yours is not housebroken at 10 months! We have a bell by the door and it is used occasionally. For the most part we potty outside but the #2 seems to be ok anywhere in the house. We have newspapers down, we even tried an indoor potty with a grate so that he doesn't get his feet wet. I was hoping we would be set in a couple more months!!
Snickers Mom please do not be discouraged just by ONE story. Everyone on here gives advice and their good and bad stories. Some of these stories are tips to do, and some are tips NOT to do. Every dog is different. Different in from their genes to the consistency of the person pottying.

I got my Scruffy at 8 weeks, and he has done WONDERFULLY!! He is 4 months tomorrow, and he has just started going to the door to tell us he has to go out. I am thrilled. I have to say that I have been almost PSYCHO about bringing him out EVERY 1/2 hour when he is awake. My personal figuring is THE MORE I bring him out, the more chances I have that it will suddenly "click" in his head. MY HUGEST discovery was about 1.5 weeks ago.............it clicked in my head that I was always CARRYING my pup out to go potty intead of letting him walk to the door. Once he started walking to the door it only took about 1 week before he went to the door himself to tell us he had to go (although my dd's leftover hamburger was his treat every time he went potty that night, so I am sure that helped too )
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Siara28, thanks for the encouragement. I do have Snickers walk to the door himself. I used to give him a treat everytime he pottied outside but quit doing that as he would want go out about every 20 minutes and give me a little squirt so that he could get a treat! He does give me signs - sometimes - that he has to go out. Other times he just goes on the floor. There is never a sign when we have to #2 - we just do it where ever we are standing! Everyone's tips and advice would greatly be appreciated!!!
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I always give a treat to my boy to encourage him to do the correct thing especially when it comes to learning where to do his business. We live in a high rise so litter box is my best option although he has learnt to do his business outside when we go out for walks which is wonderful. Even if he goes 20 times a day to pee in his litter box, I still reward him treats each time when I do see it. I just break the treats in to smaller pieces so he won't have too much when its totalled up. As time goes by, he just gets more and more reliable and even when I am out, he is very reliable. Treats are the best thing to win their little hearts and a good training tool. Oh not to forget, they love lots and lots of praise and pet on the head. Mine looks like he is smiling each time I reward him hehe.
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Read this page about terriers. A Yorkie is a terrier altho not a Jack Russell. However, the traits are very much the same as far as stubborness and boredom. So maybe some of these suggestions will help:

http://www.canismajor.com/dog/terrterr.html
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Yes, I always give treats, I have these round LIVER treats, they are about the size of a dime (although a little THICKER) and I divide them into 3 or 4, so really his treats don't effect his eating or anything. But I truely think the treats are one of the few things that have really sped things up in our training process!! Treats, consistency and PRAISE!!
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