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03-26-2007, 01:44 AM | #1 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Bryn Mawr, PA
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| PLEASE HELP!! Rio has no clue I'm trying to punish I just got a baby yorkie (10 weeks). Her name is Rio because she came to the US from Rio de Janiero Anyways, anyone have a puppy that has no clue about anything?!?!?!? Isn't scared of anything, doesn't know when I'm mad, and prances around wagging her tail ALL THE TIME! When she pees and poops on the carpet and I get mad at her and tell her "NO", she has no clue. There's also NO SIGNS of her wanting to go pee. She doesn't sniff around to pick a spot so it's hard for me to catch her. I even tried to scare her. My other yorkie, Sammie (who I realize now..is an ANGEL) is scared of the vaccuum, hates the blow dryer and knows when I'm talking to him. So I put the blow drying on Rio and nothing! Not scared, just sits there with the wind blowing in her face. I'm SOO FRUSTRATED!!! PLEASE SOMEONE HELP! HOW CAN I TRAIN WHEN THE PUPPY DOESN'T EVEN KNOW I'M TRYING TO PUNISH HER??? |
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03-26-2007, 01:54 AM | #2 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Mount Albert, ON
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| I'm having the exact same problem with my Gizmo, hes 16 weeks old, weve had him for 2 weeks now. Here's the link to the thread i started.... http://www.yorkietalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=72742 Not sure if it will help at all, cuz im still at a loss for what to do. He's like a little devil, doing what he wants. I LOVE him to death, hes so cute, so hes gettin away with it for now..but i gota eventually show him IM ALPHA, haha. Good luck and let me know if you figure anything out! |
03-26-2007, 02:05 AM | #3 |
Banning Thread Dictator Donating Member | OK, slow down. You're both heading the wrong direction. The title of this thread says everything: "I'M TRYING TO PUNISH HIM." To teach a dog anything, you should never punish. Instead, you should reward. Here's how I advise people to potty train: * Never punish. If you catch an accident happening, it's OK to give a firm "NO" and give them a trip outside. I used to clean up the mess with a paper towel and leave the paper towel outside where I wanted my dogs to go potty. However, if you just see a spot on the floor, it's too late. Don't punish. Don't do anything. * Always reward. All it takes is for you to reward success a few times for your pup to "get it." Follow him or her outside, and whenever there's a success, be right on top of it. PRAISE, PRAISE, PRAISE and give the best treats you can find. Hopefully, others will have additional advice, but that's the key. Don't punish. Be positive. Good luck!
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03-26-2007, 02:32 AM | #4 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Bryn Mawr, PA
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| What do I do if there's nothing she's done to reward her. LOL She hasn't done one thing right. Not even come close to her wee wee pad |
03-26-2007, 02:47 AM | #5 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Mount Albert, ON
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| i agree with Sammietheyorkie. I will sometimes catch Gizmo mid stream and say no...which startles him to stop...then pick him up and put him on the mat, sometimes hell do his business, other times ill keep him there on the pad, by attaching his leash, but i could stand there 20 mins and he wont go...then 25 mins later hell finish. I cant really reward him for going on the pad when ive stopped him mid whatever and put him on the pee pad myself...? |
03-26-2007, 02:55 AM | #6 | |
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With you, it sounds like you're confusing Gizmo. If your saying NO is getting him to stop peeing, then don't say NO. Just put him on the mat and say YES! And Sammietheyorkie, all I can say is I don't think you're trying hard enough or have been lucky enough. You have to catch them in the act of a success for this to work.
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03-26-2007, 02:57 AM | #7 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Mount Albert, ON
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| but the no startles him to stop, so i can put him where i want him to go? right...how else do i stop him. Then i say "go pee" when hes on the mat, sometimes it works, sometimes it doesnt...but i ALWAYS do the same thing for classical conditioning, and its not working. And its not really punish...thats not what i mean, and i boubt Sammietheyorkie means that either...instead of punish its more to startle the dog to get it to stop what its doing...i would NEVER punish him. |
03-26-2007, 03:03 AM | #8 | |
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Pee pad training seems more difficult to me. Hopefully, someone with more experience will help you guys out. Thanks for ganging up on me in the middle of the night! LOL
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03-26-2007, 04:13 AM | #9 |
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| LOL, I know what you feel, I used to think Luna had selective mental retardation.... But sure you can find something your dogs do ok to start training them on treats... I used cheerrios... small enough not to ruin her appetite, and sweet enough for her to die for... Probably your dog will run after you... Use that... Tell him to come (when you actually see them comming), then give a treat... Then they get the point if they do what you want they get a sweet... then, watch closely, and whenever it is time for them to go, bring them to the right place (I also find as Alaska Yorkie, much easier to bring them outside, so there is no missing.), and once in a while you will be succesful, then, give the treat... So they get the connection. And yes, this little stinkers don?t do anything for free when they are this young (well, probably they will chew something for free LOL) The thing is they get the concept of doing what the screaming lady wants so I can get a treat. Hope this helps, I am not an expert, but it worked for me...
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03-26-2007, 04:20 AM | #10 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Bryn Mawr, PA
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| This is my second Yorkie...my first one is 13 weeks and I trained him myself so I have been through the correctly, the waiting, the cleaning, the rewarding, etc. He is now 100% trained This new one is just a whole other story!!! My boyfriend said it the best...she SCAMMPERS Do you know what this means? She doesn't walk, she doesn't smell around, she scamppers around with her legs running a million miles per hour. Her tail is wagging and she's having fun So she doesn't stop to listen to me...EVER! I love her to death but this is frustrating. My boy Sammie is only 13 weeks and completely trained and looks at her like..."listen to mom, she's talking to you!!" |
03-26-2007, 05:11 AM | #11 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Tampa
Posts: 168
| Maybe she doesn't understand English?! I'm not meaning that to be funny, seriously! - maybe that is the case? You mentioned she came from Brazil - can you find out if she was spoken to in Portuguese or English? Maybe she only knows 'no' in Portguese? On 2nd thought, even if that IS the case, it's irrelevant - she needs to know English now, huh? Sorry I'm not of much help - it sounds like you are heading in the right direction with her - Good luck and keep us posted! PS - My puppy (almost 15 wks) knows her commands in English/Spanish. I use hand signals with her too, so I'm not sure if she's responding to just that, but she knows 'come!' and 'venga!' mean the same thing. Maybe you can teach your pup the same (English/Portuguese)!? |
03-26-2007, 05:19 AM | #12 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Bryn Mawr, PA
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| Ceiba's Mom...THANK YOU!! I think that's the best advice I have recieved. I will have to learn some portuguese...LOL Yes, she is from Brazil so maybe that is the case |
03-26-2007, 05:25 AM | #13 |
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| My advice is definitely POSITIVE PRAISE and TREAT REWARDS. What I have learned is that a pup can't have too much free run for this to work. Keep them in a small area. I would make barricades for me and the 2 pups in the kitchen. The wee wee pad would be there and this kinda forces them to have more success at using the 'right' potty area. Then REWARD! It shouldn't take that long for them to realize what good potty behavior is - they want that treat. Roxy and TJ didn't get free run until they were 1.5 years old. And in that time there was lots of regression with potty, so I had to keep going back to confining them and retrain. Pups are lots of fun |
03-26-2007, 07:49 AM | #14 | |
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03-26-2007, 07:55 AM | #15 |
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| I know when I got Kalani I thought he didn't have a clue but then realized that I was giving him too much freedom and treating him like my older one, Hoku. So, I went back to basics - limited area, lots of praise, special potty treat - and all of a sudden he figured it out I think it helped that I kept Hoku in there with him so he learned very quickly that pottying in the right place got him a yummy treat and some run around time in the living room!
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