At Wits End!!!

[Vinnie's Mom]

My five month old puppy has adopted a new habit. Last week he peed on my couch! Yesterday he peed on my blanket on the couch, i washed it, and now my husband informs me he peed on the blanket on the couch again this morning. My couch is not washable in any form, he just became able to get onto the furniture by himself, and we can't keep him off. He's ruined every rug in my apartment, blankets and now is starting on my furniture. I can't take this anymore, he'll use the pee pad when we're gone but not while we're home and now i'm starting to have to throw away everything he comes in contact with, I can't afford for him to pee on this couch. I can't take him anywhere and now I'll miss easter because he's regressing with his training.

[Grayson's mom]

Sounds like he needs a belly band!!

Sure does help save my carpets, furnature, and anything else Grayson thinks he needs to mark.

I got mine from go.fetch

http://go.fetch.home.comcast.net/

[Ladylavender]

Okay, 1st: breathe in serenity..... Breathe out all those negative feels of fustration and hopelessness. Breathe in and out a few more times........., Ok, much better!

The first thing you need to get is a pet urine neutralizer like Simple Solution. You will need to use this to clean up the areas he pees on, so that there is no scent of urine in those spots, at all. Just cleaning them in the washing machine or using a regular detergent will not get the smells off. Puppies and dogs are attracted to previously soiled areas. It stimulates them and makes them pee, so it is very very important that you neutralize the area very well.

2nd - you need to keep your puppy confined in the area that you are in and only in that area and you need to be watching him every second. You cannot take your eyes off him for one second. If you cannot attend to him then you need to assign this to another person in the household (your husband) while you are busy or x-pen or crate him. No more free range of the household.

Another option is to tether him to you so that he stays with you at all times so that you can keep your ever vigiliant eye on him. When you see him look like he is going to go, then you need to walk him to the desigated pee area and wait with him for him to go.

Puppies develop all kinds of bad habits, one of them is to climb on the furniture. If he cannot be trusted up on the furniture (because he urinates on the furniture) then it is your responsibility to train him NOT to get on the furniture. He won't train himself so you have to take an active part in making sure he learns the accepted behaviors like: stay off the furniture; and develops good behaviors and manners. You can't teach them soon enough. To let the behavior continue, will make it harder for you to potty train him.

Is your little boy neutered yet? are you planning on it? I would recommend it.

How often are you taking him to his potty area? you should be taking him every hour on the hour or 1 and 1/2 hour depending on his peeing habits. This also is your responsilbility. He should never be allowed an opportunity to have an accident. You should avoid the accidents by keeping watch over him, keep him confined to one area and taking him out as often as he needs to, in the begining.

Very important lesson: DO NOT expect him to know how to ask to go to his potty area before he is 6-7 months old and it may take longer. You are going to have to be trained before he is. AND you cannot let up until he his reliably house broken. This will be harder work than you could possibly have anticipated, but it is the most necessary way to do it.

Your puppy only gets more access to the house, the more reliably he becomes. You have to introduce each room as if he was never potty trained before because each room is a new situation and your puppy has not been trained to NOT GO in that room. You work on every room, individually until he learns= you have trained him potty is only in the designated area, whether it be outside on on pads.

This is my advise to you. It has been proven to work 100%. REMEMBER: If your puppy is not housebroken, it's your fault not his. If he is not behaving the way you want, it's your fault not his. If he is regressing it's your fault not his.

I am not trying to be harsh, I just want you to understand that you should be more frustrated with yourself and not him, if things are not going as you feel they should.

[Vinnie's Mom]

Originally Posted by Grayson's mom

Sounds like he needs a belly band!!

Sure does help save my carpets, furnature, and anything else Grayson thinks he needs to mark.

I got mine from go.fetch

http://go.fetch.home.comcast.net/

So, essentially it's like a diaper, what does that do for the potty training??? Does it set him back???

[Pup-e-Love]

Originally Posted by Ladylavender

Okay, 1st: breathe in serenity..... Breathe out all those negative feels of fustration and hopelessness. Breathe in and out a few more times........., Ok, much better!

The first thing you need to get is a pet urine neutralizer like Simple Solution. You will need to use this to clean up the areas he pees on, so that there is no scent of urine in those spots, at all. Just cleaning them in the washing machine or using a regular detergent will not get the smells off. Puppies and dogs are attracted to previously soiled areas. It stimulates them and makes them pee, so it is very very important that you neutralize the area very well.

2nd - you need to keep your puppy confined in the area that you are in and only in that area and you need to be watching him every second. You cannot take your eyes off him for one second. If you cannot attend to him then you need to assign this to another person in the household (your husband) while you are busy or x-pen or crate him. No more free range of the household.

Another option is to tether him to you so that he stays with you at all times so that you can keep your ever vigiliant eye on him. When you see him look like he is going to go, then you need to walk him to the desigated pee area and wait with him for him to go.

Puppies develop all kinds of bad habits, one of them is to climb on the furniture. If he cannot be trusted up on the furniture (because he urinates on the furniture) then it is your responsibility to train him NOT to get on the furniture. He won't train himself so you have to take an active part in making sure he learns the accepted behaviors like: stay off the furniture; and develops good behaviors and manners. You can't teach them soon enough. To let the behavior continue, will make it harder for you to potty train him.

Is your little boy neutered yet? are you planning on it? I would recommend it.

How often are you taking him to his potty area? you should be taking him every hour on the hour or 1 and 1/2 hour depending on his peeing habits. This also is your responsilbility. He should never be allowed an opportunity to have an accident. You should avoid the accidents by keeping watch over him, keep him confined to one area and taking him out as often as he needs to, in the begining.

Very important lesson: DO NOT expect him to know how to ask to go to his potty area before he is 6-7 months old and it may take longer. You are going to have to be trained before he is. AND you cannot let up until he his reliably house broken. This will be harder work than you could possibly have anticipated, but it is the most necessary way to do it.

Your puppy only gets more access to the house, the more reliably he becomes. You have to introduce each room as if he was never potty trained before because each room is a new situation and your puppy has not been trained to NOT GO in that room. You work on every room, individually until he learns= you have trained him potty is only in the designated area, whether it be outside on on pads.

This is my advise to you. It has been proven to work 100%. REMEMBER: If your puppy is not housebroken, it's your fault not his. If he is not behaving the way you want, it's your fault not his. If he is regressing it's your fault not his.

I am not trying to be harsh, I just want you to understand that you should be more frustrated with yourself and not him, if things are not going as you feel they should.

Great post! Very informative!

[spiked_poodle]

Originally Posted by Ladylavender

Okay, 1st: breathe in serenity..... Breathe out all those negative feels of fustration and hopelessness. Breathe in and out a few more times........., Ok, much better!

The first thing you need to get is a pet urine neutralizer like Simple Solution. You will need to use this to clean up the areas he pees on, so that there is no scent of urine in those spots, at all. Just cleaning them in the washing machine or using a regular detergent will not get the smells off. Puppies and dogs are attracted to previously soiled areas. It stimulates them and makes them pee, so it is very very important that you neutralize the area very well.

2nd - you need to keep your puppy confined in the area that you are in and only in that area and you need to be watching him every second. You cannot take your eyes off him for one second. If you cannot attend to him then you need to assign this to another person in the household (your husband) while you are busy or x-pen or crate him. No more free range of the household.

Another option is to tether him to you so that he stays with you at all times so that you can keep your ever vigiliant eye on him. When you see him look like he is going to go, then you need to walk him to the desigated pee area and wait with him for him to go.

Puppies develop all kinds of bad habits, one of them is to climb on the furniture. If he cannot be trusted up on the furniture (because he urinates on the furniture) then it is your responsibility to train him NOT to get on the furniture. He won't train himself so you have to take an active part in making sure he learns the accepted behaviors like: stay off the furniture; and develops good behaviors and manners. You can't teach them soon enough. To let the behavior continue, will make it harder for you to potty train him.

Is your little boy neutered yet? are you planning on it? I would recommend it.

How often are you taking him to his potty area? you should be taking him every hour on the hour or 1 and 1/2 hour depending on his peeing habits. This also is your responsilbility. He should never be allowed an opportunity to have an accident. You should avoid the accidents by keeping watch over him, keep him confined to one area and taking him out as often as he needs to, in the begining.

Very important lesson: DO NOT expect him to know how to ask to go to his potty area before he is 6-7 months old and it may take longer. You are going to have to be trained before he is. AND you cannot let up until he his reliably house broken. This will be harder work than you could possibly have anticipated, but it is the most necessary way to do it.

Your puppy only gets more access to the house, the more reliably he becomes. You have to introduce each room as if he was never potty trained before because each room is a new situation and your puppy has not been trained to NOT GO in that room. You work on every room, individually until he learns= you have trained him potty is only in the designated area, whether it be outside on on pads.

This is my advise to you. It has been proven to work 100%. REMEMBER: If your puppy is not housebroken, it's your fault not his. If he is not behaving the way you want, it's your fault not his. If he is regressing it's your fault not his.

I am not trying to be harsh, I just want you to understand that you should be more frustrated with yourself and not him, if things are not going as you feel they should.

You nailed it!!!!!

[Vinnie's Mom]

Originally Posted by Ladylavender

Okay, 1st: breathe in serenity..... Breathe out all those negative feels of fustration and hopelessness. Breathe in and out a few more times........., Ok, much better!

The first thing you need to get is a pet urine neutralizer like Simple Solution. You will need to use this to clean up the areas he pees on, so that there is no scent of urine in those spots, at all. Just cleaning them in the washing machine or using a regular detergent will not get the smells off. Puppies and dogs are attracted to previously soiled areas. It stimulates them and makes them pee, so it is very very important that you neutralize the area very well.

2nd - you need to keep your puppy confined in the area that you are in and only in that area and you need to be watching him every second. You cannot take your eyes off him for one second. If you cannot attend to him then you need to assign this to another person in the household (your husband) while you are busy or x-pen or crate him. No more free range of the household.

Another option is to tether him to you so that he stays with you at all times so that you can keep your ever vigiliant eye on him. When you see him look like he is going to go, then you need to walk him to the desigated pee area and wait with him for him to go.

Puppies develop all kinds of bad habits, one of them is to climb on the furniture. If he cannot be trusted up on the furniture (because he urinates on the furniture) then it is your responsibility to train him NOT to get on the furniture. He won't train himself so you have to take an active part in making sure he learns the accepted behaviors like: stay off the furniture; and develops good behaviors and manners. You can't teach them soon enough. To let the behavior continue, will make it harder for you to potty train him.

Is your little boy neutered yet? are you planning on it? I would recommend it.

How often are you taking him to his potty area? you should be taking him every hour on the hour or 1 and 1/2 hour depending on his peeing habits. This also is your responsilbility. He should never be allowed an opportunity to have an accident. You should avoid the accidents by keeping watch over him, keep him confined to one area and taking him out as often as he needs to, in the begining.

Very important lesson: DO NOT expect him to know how to ask to go to his potty area before he is 6-7 months old and it may take longer. You are going to have to be trained before he is. AND you cannot let up until he his reliably house broken. This will be harder work than you could possibly have anticipated, but it is the most necessary way to do it.

Your puppy only gets more access to the house, the more reliably he becomes. You have to introduce each room as if he was never potty trained before because each room is a new situation and your puppy has not been trained to NOT GO in that room. You work on every room, individually until he learns= you have trained him potty is only in the designated area, whether it be outside on on pads.

This is my advise to you. It has been proven to work 100%. REMEMBER: If your puppy is not housebroken, it's your fault not his. If he is not behaving the way you want, it's your fault not his. If he is regressing it's your fault not his.

I am not trying to be harsh, I just want you to understand that you should be more frustrated with yourself and not him, if things are not going as you feel they should.

Thank you this is wonderful advice...we have done most of this already and he was doing so well, I knew not to expect miracles before 6-7 months, and until this past week he had it down. However, he discovered his manhood last night if you catch my drift, soooo i'm wondering if this isn't him marking his territory?? We will definitely be getting him neutered, our vet suggests 7 months, and he's a great vet, he keeps him the night before and the night after. We do use pee pads with the simple solution training spray, we live in an apartment community in a college town, unfortunately our complex has lots of big scary dogs and crime, so we will continue to pad train him until he's been neutered in two months and we move into a house in July in a nice neighborhood where i'll feel safe taking the little darling out. We've been slowly introducing him to the outside since it's finally warming up in PA and he just loves it and we have had him out and he has peed outside and we praise the heck out of him, he gets so excited I love it. He is such a good, loving dog, he holds our faces with his front paws when he gives kisses, and there truly is nothing like a yorkie kiss! AND he's a master at what I call "Yorkie Eyes" which is when he looks up out of the corner of his eyes and you can see the whites, it's just so innocent and cute, and I think he knows that! haha

[MarilynMonroe]

great advice Ladylavender. thank you so much!

[sunyluvsma]

Originally Posted by Ladylavender

Okay, 1st: breathe in serenity..... Breathe out all those negative feels of fustration and hopelessness. Breathe in and out a few more times........., Ok, much better!

The first thing you need to get is a pet urine neutralizer like Simple Solution. You will need to use this to clean up the areas he pees on, so that there is no scent of urine in those spots, at all. Just cleaning them in the washing machine or using a regular detergent will not get the smells off. Puppies and dogs are attracted to previously soiled areas. It stimulates them and makes them pee, so it is very very important that you neutralize the area very well.

2nd - you need to keep your puppy confined in the area that you are in and only in that area and you need to be watching him every second. You cannot take your eyes off him for one second. If you cannot attend to him then you need to assign this to another person in the household (your husband) while you are busy or x-pen or crate him. No more free range of the household.

Another option is to tether him to you so that he stays with you at all times so that you can keep your ever vigiliant eye on him. When you see him look like he is going to go, then you need to walk him to the desigated pee area and wait with him for him to go.

Puppies develop all kinds of bad habits, one of them is to climb on the furniture. If he cannot be trusted up on the furniture (because he urinates on the furniture) then it is your responsibility to train him NOT to get on the furniture. He won't train himself so you have to take an active part in making sure he learns the accepted behaviors like: stay off the furniture; and develops good behaviors and manners. You can't teach them soon enough. To let the behavior continue, will make it harder for you to potty train him.

Is your little boy neutered yet? are you planning on it? I would recommend it.

How often are you taking him to his potty area? you should be taking him every hour on the hour or 1 and 1/2 hour depending on his peeing habits. This also is your responsilbility. He should never be allowed an opportunity to have an accident. You should avoid the accidents by keeping watch over him, keep him confined to one area and taking him out as often as he needs to, in the begining.

Very important lesson: DO NOT expect him to know how to ask to go to his potty area before he is 6-7 months old and it may take longer. You are going to have to be trained before he is. AND you cannot let up until he his reliably house broken. This will be harder work than you could possibly have anticipated, but it is the most necessary way to do it.

Your puppy only gets more access to the house, the more reliably he becomes. You have to introduce each room as if he was never potty trained before because each room is a new situation and your puppy has not been trained to NOT GO in that room. You work on every room, individually until he learns= you have trained him potty is only in the designated area, whether it be outside on on pads.

This is my advise to you. It has been proven to work 100%. REMEMBER: If your puppy is not housebroken, it's your fault not his. If he is not behaving the way you want, it's your fault not his. If he is regressing it's your fault not his.

I am not trying to be harsh, I just want you to understand that you should be more frustrated with yourself and not him, if things are not going as you feel they should.

This is the ONLY way....You took the words right out of my mouth....Great post!

[Holly_QD]

Hello, I read the advice from Lady lavender. Thank you so much. I am a newbie as you can see not only to the site but I've only had my baby girl for 3 days now. I don't see any progress though. I catch her when she's about to go and take her to the pad and she just never goes. She'll run around for a little longer and then squat again. There's been a couple of times when she just can't hold it and she sprinkles a little. Or if she's making no.2 a small piece will fall off. I'm not disgusted at all, but I want to be able to take her places. I know it's a process and that it takes time and patience, but I was just wondering if it is normal that she still hasn't caught on not even a little?

[Vinnie's Mom]

Originally Posted by Holly_QD

Hello, I read the advice from Lady lavender. Thank you so much. I am a newbie as you can see not only to the site but I've only had my baby girl for 3 days now. I don't see any progress though. I catch her when she's about to go and take her to the pad and she just never goes. She'll run around for a little longer and then squat again. There's been a couple of times when she just can't hold it and she sprinkles a little. Or if she's making no.2 a small piece will fall off. I'm not disgusted at all, but I want to be able to take her places. I know it's a process and that it takes time and patience, but I was just wondering if it is normal that she still hasn't caught on not even a little?

For starters your baby is just precious!!! We've had Vinnie since Christmas and I will tell you that it is a long hard road, and we have moments where you would think we've not trained him at all. We were very diligent in the beginning and then he caught on beautifully! It does take time, they are smaller breeds so they do take more time and effort with the potty training. I assure you, you will be able to take her places. We took Vinnie on Christmas, a mere 2 days after getting him, to my Aunt's, an hour away, pee pads in hand and he did marvelous. As soon as we got him there we locked ourselves in the bathroom, laid out a pad and he went almost instantly from all the excitement. Congratulations on your new addition, be patient (even though I realize i'm not necessarily the most patient person) she will get it!

[DesertChildAZ]

Originally Posted by Holly_QD

Hello, I read the advice from Lady lavender. Thank you so much. I am a newbie as you can see not only to the site but I've only had my baby girl for 3 days now. I don't see any progress though. I catch her when she's about to go and take her to the pad and she just never goes. She'll run around for a little longer and then squat again. There's been a couple of times when she just can't hold it and she sprinkles a little. Or if she's making no.2 a small piece will fall off. I'm not disgusted at all, but I want to be able to take her places. I know it's a process and that it takes time and patience, but I was just wondering if it is normal that she still hasn't caught on not even a little?

It's only been three days...give her some time. It takes a child more than a year to become potty trained. I suggest you follow some of the advice above and also buy a book on housetraining. I did and I discovered some great tips.

[newpupapril]

Originally Posted by Ladylavender

Okay, 1st: breathe in serenity..... Breathe out all those negative feels of fustration and hopelessness. Breathe in and out a few more times........., Ok, much better!

The first thing you need to get is a pet urine neutralizer like Simple Solution. You will need to use this to clean up the areas he pees on, so that there is no scent of urine in those spots, at all. Just cleaning them in the washing machine or using a regular detergent will not get the smells off. Puppies and dogs are attracted to previously soiled areas. It stimulates them and makes them pee, so it is very very important that you neutralize the area very well.

2nd - you need to keep your puppy confined in the area that you are in and only in that area and you need to be watching him every second. You cannot take your eyes off him for one second. If you cannot attend to him then you need to assign this to another person in the household (your husband) while you are busy or x-pen or crate him. No more free range of the household.

Another option is to tether him to you so that he stays with you at all times so that you can keep your ever vigiliant eye on him. When you see him look like he is going to go, then you need to walk him to the desigated pee area and wait with him for him to go.

Puppies develop all kinds of bad habits, one of them is to climb on the furniture. If he cannot be trusted up on the furniture (because he urinates on the furniture) then it is your responsibility to train him NOT to get on the furniture. He won't train himself so you have to take an active part in making sure he learns the accepted behaviors like: stay off the furniture; and develops good behaviors and manners. You can't teach them soon enough. To let the behavior continue, will make it harder for you to potty train him.

Is your little boy neutered yet? are you planning on it? I would recommend it.

How often are you taking him to his potty area? you should be taking him every hour on the hour or 1 and 1/2 hour depending on his peeing habits. This also is your responsilbility. He should never be allowed an opportunity to have an accident. You should avoid the accidents by keeping watch over him, keep him confined to one area and taking him out as often as he needs to, in the begining.

Very important lesson: DO NOT expect him to know how to ask to go to his potty area before he is 6-7 months old and it may take longer. You are going to have to be trained before he is. AND you cannot let up until he his reliably house broken. This will be harder work than you could possibly have anticipated, but it is the most necessary way to do it.

Your puppy only gets more access to the house, the more reliably he becomes. You have to introduce each room as if he was never potty trained before because each room is a new situation and your puppy has not been trained to NOT GO in that room. You work on every room, individually until he learns= you have trained him potty is only in the designated area, whether it be outside on on pads.

This is my advise to you. It has been proven to work 100%. REMEMBER: If your puppy is not housebroken, it's your fault not his. If he is not behaving the way you want, it's your fault not his. If he is regressing it's your fault not his.

I am not trying to be harsh, I just want you to understand that you should be more frustrated with yourself and not him, if things are not going as you feel they should.

This is very good information although a bit rough! Sometimes you do everything right (you think) but some pups may relaps and will go back to routine, just be patient and stick to it! good luck