pooping everywhere
 

:confused: I have a 3 month old yorkie. He has mastered going pee on his potty pads but he still poops anywhere he pleases... Even on his sleeping blankets. I tried putting two potty pads down thinking maybe he wanted to use one for pee and one for pooping but he just uses both for peeing. No matter how much I work with him on pooping he does it everywhere and then eats it. I have even tried picking up the poop and putting it on the pads thinking maybe he would understand then but he doesn't. I praise him and give him treats for going potty where he needs to but he just isn't getting it. :confused:

We have pretty much given up on getting our Higgins poop-trained. Welcome to the club. :( He's not so bad about the peeing, but he just poops on the run anywhere. Like you, we praise him to the skies when he does it outside, but we just give up on the inside poops. Mostly he just goes before we get up in the morning so we only have to go on poop patrol once a day. And fortunately, they are nice dry poops that don't stick to anything and don't have much smell to 'em either. We think he knows perfectly well what he's doing and is just being a defiant little stinker......but he's soooooo cute.......good thing, too! :rolleyes:

My Dolce NEVER and I mean NEVER fails to get the poop on the pad. I think its because I watched her like a hawk when she was out of her playpen. Whenever I saw her doing the "poopy dance" I would immediately put her on a wee wee pad...then she had no choice but to circle around the pad and go there. It took a couple of times, but she DEFINITELY got the hang of it. So maybe if you just watch her and see when she has to go, they usually go in a circle and sniff around, then u can just grab her, but dont scare her, and place her on the wee wee pad. Hopefully she'll come to associate the wee wee pad with both peeing and pooping. Good luck and let me know how it turns out!!

Higgin's Mom-That Higgin's sure is a little rascal, but so darn CUTE!!! :D

Higgins and Rudy must be related :) Rudy will be a year on the 24th, he has got the pee pee down but poops where he pleases. Like Higgin's mom said thank God it is hard and doesn't make a mess. Maddie will do what ever it takes to get me attention to let her out. I am hoping one day he gets it and starts going out to poop all the time. They are always where I am so when I don't see Rudy he is up to no good :p Rudy is all boy and has a stubborn personallity, some night I have to get a flashlight to find him in the backyard because he doesn't come when I call him. He is a little toot and thank God for him he is so cute because there is some nights when I have to get him from behind the hedges and I could strangle his little neck and there is Maddie on the Patio thinking what is he doing it is time to go to bed. They keep my life interesting and I love them to death.................Cindy :)

Thanks for the replies. Toby's poop is hard and doesn't stick to anything either. His preferred spot to go potty is in the kitchen so that is a plus since it's not on the carpet. And I agree thank goodness they are soo darn cute because there are times I could just scream at him but he gives me the puppy dog eyes and I'm over it. :p My fiance doesn't think he's so cute though, but he's just jealous because I give Toby more attention than I do him. Also, Toby doesn't care too much for him anyway. He's a momma's boy. Funny story though... the second night we had him he slept in bed with us and in the middle of the night he pooped on Randy's pillow so the next night I put him in the kitchen with a child's gate up and that little rug-rat jumped over the 2 foot childs gate and started terrorizing the living room so I took him outside and he went potty then I put him in bed with us because I needed to get some sleep for the night.. Guess what the first thing he did was????? :rolleyes: He went pee on Randy's pillow... So needless to say... he's not sleeping with us anymore until he is COMPLETELY potty trained :) :p

That is toooo funny!! Methinks that Toby isn't very fond of your boyfriend!! :o My son has a Border Collie [Missy] that is more spoiled than Toto and is soooo jealous ... it's a wonder she isn't green!!! Toto senses her hostility, I guess, and every chance she gets, she gets Missy's favorite Frisbee ... climbs over in it and pees!!! :eek: It has to be a revenge thing!! One thing for certain ... I wouldn't want to be on the receiving end of a Yorkie's revenge!!! ;)

Boy dogs try to show the boy men in our lives just WHO the Alpha Dog really is! When we first got Higgins, Don got up to go to the bathroom in the middle of the night and put his foot in his nice warm slippers. One slipper was really nice and warm......and gooooooey.......and his foot squished in it all the way to the toe. It was 3 AM, but I think Don woke the whole campground up! Higgins had left him a little present in his slipper. I thought it was hilarious, but Don didn't. :o

Talk about revenge: Pogo was on a leash and we were talking to friends in the camground (Don & Lavonne, Bettyanne -- you may remember them). They had their Lhasa Apso on a leash, too. Pogo got really nasty with their dog and snapped at him, so I yelled at Pogo good and told him in no uncertain terms how BAD he was. Then I went on with my conversation....until.....everyone starting laughing and I felt something funny, and I looked down......and there was my beloved dog Pogo lifting his leg on MY LEG!!!! The only time he has ever done it. I had to go change clothes, socks, shoes.......and I swear he smiled. :mad:

I SWEAR it's the truth ..... these intelligent little "dahlins" have their revenge!!! ;)

Have you guys tried to take your Yorkies out for long walks (before they have pooped for the day). If you can get them accustomed to pooping outside, it's a start. :P

I don't wanna walk him at 4 AM!!! At least that's when he poops the most, I think. We can NEVER catch him at it inside. As for the rest of the day? He has a doggie door and goes in and out freely. But the doggie door is closed at night.

Tay794,

I have the opposite problem! She will poo outside or on the puppy pad, but pees all over the floor! :rolleyes:

Just keep working with him, and you have to 'catch' him in the act to correct him. It literally takes Mei Mei to pee in 2 seconds, so it is hard for me to catch her.

Hmmm, dunno any other tidbits of advice for Higgins then... Does he only poop once a day?

Poop once a day???? ROFLMAO!!!! Higgins is a prolific pooper. Higgins beans all over the place! Mostly they are waiting for me when I get up in the morning. He always does a "dot" (short one) and a "dash" (long one), and there are usually three or four of each spread out all over the house, though he has developed some regular spots. And he will move that spot, if I put a pad over it, and go somewhere else. He will pee on a pad 99.44% of the time, but he never poops on a pad. I just grab up a lot of toilet paper and head out on poop patrol in the morning.* Then we're good to go the rest of the day with no problems. It really isn't a big problem, since his beans are so neat.

*I must be fair here.....Higgins dad picks more of 'em up than I do.....amazes me that he does that chore......But he loves that little dog like nothing I've ever seen! I mean, he really loves that little kid more 'n he loves me! But please remember that Don "doesn't like dogs." ;)

Mary Ellen!!!! Dots & dashes???? :eek: It's "Morse Code"!!! Higgins is writing you notes!!! Next time ... read it and see what he is trying to tell you!!! ;) On second thought, if that were Toto's message ... we might not want to know what she is trying to tell us!? :confused: That's just tooooo funny ... for the life of me, I cannot picture "Don the Dog Hater" picking up morning poop!! :D

That is crazy Higgin's Mom! How can he have so much poop? :P

Wow, it'd drive me nuts if Yoda pooped that much, he usually makes two little logs each day, pretty consistently, unless he had a Greenie, in which he makes two green poopie logs. I hope no one just ate!

Fasteddie, that's about Toto's regimen too! Since she had the little bout with "too much pear" and "tobacco" and she was pooping waaay too much ... she has switched to sometimes twice a day, but everything is pretty much back to normal! We also "get greenie logs" the day after that "treat" ... matter of fact ... we expect "green" today!! OMG ... I'm skipping breakfast!!!! ;)

Heheh, so funny our little ones can be so different, yet so similar in some aspects! :)

Oh my. I will never be able to sleep with my two, because all they do is POOP all night. I wake up in the morning and they have more poop on their pads than will fit on there sometimes, and they start going off the pad when they can't walk on it anymore. I have set down TWO pads now, side by side, and altogether they have THREE spots to go in in the living room set up, because they have crazy bathroom habits........I wish they were a little less excited about #2, but whaddaya gonna do? :D

Hi,

I have a few questions. When do you stop feeding them at night. I stop feeding chester and chelsey both at 8:00 pm suggested by our vet and our breeder. No water not food. they may get treat at this time cause that is when we do training .

Chester and Chelsey nornally poop once or twice a day . only in the day time after they have eaten.
Chester does his business out side. Chelsey is still in training and is catching on very fast. She has rang the bell twice now to go outside.
chester still does not get that he should ring the bell.

Other question "Higgins is a prolific pooper." What type of food are your puppies eating , including teats chicken, wet or dry food.
wet food causes them to go to the bathroom more I find.

Do you feed them baby food , fruit, things of that nature.
If we feed Chester any thing other then his dog food and dog treats garenteed he will be pooping like crazy even have diarea sometime.
Chelsey on the other hand can eat anything.

Suggestions. Higgin mom, you may want to think about putting higgins in a crate or play pen at night... since that is when he poops the most. At least then you can go to one spot to pick up the mess.

Yesterday Chelsey and Chester went outside in the back- yard playing for 30 min. Then I let them in. Chelsey waited until she went in her creat to do # 2.
I told her "NO" ! in a very mean voice and picked her up and said outside and out she went. If your puppy is walking and pooping... if you can catch him, pick him up and his poop and puppy and put them out side. and Say outside our what ever command you use

Its a lot of work but you have to keep a very close eye on them... Walking around and picking up ther poop while they pop is saying its ok to do it here.

Now if it is after it happens it too late .

gee you guys are really good mom's I would have pulled my hair out if my puppy were pooping everywere. We may find number one sometimes. with Chelsey.. but walking in to a # 2 is no fun.

P.S I'm no expert but maybe some of these suggetions will help. Good luck

We try to feed Toto her Natural Balance about 6AM and 6PM [About 1/4 cup split between the two meals]. In between she has her treats and maybe a couple teaspoons of cottage cheese or a little fruit mid-afternoon. I leave her a little bowl of the Royal Canin Yorkshire 28 down all the time ... sometimes she will go for several days and not want a single piece of it ... some days she eats it up! We never, never let her be without water. I change her water [bottled] and give her a clean bowl several times a day and always make sure it's clean and full before bedtime. What is the theory behind not leaving Chester & Chelsey fresh water at night? I think that's only the second time I have ever heard that ... but haven't heard the reason?
Toto usually poops shortly after she wakes and maybe one more time during the day ... if she goes more than that it's usually a sign that something's wrong with her little system! I keep her wee wee pad clean at all times because she won't go on the pad it it's already soiled! She's awfully prissy! :)

Yoda's Royal Canin Yorkshire 28 is out all the time, he usually eats about twice a day. Usually for dinner he gets some boiled chicken (no salt). He poops usually in the noon hour, or sometimes in the middle of the night, it just depends. He wakes up about noon and dinner time is around 7pm, when we eat.

We leave fresh water out for him that he can get to anytime during the day. Sometimes it is a pain to take him to pee at night, but I'd rather have him hydrated than a chance of him being dehydrated, since he does play a lot at night with us. :)

Hi Chester is old enough that he can hold his pee all night.. so in his playpen he has access to water and food. It is free fed cause chester eat when he feels like it.

With Chelsey we give her water and food durring the day and remove it at 8:00pm. She sleeps right throw the night and we let her out in the morning to go pee with Chester.

We have done this as well with Chester when we first got him... Chelsey still has her 4 meals a day and water.. just not after 8:00pm unless we are paying. Then she would get some more water.

I actually took chesley to the vet yeterday and she also confirmed to remove the water and food around 8:00 pm. I have never had a problem with them being dehidrated. I think the reason behind it is that there blader is small utill they are 1 years of age.. or at least that was what i was told yesterday.

I was asking my vet if I should remove the wee pad from her crate now... but she said to leave it in ther a while longer... unill her bladder is bigger.

I still can't get over the amount of poo.

chelsey goes like twice a day one in the moring and one at night.
same as chester. I always know when chester is sick becuse then he will poo a lot...