Still Desperate
 

I have tried all the advice people on here has given me about house breaking my puppy, and talked to the vet. Nothing is working. The cage idea I thought well that makes sense, Nope didn't work she goes in there even with her food and just will lay in it until I find it and clean it out. I love my puppy dearly but this is really getting on my nerves, I am a clean freak and I am starting to feel like I live in a puppy pee & poo complex! Any more info for me please let me know. Thanks, ritak

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Sorry everyone I tried to add a pic of my puppy but I just can't figure out how to do it. Hope I have not messed anything up on here. ritak

I feel so bad for you. I just had to retrain a new puppy and here is what worked for me....so far...lol

I made it so there was hardly any room in her crate. Just enough to lay down and turn around and no more. Nothing in the crate but a blanket. I made my xpen small enough that she could come out on paper to go and that was it. When I let her out to play with all of us, it was only when she was supervised and a pad was near, so if she looked like she needed to go, we put her on the pad. I still only let her in the family room and kitchen at this time. She's doing great so far. I hope this works for you.

Thanks for the info, the carrier we use to keep her in and she also sleeps there is a very small one. She just goes in it and lays there also. I just don't understand. When she goes out in the house she knows that she has done wrong because she will go hide and don't want us to catch her. I just don't know what to do I Love her so much but this is driving me crazy. ritak

Got It Finally
 

I got her pic on here it's not to good but it's her, Her name is Macy I don't know how you all get the names under their pics. ritak

Sorry you're having so many problems. Do you try taking her out every hour when your home? If you do stay with her until she goes, and then praise her like crazy. Also, pick up her mess and put it outside where you want her to go.

Desperate
 

Thanks for the info yes we have done this and although she will go outside when we are out there, she still refuses to stop in the house. Alot of times she will be out and as soon as we come back in she goes. Makes no sense to me?? Thanks, ritak

How old is she? That makes a huge difference. Some dogs know they need to go outside but can't hold it or can't learn to tell you. Loki peed on the doormat for months until we taught him to ring bells so that we could hear him when he wanted to go outside. The accidents stopped almost immediately.

When we got Sammy she was almost a year old but was not housetrained. She would just stop and pee wherever she wanted. It took her MONTHS to understand the concept of the bells. We ended up having to take her out OFTEN, and constantly watch her and even tether her to us with her leash. We reward her with an awesome great every time and tell her how good she is. Sammy likes to please us. Loki was all about the food and could care less if we were happy as long as he got a treat :rolleyes:

How old is your little one and how big is she? Because even though you may have gotten a small crate/cage, you may still need to block off a part of it to make it smaller. She really should have very very little room in the crate.

Also, are you giving her free range of your home without watching her every move? Do you look away for a second or more? If so, then you really need to watch her every nano second as long as she is out. If you cannot supervise her then she needs to go back in the crate. You may have to do this for months and months until she finally "gets it".

You need to take her out every hour on the hour and you may have to do this for months and months before she finally "gets it".

potty training some of these yorkies will take until they are 6, 7, 8 or 9 months old or longer. You cannot let up for one second on the supervision until "light bulb" goes off in her little mind and she knows what you want.

Just because she runs and hides from you when she goes potty in the house, does not mean she understands that what she has done is wrong. All she understands is that you get mad and she does not understand why. That is why she runs and hides.

Perhaps you can tell us what you are doing, what your schedule is and maybe we can help you tweak it for you for optimum success. :)

OK - I'm a clean freak too but ya gotta have the patience...it takes time cause they are little and have small bladders. Izzy just turned 8 mos and she is just now starting to get it but not completely. When we are home she goes out every two hours religously (we work so she's in her x-pen all day with pee-pads and that's the only place we have them since it's a reality she can't hold it for 8-10 hours so I would rather have her pee/poop on a pee-pad then on the floor).

When at home - one of us (it's a team effort here with me and husband) is always taking her out. Does she have accidents? Absolutely, but in my mind - it's a small pee and small poo (I probably would freak more if I had a big dog though):eek: . We have never, never yelled at her - what good does that do. We just say in a different voice - Izzy - potty outside and then we take her out even if she doesn't have to go. Slowly but surely she is catching on. Yay!!! We were just talking last night that in reality the accidents have decreased tremendously since we brought her home and it's only been 15 weeks that we've had her. :D

So take a deep breath - get your Nature's Miracle out - and all will be good.....;)

Do you have to leave her for several hours to go to work? At this point, you might need to take some time off to put into it. And I know that is probably easier said than done, :( but that might be what you need to do. If she has gotten used to sitting in it when left alone, she'll probably need to be re-trained to prefer a clean den.

Good luck! :)

I trained our morkie to use a litter box. She is 6 months old and is completely housebroken. We keep her in her kennel while we are at work and at night sleeping only because she won't leave our cat alone. I do feel like I could leave her out though. Plus I worry about her chewing on an extension cord or something.
It was fairly easy to do. If you need more information let me know.

Let us know how old Macy is. Just so you know we crated Coby in a crate just big enough for him to lay down and turn around in also (he LOVES his crate even though some people don't like that idea). When we first brought him home and we were working on potty training, he pooped and peed in his crate every day and every night for a couple of weeks. He just couldn't seem to hold it even though we worked so hard at taking him out regularly. So I just worked hard at never getting frustrated, used towels that were easy to throw in the washer, used a kennel that was easy to pop the top off, and just kept trying. After so many days and nights, he finally matured enough not to go in his kennel. No problems ever since!! If Macy is young, she will most likely get there.

I think the harder part is training US to be patient and not get frustrated at the icky messes.

Give us more details. You've got a lot of support here with these generous people.

Desperate
 

The crate thing is just what we are doing with her. She is 3 months old and although I know that is young I am here to take her out all the time. She does the same thing you say your puppy did. It just amazes me how smart she is when it comes to everything else. Thanks for the reply. ritak

Ahhhh, 3 months old...... do have patience. We were so diligent and did everything right just like you are. Just one day, it all fell together. He hardly has ANY accidents now at nearly 7 months. But I remember being where you are, wondering if it would EVER end. Trust me, it will be a distant memory soon. If she's smart in all the other ways, you've got a winner and will enjoy YEARS to come after a few MONTHS of patience!!

desperate
 

Thank you for letting me know that I am on the right track with her, I just get so irritated I guess because she is so smart I feel she should know by now as much as I work with her. It even seems like she knows that she is doing wrong. We can have her out and nothing and as soon as we bring her back in she goes. It just makes no sense to me. Thank You and your puppy is so cute looks almost identical to Macy. ritak

How do you litterbox train a puppy? What are the drawbacks? Is there any odor (I hate cat litter smell).

Purina makes a litter box system called Secondnature. A friend trained her dog to use one so I knew it worked. I blocked off a part of our back hallway with a baby gate and put the litter box, her kennel and her food dishes. When we weren't playing or watching her closely she was in that area. I don't know if there is an odor in the litter that attracts them to it or what but she used it. After a few months of doing it this way my husband finally said are you ever going to let her run around and see what she does? So I did and she has done wonderfully! The first time I let her out she started to squat and pee so I picked her up and took her to the litter box. Once she knew where the box was she has went to it everytime. I still keep her in her kennel at night and when we are away because she won't leave the cat alone. Eventually as she gets out of the puppy stage we'll be able to let run freely all the time. That is our main goal. We aren't usually away for long hours of time but if it would happen she will always have access to her litter box.
I notice an odor with the litter only when it needs changed. I do keep the poo picked up out of it as soon as she goes. I started with the smallest litter box but then went up to the medium size one. She is only between 3 and 4 pounds right now so I probably won't have to go any bigger.
Anyway, she is now 6 1/2 months old and goes to the litter box everytime. I have to say that I was skeptical but it works. It was fairly easy too.
I hope this helps in your decision. Also I will post Purina's website for Secondnature. It has alot of good info.
www.purinasecondnature.com

That www.purinasecondnature.com site is very good and shows how to housebreak even if using the outdoors or pee pads. Be sure to go through all of it! This method worked with my yorkie When I got her she was 2 and not at all housebroken.
Kathy

Just wondering what advantages this has over the pee pads? We've been using the pads and Zoe does pretty well but I was wondering if there were advantages to the litter box method?