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11-03-2007, 04:49 AM | #1 |
Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Boston
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| Adults or Puppies? I was having this dicussion with a neighbor of mines...and she was telling me that puppies are harder to train than an Adult dog with bad habbits. I dunno maybe I'm malinformed...but I was always under the impression that a puppy was easier because you are teaching it everything it needs to know as it gets older...as opposed to a dog that may already have bad habbits, and you will have to train to stop...then to train on what the proper way is. I'm not saying it's impossible...I just never thought an adult dog was EASIER. I can definitely be wrong...so that's why I would like to know your opinions!
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11-03-2007, 05:19 AM | #2 |
My furkids Donating Member | Morning! and Welcome to YT!! I have an adult and a puppy, (yorkies) while yorkies have a mind of their own and pretty much do what they want, when they want they can be trained. I brought both of the girls to obedience training. The adult did better at some of the training than the puppy did and vise versa. The thing is you have to be consistent with them...work with them everyday for at least 5 or 10 minutes. I do believe that ANY dog can be trained. Have you ever watched the dog whisperer? He is GREAT with dogs. and most of them are adults.
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11-03-2007, 05:25 AM | #3 |
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| Well, I ran in to a problem with a 5 1/2 mo. old biewer I got, and ended up having to sell her, this is why I have the 13 week old puppy..The biewer had to go outside to use the bathroom, and the other ones were all trained to pee pads. I tried and tried with her, and she would not use the pee pads. The nice thing about the adult dogs is you don't have to go through the chewing stage, and they have a longer attention span, but, I think if you get your baby early enough, that you are right, and it's easier to teach them the things you want them to learn.. |
11-03-2007, 07:28 AM | #4 | |
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11-03-2007, 07:46 AM | #6 |
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| I had my little beloved shih tzu get run over 17 years ago out here, someone actually came in to my yard and ran her over, when I got my last shih tzu almost 10 years ago, I decided I was going to housebreak her on pee pads...they have all done wonderful with it...I get my pee pads from drsfostersmith, they have the best ones..The only con to having them housebroken inside, is having them poop on the paper, but, when they go outside (the 2 big ones), my husband has to scoop it up right away..I like it as I don't have to buy flea meds, don't have to be home at any certain time to let them out, if they have diarrhea and I'm not here, they go to their pee pads..so, all in all, it works out best this way for me..I love it.. plus, when it's raining, I don't have to fight with them to get them to go our, and then when they do and they come in they stink.. probaby 75% of all people prefer them to go out, I just prefer them on the pads.. |
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11-03-2007, 08:16 AM | #8 |
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| I've had both and have to say I had an easier time with the older ones.
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11-03-2007, 08:31 AM | #9 |
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| I've had both and found the grown ones easier to train. BUT, they are hardly ever as fun as the puppies are. |
11-03-2007, 08:33 AM | #10 |
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| Well, we did just recently fence in the back yard which is around 1 acre or a little bigger, which is nice, as I can let them out to run for 10-15 minutes a night..But, when my little shih tzu got run over, I missed 3 days of work.. Her puppies were 11 or 12 weeks old when this happened.. You may need to get your babies those cute little rain coats they have at walmart...LOL |
11-03-2007, 08:37 AM | #11 |
Lovin' 2 Girls Donating Member | One must keep in mind that puppies have very small bladders. Especially toy breeds. They can't always make it to their specified potty place, and so may seem to be ignoring their training. Abigail has been paper trained completely since the age of 8month. But, when she has to go, it's like: "outta my way... I gotta go, I gotta go...!!!" as she scoots her li'l Yorkie bum to her potty place as fast as her l'il Yorkie legs will get her there.Well......just when I think the depravity of man can't possibly get any worse!
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11-03-2007, 08:55 AM | #12 |
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| abbies mom, I'm kind of confused at your response..anyway, she is going on 14 weeks and almost has the pee pad training down completely...I have 2 pads down, plus one in her xpen..the only thing is she will go in the laundry room to use the one, and see the one in her xpen and squart right outside the xpen, so moved the one in the laundry room in front of the xpen... She is doing really good for her age..She never chews up any pee pad, except the one in her xpen.. |
11-03-2007, 08:56 AM | #13 |
Donating YT 30K Club Member | Pixie was the first dog out of 6 that I have had that wasn't a puppy. She was 13 months old and not housebroken. It definately has been a challenge to get her potty trained. I started on pee pads as my other Yorkie only will go on them but Pixie never got the concept and would go on the pads sometimes or where ever she was when she neeed to go. My pom only goes outside and Pixie started a few months ago going outside so I started rewarding her for going outside and she is about 80-90 % outside trained now. I think a puppy at 5-6 months is easier to train than ab 8 week old but any older you MAY have a harder time.
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11-03-2007, 09:08 AM | #14 |
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| I'm having more luck with the young one than I did the 5-6 mo old one myself..for the most part, she's going to the pee pad about 90% of the time, which is good for not being 14 weeks yet..the one that I bought at 5 1/2 mos. was used to a doggie door..I would get her out of her bed in the morning, and put her on the pee pad and make her stay there, she refused to use it, but, then as soon as I would take her outside she would pee and pee...but, she was also peeing all over my poor carpet...I still see stains, even though I would clean them up as soon as she would go...but, I do agree with you, when you get older ones, they're kind of set in their ways |
11-03-2007, 09:44 AM | #15 |
Lovin' 2 Girls Donating Member | Oh, I'm sorry! I didn't mean it to be any kind of confusion. Please, can you elaborate on which part? The remarks on training were just my observations. My response to your quote was that I am appalled at how low some people will stoop to be cruel.
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