Potty training issues!!!! HELP!! Poop on carpet!!

[Nano]

Originally Posted by Natalia85

Hello everyone, I'm new to this site and i think i get really use some help from Yorkie owners. I got a 7.5 week old Yorkie about a little over a week ago, so that makes him 8.5 weeks. His name is Enzo, and Enzo has pooping issues ! I don't really know what to expect from a young puppy like that and most of all a Terrier. Sooooo Enzo will make it to the Puppy pad to go pee after he wakes up and after playing. I also make sure to pay attention to him to pee on the pad. But the second i don't look he pees just a little anywhere on the title in our condo. That i can still live with because i know i still have some much time to work on that. Here's the problem... Enzo will hold in his poop the entire day and not go on the pad at all. As soon as he gets out of his kitchen and dinning room area (that's where we try to get him to stay since it's tile) he runs to find carpet and poops there instantly. I know i've only had him for a week or so, so i shouldn't expect anything big. But i'm kind of a neat freak and it bugs me just a little when he poops on my carpet. I really want to be doing things right with him from the very beginning. Please help. I'm wide open for all advice.

Thank you

I also got my little puppy when she was 8 weeks. I started straight away with potty training in a cat litter box (so quite big box). She got it really quickly, I just put her inside and waited until she did her needs, gave her a big treat and just kept on doing that until she got it. Of course she pooped and peed elsewhere in the beginning, that is just what puppies do, but just be consistent. When she was small she could not jump inside the box by her self, but now she is big enough to go inside,and she never fails! Its important to keep it very clean though, she refuse to walk in if there is still poop or pee there, haha (very posh)! Now she is 7 months and never do it elswhere than the litter box! So maybe its a good idea to just put a big box... And use cat-sand (I also put newspaper, just one layer on top), it takes the smell away. Good luck!

[lolobear]

Hi! Lolo is 8 months old and is fully 'potty trained' on 2 different pads. The same thing happened to us and apparently she didn't like peeing and pooping on the same pad. I know this sounds crazy, but try having one for pee (and also put newpaper there as the breeder told us that is their instinct) and then where ever she goes poo - in your other room I assume - put the pad. Hate to say it, but has worked for us like wonders. Good luck!!

[lopresm]

Do not let him any where near the carpet. My breeder told me when I brought my pup home that he would have to earn his freedom rewards. We discovered what she meant when we had similar problems.

We also did not wait long enough for him to complete his business outside. We would bring him in praising him for going outside, only to find that he had more to do! We do not make that mistake any more.

In addition, if he did not perform outside, when we brought him in, his feet never touched the floor. He was placed in his crate or carried until we brought him back out.

We consistent.
Walk him always on a leash when you train outside. We did not use the pads, even though it was winter. We brought him where we wanted him to go and with the longer, retractable leash, he had some freedom to walk and sniff, etc.

Hope this helpful to you. Lots of luck. Hard to be so patient!

[MIZBROWN]

He has such a long way to go. He's only 9 wks... So you cant expect that much from him...

[bentleys_momma]

Originally Posted by Natalia85

Hello everyone, I'm new to this site and i think i get really use some help from Yorkie owners. I got a 7.5 week old Yorkie about a little over a week ago, so that makes him 8.5 weeks. His name is Enzo, and Enzo has pooping issues ! I don't really know what to expect from a young puppy like that and most of all a Terrier. Sooooo Enzo will make it to the Puppy pad to go pee after he wakes up and after playing. I also make sure to pay attention to him to pee on the pad. But the second i don't look he pees just a little anywhere on the title in our condo. That i can still live with because i know i still have some much time to work on that. Here's the problem... Enzo will hold in his poop the entire day and not go on the pad at all. As soon as he gets out of his kitchen and dinning room area (that's where we try to get him to stay since it's tile) he runs to find carpet and poops there instantly. I know i've only had him for a week or so, so i shouldn't expect anything big. But i'm kind of a neat freak and it bugs me just a little when he poops on my carpet. I really want to be doing things right with him from the very beginning. Please help. I'm wide open for all advice.

Thank you

Yeah my little guy will pee on the pad EVERY time but 1 out of every 15 will he poop on it. He knows he is supposed too. He used too. I don't know what to do!

[Natalia85]

I think that I pretty much should wait til the puppy is at least 14 weeks and neutered, and then expect a little more out of him. We do have all the carpet areas completely blocked off but somehow the little guy just breaks through. We watch him like hawks when my husband and i are home and as soon as we see him sniffing around we put him on the pad and he pees on it fine, sometimes right next to it, but that's good enough for us for now. but when he needs to poop, he will circle around the kitchen and the dinning room for 10, 15 minutes, running like crazy and when he finally finds a spot on the title we grab him and put him on the pad. as soon as we do that he doesn't want to go anymore and just holds it in. i know that's not healthy for him to do that. my husband mentioned something about him not wanting to use the pad because it might be too close to his food and play area in the kitchen but we have another pad laid out about ten feet away when we re home and he still wont use it to poop. .... well i guess i'll take everyones advice and try to work on the little guy.
Now i have a random question about training to do tricks. is there a certain age that it would be ok to start teaching them simple commands and tricks ?

[Sweetums]

First off a puppy that young, especially a toy dog, won't be fully potty trained for months. It's like trying to potty train a 1 year old. They don't have the control until they reach a certain level of maturity. In fact, I read it takes on average until they are 1 year old to be fully potty trained. Finally, after a year we can now pretty much count on our fur baby to let us know when she has to use her pee pad (which, because of the sanitation issue is on our deck outside the back slider).

We have finally figured out that our little girl will not go poo on a pee pad that has been used more than a day (depends on how much they pee of course but a puppy is a pee machine). So we have to change the pee pad every day and a half or so. Actually, dogs prefer not to go in any area that is heavily soiled with their waste. So you might try either separate pads, or change the pad more often if you aren't already.

One other thing which isn't directly related to your question, but worth a mention, we found that the edges of the pee pad directly on the floor was not detectable enough for our dog, and worse, when she peed close to the edge, it would leak under the pad. So we bought one of those plastic pee pad holders. Ours is thicker molded plastic with snap down edges about 2 inches wide, and about 1 inch high so the dog can really sense it is not just part of the floor.

[Erin]

Originally Posted by Natalia85

I think that I pretty much should wait til the puppy is at least 14 weeks and neutered, and then expect a little more out of him. We do have all the carpet areas completely blocked off but somehow the little guy just breaks through. We watch him like hawks when my husband and i are home and as soon as we see him sniffing around we put him on the pad and he pees on it fine, sometimes right next to it, but that's good enough for us for now. but when he needs to poop, he will circle around the kitchen and the dinning room for 10, 15 minutes, running like crazy and when he finally finds a spot on the title we grab him and put him on the pad. as soon as we do that he doesn't want to go anymore and just holds it in. i know that's not healthy for him to do that. my husband mentioned something about him not wanting to use the pad because it might be too close to his food and play area in the kitchen but we have another pad laid out about ten feet away when we re home and he still wont use it to poop. .... well i guess i'll take everyones advice and try to work on the little guy.
Now i have a random question about training to do tricks. is there a certain age that it would be ok to start teaching them simple commands and tricks ?

You can teach tricks right away. Is there a reason they are neutering him at 14 weeks? They made us wait until Loki was 6 months old. I think we had him neutered at exactly 6 months. He never learned to hike his leg. The way to prevent that is just avoid any poles or trees or anything upright on walks until he is older.

Also, you can't just keep moving the pads. First of all, the dog's natural instinct is to do it's thing outside. You are teaching him that it's OK to go in one part of the house - kitchen, bathroom, corner of the living room, or whatever. They don't seek out a pad like a cat would seek out a litter box. It doesn't work that way. If you train them to go on a pad and then take up the pad, they are more likely to go where the pad WAS rather than where you moved it to. That's why I recommend people train their dogs to go outside from the beginning if they ever want them to go outside. Because you can't just move the pad one day and decide it's not OK to go in the house anymore. They won't understand.