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

[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

[CIPCB7]

I definitely feel your pain! My Cody is 14 weeks and he still has a few accidents on the carpet!!!GRRRR! I take him out to potty and he will pee no problem but 4 whatever reason he feels the need to poop on my rug!!!! And he does it when I am not looking!!! All I can say is Good Luck!!

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

[grayxie]

Are you on a regular potty schedule? Maybe he likes to poop in a quiet area, thats why he runs off into the condo to find a spot. You can also give him rewards for pooping on the pad.

[kathrynS]

My Romeo is 5 months old and he still refuses to go on the pad No matter what.He wants to go out to do it. But with our weather it's impossible sometimes. In a way I guess I'm lucky cause he will only go in the kitchen, but not on the pad

[hha]

You don't like cleaning poop up off the floor for one?? Try 4 dogs that use pee pads...for some reason at night, they all decide maybe they should go wherever(don't do that in the daytime)..so, soon, they will all be sleeping in the laundry room. I have always put their nose down by it and tapped their butts and told them you poop on your pad, and take them right to it..Don't exepect too much out of your baby, he's not even 9 weeks old yet, and they really have no control over their bladders and bowels until at least 12-14 weeks, and sometimes it takes a long time to get them housebroke..My youngest is almost 6 mos. I got her at 11 weeks, and by 14 weeks, she had the peeing on the pad down pat, but, now the pooping, she'll go in the laundry room about 5 feet from the pad, she may get it one day, she may not..I have learned that their love is so unconditonal, and if they have accidents the rest of their lives, so be it..they live such short lives, that I find the older I get, the little things in life(like poop here or there) really don't bother me that much anymore...

[kwaymon]

My pup is great at holding his pee, but not so much with his poop. He does a better job holding it when he is in his xpen. But if you put him on the carpet, all bets are off! I can't let him out of my sight for more than 10 min without running the risk of an accident. So, 95% of the time, he is in his crate, xpen, or my lap. The only time I can really let him run around and play is when we are outside. My pup is almost 5 months old. Sorry but I think you have a long way to go. Most people on here say that their pup wasn't house trained until 1 year to 18 months old. My best advice is to keep your puppy confined or in your arms most of the time unless you are outside. Also, get a good carpet cleaner like nature's miracle or simple solutions. I'm a neat freak too, but alas, puppies don't care about neatness LOL! And don't worry your baby will be potty trained before you know it!

[Amy81]

Welcome to YT!!

[Erin]

How does he know he's supposed to go on the pad? Do you reward him? Also, he's too young to be able to hold it. He just goes when he feels the urge. If he is pooping on the carpet then you are allowing him access to the carpet. You need to confine him when you can't watch him. Or you have to wait until he goes before you let him run around.

Yorkies take a lot of patience. It might be 6 months or a year until he is fully trained. It happens sooner IF you are consistent and watch him constantly.

Usually accidents happen on the carpet, in my experience. Also, the pad FEELS like carpet to him. There are people on here that had to remove all throw rugs from their house because the dogs think they are pads. We trained ours to go outside so there's no confusion.

Good luck and just have some patience!!

[vanessa19]

My husband and I use to live in a condo and we did the pee pad's so we wouldnt have to go down three flights of stairs 10 times a day but Jasmine would only pee on it she wouldnt poo on it and it prolly took about 18 months for her to fully potty trained. Good Luck!!

[Erin]

Do you guys who train with pads have dogs who hit the pad when they poop every time? Because maybe it's just because mine go outside, but they have to run back and forth a good 5-15 feet several times before they go, and then when they finally pick a spot they waddle at least 5 feet from where they started. There's no way they would poop on a small pad. We even shoveled a spot about 5x5 for them with the new snowfall, and they will pee in that spot but they venture out into the snow drifts to poop.

[kwaymon]

Originally Posted by Erin

Do you guys who train with pads have dogs who hit the pad when they poop every time? Because maybe it's just because mine go outside, but they have to run back and forth a good 5-15 feet several times before they go, and then when they finally pick a spot they waddle at least 5 feet from where they started. There's no way they would poop on a small pad. We even shoveled a spot about 5x5 for them with the new snowfall, and they will pee in that spot but they venture out into the snow drifts to poop.

HA HA! Sounds like my dog!

[hha]

Originally Posted by Erin

Do you guys who train with pads have dogs who hit the pad when they poop every time? Because maybe it's just because mine go outside, but they have to run back and forth a good 5-15 feet several times before they go, and then when they finally pick a spot they waddle at least 5 feet from where they started. There's no way they would poop on a small pad. We even shoveled a spot about 5x5 for them with the new snowfall, and they will pee in that spot but they venture out into the snow drifts to poop.

Mine usually get it on the pad, but, sometimes not..it is very easy to clean up though..been doing it for almost 10 years, it doesn't even phase me anymore

[LunasMomma]

Try picking up the poo with tissue and then placing it on the pad Let him sniff it there, and soon he'll hopefully get the idea that the poos go on the pad. He's really very very young, its gonna take some time.

[yoyo27]

I think that is the york way. They have to walk all over to find the right spot to poop then you are right they will start then waddle off the pad or the area in the yard. So unless you put down several pee pads they aren't going to always get it on the pad. Plus they do like clean pads to poop on so you don't want to leave them down for long. Or they will just find another place to poop. Because its soiled and they can't poo in that place.....ha ha go figure.

[maxs_momma]

You will get some great advice here sorry i cannot help you as i am still training my littlest one i know with the older one it only took him one time seeing the min pin go now he goes on the pad anyways i just wanted to say welcome to yt!