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Donating Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Mississippi
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| ![]() I haven't read just how you have your crate set up. If it's just a crate and he is shut up in it, you may want to try to get an x-pen and put the crate in that (with his bedding) and leave the door to the crate open. You can then put his pee pad in one corner of the X-pen with his food in another corner. Some dogs don't like the feel of the pads so newspaper might work better. You can put the pad under the paper to avoid the pee soaking through. That would make it feel more like his home and not so confining. If he feels too confined, he is probably frustrated and you will have trouble getting him to do what you want. Animals need an environment that makes it easier for them to 'be good' in. I have a little girl over a year old that refused to go outside. She would go out for a while and come back in and do her business. The weather has been nice here lately so I had a few days where I just kept them out most all day. She couldn't come in so she had to go outside. Well, something finally 'clicked' in her head and now she is in the habit of going out for her potty like the other dogs. Also, try to catch them being good...positive re-enforcement really works. All dogs are different, just like people. Hope you find something that works for you. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Donating YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Houston, TX
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| ![]() When I go to work I leave my 2 in an xpen, over my floor I lay a clear thick plastic that I bought at the fabric store. In the xpen there are toys, beds, water bowl and a washable pee pad. They don't use it but I leave it, just in case. Zander is more likely to use it then Jazzie. This makes for easy clean up and no harm to the floors. Hope this helps.
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Donating YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Chicago Suburbs
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| ![]() I know that like 90% of you all use pee-pads, but it's not required. It IS possible to train a Yorkie to only go outside. I have two of them. I don't think that's the issue... I don't understand what the problem with needing to go out in the middle of the night is. Mine rarely need to any more but if they wake up and bug me to go out, we take them out. Sometimes I get up to go to the bathroom in the middle of the night too.
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Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Lafayette, Louisiana
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| ![]() Have you tried the reusable pads? I use them with a spray that attracts them. Also, I use another spray from petsmart that totally eliminates the odor. There is even a light to show you where they have gone. Good luck. |
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No, there isn't any water in the crate. Not supposed to be. | |
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| ![]() I agree carpeting is expensive. I just recently pulled up the carpet in one room and laid lenoleum. It costed about $100 and that wasn't the "cheap" ones. With that said, I agree it probably would be best for him if you did rehome him. Looking at your previous posts, it appears you've been frustrated with him for a long time. You'll both probably be alot happier. Last edited by Susan123; 04-02-2008 at 02:03 PM. |
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| ![]() It is possible to potty train them. My Crickett is a teapot though and I think the bigger they are the easier due to bladder size. She is potty trained and is not quite 6 months old. But she also weighs in at 8lbs. Your baby is quite smaller and will need breaks twice as much as mine would. If you don't want to use pads (which I wouldn't either), don't want to change carpet, and don't want accidents, I guess I would say you need to re-home him too. It would be the hardest thing in the world to do, but being frustrated everyday over something that he can't seem to control will drive you crazy. Good luck with your decision, I know it is a hard one. I will keep you in my prayers.
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There is nothing wrong with teaching him to use a pee pad. When we first moved in our home it had carpet and I bought a piece of vinyl flooring and layed it on the carpet and put the potty pads on that. Or you could setup a x-pen on a piece of vinyl flooring. There are people here on YT that sell belly bands and I think you can get them at Petsmart. I know many people with male dogs use them so that might be your best solution until he is completely trained. I also would recommend getting him neutered as soon as possible. I wish you and your baby the best. | |
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It sounds like there is something more going on here than lack of sleep. Of course I get annoyed when Loki needs to go out at night, but it's not his fault. He has a medical condition so he has to go a LOT so I am very proud of him and the fact that he is house trained - but it took A YEAR of constant training to get there. Sometimes he needs to go out every 15 minutes, even during my favorite TV show... thank goodness for the DVR ![]() Have you tried signing up for classes??? That's how I learned how to communicate with Loki and he has a HUGE vocabulary now and knows so many commands. I have to spell things as I can't even say "I'm going to walk out to the mailbox" to my husband without Loki jumping out of a deep sleep and waiting for me by the door to go for his "walk" You and Logan might appreciate each other a little more if you went to a few puppy classes! ![]() Oh - another thought. Do you know WHY he is waking up? I find that once mine are up we pretty much have to take them out or they will beg at the door to go out and won't come back to bed, even if WE wake them up. Like if I get up to go to the bathroom at night and disturb them by turning the light on or whatever, they will get up and want to go out. Maybe his bladder isn't waking him up. Maybe it's a neighbor or something else. Try covering his crate or experiment with different beds (he doesn't sleep with you, right?)
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