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01-13-2009, 07:13 AM | #1 |
Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: alberta
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| best time for a Pup Hi all, I know i said I was going to wait till spring to get a pup seeing as its way too cold now to do it. my question is does it really matter the time to get a pup, since these are basically indoor dogs anyways? doesn't pee training begin indoors anyways. thanks in advance |
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01-13-2009, 07:16 AM | #2 |
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| Jem - It is my opinion and experience that the best time is in the fair weather. I never potty trained mine inside - always outside as I never wanted them to associate pottying in the house. I got a baby one year for Christmas (years ago) and it was so darned cold. I wouldn't want to go outside either to learn to go potty! Brrrrrrrrrrr Spring, after the rains, is a perfect time as you have all summer and fall and it doesn't happen overnight! You have to be consistent during the entire time. Good Luck!
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01-13-2009, 07:19 AM | #3 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Northern IL
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| Well, I can't tell you if there is a 'right way' of doing it, but I do understand your logic. We got Turkleton back in October and my plans have been to keep him pad trained until winter is over and once spring gets here, work on training him to go outdoors. I have to admit that I'm a little nervous about how it will go, but I'm going to give it my best try because I'm just not the biggest fan of this pad training. Best of luck to you! |
01-13-2009, 07:27 AM | #4 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: St-Hubert, Quebec, Canada
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| Hi there, we got ours in September and Logan never wanted to go outside, he trained himself with in 2 or 3 days on pee pad, last winter we were snowed in so mutch that he couldn't even go outside without being lost in the snow.... to my opinion, it doesn't matter. Last summer he went outside and now he goes inside on a pee pad...
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01-13-2009, 07:33 AM | #5 |
♥ love my girls!! ♥ Donating Member | Puppies are supposed to use pads really until 3-4 weeks AFTER their last puppy shot, was what I have been told, because they aren't supposed to be outside anywhere another dog could have been since many of the viruses dogs contract is done so through contact with an infected animals excrement (including urine!) That being said, I have also been told (don't know if it's true or not) that Parvo can live in the ground for several years. Soooo, if you get a puppy that is 10-12 weeks old, they will have already had all but 1 or 2 shots, so you'd have 7-10 weeks until they should be allowed outside anyway (unless you have a fenced in yard at a house you've been at for several years, of course). I say, it doesn't really matter! I think keeping them on pads a little longer until it warms up a bit can't hurt anything! They already use pads until they are 16+ weeks old (or should anyway), so what the difference in waiting a bit longer?? Just watch 1 or 2 episodes of "It's Me Or The Dog" and you'll see an adult dog that has never been potty trained really (goes inside on the floor! consistently) and the trainer will have the dog potty trained in a week's time!!
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01-13-2009, 07:38 AM | #6 |
Donating YT 30K Club Member | I got Pixie, Dixie and Roxie all in the dead of winter and pad trained them so it wasn't a problem. It just happened to be the time they were meant to come to me. If you find a baby you really want I say go for it.
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01-13-2009, 09:05 AM | #7 | |
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01-13-2009, 09:12 AM | #8 |
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| I say, if you find one you want, get it. You can pee pad train, and either leave him/her pee pad trained, or when the weather gets warm, you can start moving the pee pad closer to the door. I've gotten all my dogs at different times of years, the last one in November |
01-13-2009, 09:15 AM | #9 |
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| ANYTIME is the best time to get a yorkie!
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01-13-2009, 09:22 AM | #10 | |
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01-13-2009, 09:32 AM | #11 | |
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01-13-2009, 09:39 AM | #12 | |
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01-13-2009, 09:42 AM | #13 |
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| I got Chachi in February and it turned out fine. They dont need exercise outside of your home when they are small and you really shouldnt be taking them out until they have had all their shots anyway
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01-13-2009, 10:03 AM | #14 |
Donating Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: New Albany, Indiana
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| When I was able to take her outside it was only in my own (fenced) yard. I would never expose a new puppy before she had all her shots |
01-13-2009, 10:12 AM | #15 |
Donating Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: New Albany, Indiana
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| So far, we've never gotten to do the neighborhood. She was too young then it got too cold. But I'm looking forward to showing her off. She loves people and of course attention so our walks will probably be a favorite thing for her. |
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