Help! Biting And Tossing Pee Pads Around!

[shannonroselive]

Originally Posted by hatajay

Thank you all for your suggestions. I used to take her to work, and now my work has moved to a new location and the landlord does not allow dogs. The place is further so I stuck on traffic everyday. I wish I could hire someone since there is someone local who only charge $8 a month. However, I have some bills to pay so I can not really afford that.

Hopefully I can find someone to take care of her during the day soon. Again, thanks for all your suggestions.

I bet you could find $8 a month in your couch cushions, no? Can you give up a couple of your lunches for your pups happiness? Maybe cut out the Starbucks or something? If you smoke, that could go away. I'm sure there must be SOMETHING you could give up to make your baby more comfortable...all alone...with no pals...no fun times...aaaaaallllllllll day...day in, day out....

[QuickSilver]

I sympathize, since I can take my dog to work with me, and it would be a huge adjustment for both of us if I couldn't do that. Unfortunately, I think the current situation is going to damage your dog, mentally and emotionally. It's crucial for all puppies to get stimulation. Think about how you would do all by yourself all day. Then think about how excited a dog is to see you at the end of the day... dogs are even more social than people, isolation is very hard for them. Yorkies as a breed are super attached to their humans, so I hate to think what she is going through.

If you can't figure out a way to get her more contact, I would consider re-homing her. Is there someone who can take her in for a few months until you get something set up for her, a relative maybe?

[hatajay]

Ok, thank you all for your inputs.

I think we can conclude that this behavior comes from me being absent for long hours. I will have my family watch her during the day starting next month; however, there are still a few weeks ahead.

Since I will not be home at least 9-10 hours daily until the end of the month, is there anything that can solve my problem immediately?

Thanks again.

[hatajay]

Originally Posted by shannonroselive

I bet you could find $8 a month in your couch cushions, no? Can you give up a couple of your lunches for your pups happiness? Maybe cut out the Starbucks or something? If you smoke, that could go away. I'm sure there must be SOMETHING you could give up to make your baby more comfortable...all alone...with no pals...no fun times...aaaaaallllllllll day...day in, day out....

Trust me, way more than that..... I buy nature's miracle stain remover in the largest size, and usually I use about 5 of them monthly....

[lily]

Im laughing Im sorry I know its not funny to you, but reminds of the time we where gone longer than usual and my daughter pulled me back out the door and said" mom you don't want to go in there!" The dogs had torn up the pee pee pads all over the front room! Looked like a snow storm inside! They all went a running when I step in the door and just stood there. They know, Yorkie fun! good luck, 10 hrs is a long time

[oopsmyhalofello]

Originally Posted by lily

Im laughing Im sorry I know its not funny to you, but reminds of the time we where gone longer than usual and my daughter pulled me back out the door and said" mom you don't want to go in there!" The dogs had torn up the pee pee pads all over the front room! Looked like a snow storm inside! They all went a running when I step in the door and just stood there. They know, Yorkie fun! good luck, 10 hrs is a long time

do you have a larger area you could keep her in? Maybe the kitchen? That way you could give a wide variety of toys, maybe some treat balls, kongs stuffed with peanut better.. a bunch of stuff that will get her interested. If this isn't going to be a long term issue and your family can help out next month is there any possiblity that you could do the petsitter/dog walker to fill in the 4 week time frame? It's hard to try to figure out what the best thing to do is, but on the bright side your just dealing with pee and poo being shoved all over the room... could be your walls getting chewed up instead

[QuickSilver]

I'm so glad you'll be adjusting your girl's digs. I think you'll both be happier. I agree with the above suggestion, try to give her a bigger area (maybe you can find a cheap expen or baby gate). I just put Thor in the living room and close the door, but he's an adult now.

As previously suggested, you can try giving her some more stimulating toys, like a frozen kong. My guess is that she'll keep it up until she gets more exercise and stimulation, but it's worth a shot.

Good luck! Please keep us updated.

[mybabe88]

Originally Posted by hatajay

Hi Everyone,

I have a 4 months old yorkie and she's tearing my place apart. She bites on pee pads for fun, and even when I switched to washable ones, she ends up tossing it around so the pee and poo are all over the place.

I am really tired of this problem, I have used pee pad holders and apparently they are not as strong as her, she could pull the pee pads from the holders and still mess up the place.

I would like to ask for your help to solve this behavior issue. If you have any suggestions at all, please let me know. Thank you all in advance!

Prince had a similar problem with shredding the pads.... I would tell him NO very firmly and then when he dropped it I would give him a treat and use a clicker. Then I bought him a lot of toys he could easily pick up and throw around and when he was left alone he would end up playing with those inside of shredding the pad or anything else in the house for that matter. When I see him playing with his toys I reward him with a treat...

[gresyl]

Actually mine was five months old when she started to chew the smitherines out of her puppy pad while I was at work. I addressed the situation to confined in small area, boring toy, and being alone longer than 4 hours. I fixed it by buying her a portable kennel that I set up in my front hall that allows me to put her bed, puppy pad and all her toys and still have room to run around. I also taped the puppy pad to the floor with with wide clear tape so she couldn'd lift the edges and chew on it. Worked like a charm. Most days shes alone for 5 hours put some days it 7 to 8 hours and all is good. After 2 weeks didn't have to tape down the pad anymore either. She's will be 8 months old next week.

[hatajay]

Ok guys, I am getting Wiz Dog which should be here next week. In the mean time, I bought 8 bricks and 2 on each corner to hold down the washable ones. I will let you know how that works out..... I am pretty sure it would be better...?

[shannonroselive]

Isn't Wiz Dog like, $40 or so? That could have paid for the $8 dog sitter fee for 5 months, or at least until your pup goes with your mom
OK, well I hope this is the fix you're looking for. Good luck.

[QuickSilver]

Originally Posted by gresyl

Actually mine was five months old when she started to chew the smitherines out of her puppy pad while I was at work. I addressed the situation to confined in small area, boring toy, and being alone longer than 4 hours. I fixed it by buying her a portable kennel that I set up in my front hall that allows me to put her bed, puppy pad and all her toys and still have room to run around. I also taped the puppy pad to the floor with with wide clear tape so she couldn'd lift the edges and chew on it. Worked like a charm. Most days shes alone for 5 hours put some days it 7 to 8 hours and all is good. After 2 weeks didn't have to tape down the pad anymore either. She's will be 8 months old next week.

The tape is a good idea. I have not seen that as a solution before.

I would still recommend to you that you get a dog walker or something like that to break up your dog's day. Dogs are like kids - maybe one deals with isolation by acting out, and one suffers in silence. Eight hours is a really long time for a dog to be alone, and I'm sure it would improve her quality of life to get a little more contact during the day.