Can not take it anymore unable to house break

[Elle]

I appreciated the post that said didn't you research the breed before you got her. However, the lady asked for advice. Tying doesn't show personality and it wasn't nice. I'm sure you have bc you have a boy. You will have more aggravation to train her. It's a lot of work & not always possible. But give it 100% now. Use a leash when she's with you indoors. Do not let her out of your sight. The crate isn't working. She doesn't know where TO potty. Use an expen, potty pads and decide if you are training for outdoors or pads. Always take her to same place to potty. Only allow her off lead in a very small confined area w/ you watching her. Strict schedule. Out in am, lunch, after work, before bed.

[eauxbehv]

WOW I had NO idea my post would create so much topic. Obviously we are not alone. Before catching up on the post, we have decided to keep working with her. I have a front area that I can block off and she can use the pee pee pads when we are not home. Like someone posted "carpet can be cleaned". Lulu is adorable and when she looks up with those sweet little eyes and gives me a high five, she is worth the extra effort. I do feel bad separating my two dogs during the day, but hopefully someday she will graduate to house freedom. With a little extra training and some other issues (aggressive, barking like a mad women at EVERYONE at other animals ) hopefully soon we will be in harmony.

Thanks again!!!

[bailey12]

I have found when I let my dogs right after getting home, they do just enough...they want to see me, say hello, etc...so I let them out, we do our "greeting ritual", then I let them back out. It doesn't matter if I've been gone 30 min or 3 hours, it is the same. They're just too excited to take care of everything when I first get home. juliet

[dogbert]

I puppy sit a Morkie who will use the pee pads at home with no problem. But when she comes to my house she will pee on the pad but poop on my carpet. She's only about 3 months old but I don't know why she is different at our house. Our Yorkie is totally housebroken, we house broke her in a matter of weeks but we adopted her at the age of 4 years, not as a puppy.

[RachelandSadie]

Originally Posted by Nancy1999

Dogs can hold it all night because urine production slows down at night, don't use the same schedule during the day as you would at night. Do you keep her in a kennel all day and expect her to hold it? This is not going to work. I really feel badly for the dog, because they hate too poop and pee in their kennel and have to be in dire need and pain before they will do it. Most people who leave for the day, put the dog in an x-pen with a pee pad, and allow them to relieve themselves when necessary. You can build up to 8 hours a day in a kennel, but that's not much of a life for a dog. It sounds like you need to figure out exactly what you want and how much time you want to invest in reading about training techniques. Basically you have taught her that the kennel is where she must relieve herself. To reteach her you will have to do several things such as cleaning the kennel thoroughly, with a special enzyme cleaner, making the kennel small enough so that there is only room enough to stand up turn around. The most important step is to take her out of the kennel every couple of hours and place her in the spot where you want her to poop and pee. Then she would be allowed free time, where you watch her closely, and then back in the kennel. This usually trains them in a week. It sounds like you are expecting too much if she is to wait all day. At this age she could probably hold it 4 hours, but she hasn't been trained to do that yet. I think this is a great site, and it has step by step methods. Free House Training for Puppies and Adult Dogs - No More Accidents Starting Today!

Wonderful advice Nancy!!

Sadie is now 4 months old and we have her pretty much house broken. She hasn't had a pee accident in well over two weeks now, but she does still try and poop on our carpets once in awhile and we're going to have to watch her closely and catch her in the action so we can correct that as well. Potty training dogs is frustrating no matter what the breed, but yorkies are notorious if you research them for being the hardest breed to house train. it takes time, patience, and keeping the near you at all times so you can WATCH them and catch them in the act and train them not to.

crate training is wonderful, we used that along with bell training and keeping blankets down over our carpets until the potty phase was over. we also gated her into our living with us and kept full watch on her all the time when we were home. if someone had to leave the house we put her in an ex pen with a pee pad. after awhile, we were able to open up the whole kitchen to her and gate her off in there without pads and she can hold it up to 8 hours. we RARELY ever both work the same shifts so this only happens about once a week or every two weeks that she's home all day, most days it's only 3 hours max.

anyways, keep trying, don't just re home a dog over potty training issues, you will be just like every other new yorkie owner that didn't fully understand what they signed up for. they are hard to house train. that's it! don't put the poor thing through a traumatic re homing over a simple issue.

and if you'd like, try bell training. you use a customer service bell by the door to the potty spot and they will learn to tell you by using the bell when it's time to pee. it works great for us!!

[RachelandSadie]

Originally Posted by eauxbehv

WOW I had NO idea my post would create so much topic. Obviously we are not alone. Before catching up on the post, we have decided to keep working with her. I have a front area that I can block off and she can use the pee pee pads when we are not home. Like someone posted "carpet can be cleaned". Lulu is adorable and when she looks up with those sweet little eyes and gives me a high five, she is worth the extra effort. I do feel bad separating my two dogs during the day, but hopefully someday she will graduate to house freedom. With a little extra training and some other issues (aggressive, barking like a mad women at EVERYONE at other animals ) hopefully soon we will be in harmony.

Thanks again!!!

GREAT ATTITUDE!! keep trying, you'll get there i promise you! and for aggressive barking, take the dog on walks and when she starts to tense up even a little bit, say UHH OHH and turn her the other way...walk the opposite direction until she's calm submissive and then turn back around and try again. it takes Sadie a few times at first but on her second walk she could greet dogs without barking as they left her.