I'm so sorry this is happening to your Mushu and you. You mention you will be seeing the vet. I assume your mother will drive you. Why not contact your vet ahead of your appointment and discuss this with him/her and get the vets feelings. He may be able to work proper potty training into the conversation and educate your mom without her even knowing it was a put up job. I would also work like crazy with Mushu whenever you can or it may come to the point where he will pee out of fear when he sees her coming. Good Luck to you sweetie.

That is excellent advice!!
It breaks my heart that your Mom is treating him this way. I remember when I was house breaking my sons golden retriever layla when he was in college. It was the weekend and my son and his fiance were home and they were watching layla and she had an accident and my Son's fiance slapped her on the nose........... Well I flipped out on her and told her I don't handle animals that way and in my house she better never do that again!! Well it was a big argument but I was going to be dammed if she was going treat Layla that way.

Now my Son are her are no longer together (not bc of that) but I am glad bc I use to worry about layla.

Since it is your Mom and her house it is hard. Honestly though if you can't get through to her on this it is only fair to rehome him bc of the abuse. They put children in foster homes when their parents abuse them. Why not Puppies they don't understand and it is not fair. You need to think about what is best for your lil one. Good luck

I think your mom is not trying to be mean to your dog. She probably is getting frustrated with him because she just doesn't know how to potty train him. She might even think shes training him correctly and youre the one who is not helping train him. I know, hard to see that way.

I'd suggest either watching some videos together or reading some books together.

When we first got Kona and he was having issues with barking, it would drive me nuts. I didn't know how to handle him or train him to be better. We even had dog trainers come by to help us. Then my husband got us some books and turned me on to some videos that gave me better tools. So I wasn't so frustrated and our dog got trained.

Here are some of the tv shows, videos, books, and magazines that we got that really helped us have more tools and gave us a really good dog:

Tv - Dog Whisperer, it's me or the dog
Magazines - Yorkshire terrier puppies (at petco)
Books - house train your dog in 7 days, all caesar millan's books, monks of new skeet, books by Ian dunbar
Videos - caesar millan's training videos ordered from his website

As you can tell, we meant business with trying to have a dog that we can live with and enjoy. It's been the best having him.

Ok so good news!

This morning I nicely asked my mom if we could try a different way of training, considering we haven't gotten anywhere. I just told her to not worry about the puppy, as I will handle him. She agreed!! He hasn't had an accident all day! I know one day isn't much, but i'm still so excited!

I want to thank everybody who replied to this thread. After reading all the posts, I dug up the courage to request a different approach on training.
Can't thank you guys enough!! :p

You go girl ! :thumbup::thumbup::thumbup: I was really hoping you could get through to her as it's obvious how much you love him and was so hoping it didn't come to re-homing since it was suggested as a last resort ....this whole thread shows your maturity on many levels.

I'm happy for you :)

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I am so sorry for you,but that is animal abuse.i would think about rehoming him it's not fair to him,the reason i say this is ,i just got a little one who is all most 6mts,i think he has been hit because when he pees he will hide in the corner i just pick him up and love him ,because one day i know he will be potty trained,but it breaks my heart to see that scared look on his face ,so when he pees on my floor i pick him up and on the way to his pee-pad i love on him.Don't make him scared to use the bathroom because it's sad out come.Good luck

:(:( poor little guy and good for you showing him the love he needs

That is great news.:) My biggest concern would be that as the puppy gets older it will not want to be social with your Mom. Does your Mom show the animal affection and love?

Do your best to hold up your end of the bargain with your Mom.:thumbup:

Have a Happy Easter.

Very good news! Good Job! I hope you continue to make progress with your baby and please keep us posted. :thumbup:

If not caught IN the act the dog doesn't even know why he is being ABUSED. Her attitude is very old school. Most of us back in the 50's thought this was actually something that worked, but it DOESN'T.
Tell her to read up on dog training 101 please.

This is a wonderful news! :D

Maybe a bellyband, if he still has accidents would be a safer alternative. Neutering may help some. Also, restrict his freedom in the house until he's fully trained. One room lined with peepads, or an ex-pen. Very glad your Mom agreed to reevaluating her methods. Also, explain that Yorkies are really a different breed and learn only through positive reinforcement. They really don't get any negative reaction, just develope fear about it.

Also, use an enzematic cleaner on the accidents so he won't resoil, like Nature's Miracle.

Wow! That is great!!! Keep up the good work and remember to take it slow. Make sure you reward after he does his business on his pad. I'm so happy to hear things are finally beginning to turn around. Keep us posted!

That's great to hear! Crate training helped a lot for us. So here's what we did.

1. Kept him in a very small part of the kitchen with a peepad when we weren't at home. It was pretty important for us to keep him in a smaller space so he could learn better.

2. When we were home, either crate him or watch him like s hawk.

3. Since Its too hard to know when he's about to go, we just put him on his potty area every 2 hours or so and trained him to go on command.

4. Now that he's pretty reliable, he stays in the living room\kitchen when we are not home. Then right when we come home we put him on his potty area which is now outside. Then every few hours we will put him out again.

5. At nit he's in his crate then we put him out to potty first thing in the morning.

Oh, also a product called Natures Miracle is really handy because it gets rid of the smell if he has an accident. This is important because it'll keep your house unnasty and it will keep your dog from smelling his urine and thinking he should do at the same wrong spot again.

This is so sad. When you are 15 your parents really do not take your
opinions seriously. But I must say you are a very smart young lady.
Perhaps much more than your mother knows. I agree that hitting him
is wrong. Crate him or keep him by your side always. And take him
out often. The people here at YT are the best. They can help you with any concerns so do not be afraid to ask.
And welcome to YT!

i was so sad when i read your first post. i am so happy for you and your puppy after i read this post. i want to wish you good luck with potty training and please don't hesitate to ask if you have any questions regarding how to train. :)

Yay! I'm so happy things are going better for you. As others have stated previously, you are very mature for your age and have handled the situation very well. Keep up the great work! :)

i hope your mom takes the conversation to heart and changes her method!

unfortunately, your mom isn't the only one who thinks that is the way to train a dog. i grew up watching family members do the same thing. not exactly as harsh, but they would rub the dogs nose into the mess. i was a child then so i didn't know it was wrong as it was all i had seen. luckily, i didn't have a dog until i was way older and had taken the time to read and learn about how to train one.

it's great that you know better!!

keep us updated - good luck!

I see your mom agreed to a different approach to training, so a big congrats to you!
If it hasn't been suggested yet, have you considered moving his ex-pen to your room, so when you can't watch him, it won't be your mom's responsibility? This is the setup I had after my roomie freaked out on me, I put Kaji in an expen in my room when I was gone and inside he had a bed, food, water, toys, and a piddle pad when I switched him over to piddle pads. His piddle pad was far far away from his food and sleeping area so this area was always kept clean. I had carpeting, so to protect the carpet, the entire pen sat on a plastic desk mat like this one, Staples® Economy Mat for Commercial and Low-Pile Carpets, Traditional Chairmat, 36" x 48" | Staples®. I know they make long ones but they can get expensive, but two of these worked for me, or you could use a shower curtain. I like the chair mat better because they're heavy, which makes them sturdy and they won't move around.You could leave it as is, the plastic won't hurt your little guy, or you could put a blanket to make it comfy. I have Kaji's piddle pad on a tray like this one, Premium Pad Training Tray - Training - Training & Behavior - PetSmart, so his rambunctious activity doesn't bunch up the pad and he always has a place to pee.
I know you already have a bunch of good suggestions, but I thought one more can't hurt. As long as he isn't hit, and giving you sad eyes anymore (that post made me cry) you should be ok. You don't want a dog that does submissive peeing. That's peeing because he's scared which will make your mom think he's still not trained, when in fact that is another issue all together. Kaji does that when he's in a big strange place with lots of strange noises. He freezes and pees. He also excitedly pees which is why I put his pad right at the door of his ex-pen. He always waited there for me to get him and when I reached him, he would pee right where he was, which was on top of the piddle pad, he got praised, and eventually learned the right thing by accident. I apologize if anything I said has already been said, I didn't read through all your posts. GOOD LUCK!

I am so happy to read this! You are so mature and responsible and I hope it all works out.
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I'm definitely taking your advice! It should make it easier to watch MuShu.

Thanks for the help!! :)