Raining, what to do?
 

It's POURING here in CA...my babies are trained to go on a patch. However, Hope isn't...She's learned to be taken outside and she's getting familiar with the procedure. Today, she wouldn't go on the patch and I don't know what to do. It's TOO COLD and WET outside. What do you guys do in situations like these? :confused: It's been a tough day for her and I. :(

We have 3 screened & covered patios on our house and Lyela will go on one if the weather turns. She also has a doggie door on the master bedroom slider that leads to one of these patios so she can take herself out. Only problem is I find about a dozen toys scattered out there daily.

It is just something that they will have to get use to. Mine hate the rain as well but they must go out to potty. I go out with them on occ when the rain is too hard to make them feel at ease. They are in and out in less than a minute. Job well done...

Callie will only go to the potty outside so when its raining she normally holds it as long as possible but when she has to go she runs outside goes and runs back and if shes really wet I take her shirt off and towel her dry and put a different shirt on her.

When the girls were littlier we had to take an umbrella out for them because they took longer. Now that they are older they know to do their business fast when it is raining or cold outside and get back inside.

I, too, just went out in the cold and pouring rain and waited there calmly and mater-of-factly until the pottying was done. Ugh! Tibbe was scared of the hard rain at first but eventually got the idea I was there, I was cool with it and he would be okay too if he'd just get it over with. Finally, he did!!! Nice towel off and warm hairdryer warms up cold little feet and soaked hair - yours too. Not what I would recommend with a very, very young puppy as it could really scare them as babies but since you did not say, would assume yours aren't really young babies. Tibbe still is reluctant to go out when sheets of water come falling out of the sky but once he is out in it, he is fine with it on his own while I wait just inside the door and goes potty and even runs around and plays all the while I am cajoling him to come back into the house. There is not too much fun about potty training outisde in the rain except the celebration you have with your Yorkie once the job is done!!!

Yes, we had three days of rain here but today it hasn't rained so far, but it sure is cloudy, so I'm sure were in for it again.
On rainy days, I just keep the girls in the dining/kitchen area with pee pads down. When the rain either lets up for a few minutes or at least down to a fine mist, I take them out. I just don't let them have run of the house on these kinds of days. It works beautifully. ;)

Would you please send your rain to Texas if you are done with it?

I would LOVE to. We've had more than our share this winter. ;)

I know!!! Hasn't it been raining like crazy here!! I've put a stop to my outdoor training until the rain clears up... But he's usually pretty good with the pad (as long as he's near it) Good news though.. Looks like it's clearing up... Hopefully it stays this way :)

Morgan is like the mailman, she goes out in the rain, hail, sleet and snow. LOL no matter the weather she goes outside to potty. She's not allowed to potty in the house.

Sounds like little Tibbe! He's going to get his outside potties in or he's going to die trying!!!

We had the same situation with Lucy. We bought pads just for that reason...so we wouldn't have to take her out in the rain...but she hasn't figured out how to use it yet. We bought a big umbrella and we put on her coat to take her out in the rain. Just recently, we found doggie raincoats at Dollar Tree and snatched one up. She absolutely does not like her little feet to get wet...such a diva. She has been quite stubborn about going in the rain before but lately she's gotten much quicker about it. I hope the rain stops for you soon!!

Jeannie

Can't wait til I'm at that point.. lol....

Uh....no thank you! I say move to CA ;p ...I don't want any rain. My pups are horrible when it rains.

I agree!!! I hope it doesn't rain anymore this week. It's my spring break!! I would like to have the option of going out :rolleyes:

I tried to make her go on the patch, no luck. She saved ALL her poop from yesterday and went this morning outside. YAY rain stopped!! I don't know how she would respond to the rain...She is an adult dog, but she's a rescue and I've only had her for 5 weeks. I'm very proud of her as she's learned to go outside. I don't need to tell her, she just goes when we're outside. Everything's been going well, except when it rained yesterday...I didn't know what to do. I started crating her and make her go on the patch when I take her out. She just won't go! She only peed twice the entire day...on the patch. Of course, we praised her like crazy, but it takes more than twice to register it in her head. Well, now that it's sunny, we are going to have a great day! :D Rain rain rain, please go to Texas!! There's sent my prayers! :p

Molly goes out and goes on a pad inside.
She goes outside twice a day in all types of weather, rain, snow or sun.
In bad weather she does her duty quickly.

Spring is finally here so we will be outside more!

I just rescued an adult (9 year old) yorkie last saturday. From what I was told she was neglected and just kept for breeding. I think she was just kept in a pen all the time judging from some behaviors she is exhibiting in the house. Anyway, the first day I brought her home she attempted to pee on the carpet. I quickly corrected her. She also tried to poop on the carpet. I corrected that too. Since then she has not tried to pee or poop in the house at all. ok well i shouldn't say at all because i did put down a pee pad to see if she knew how to use that and she did pee on it.

One morning during the week it was raining when we went outside. I don't think she's ever seen rain because once she was in the rain and on the wet grass she freaked and tried to run through the screen door. I didn't have the time that morning to show her rain was ok so i just let her use the pee pad. We didn't have another wet day until today. This morning we woke up to snow....yes snow... Since I have no work today I had all the time in the world to stand out there and wait for her to go. I have her on a leash outside so she can't run back to the door. We were outside for 33 minutes before she finally did it. We were both snowy and wet but we had success. Later in the day she was quicker to pee when the snow turned to rain.:D

I did the same thing with morgan when she was a puppy.

This.

As much of an outdoors dog as Jackson is, he can't stand the rain. So he just runs and quickly does his business and runs back in. But he will hold it a lot longer as to avoid the rain.

I hold an umbrella over Snickers's head and he'll run just beyond the edge of the patio to the nearest grass and then run back in!
He goes out in all weather too...he hates the rain and the snow....getting wet at all, really. But, the one good thing about rain and snow is that he runs back in really quick! I almost like taking him out in the rain better, because, when it's nice, he wants to stay outside and run on top of the flower bed (he knows he's not supposed to) and it drives me crazy!

Poor Darwin and Mabel are taken out in the rain (we live in a rain forest) and snow. We just made it through the snowiest winter we've had in years - I'm talking a lot of snow and they both toughed it out - when it's really cold they can be pretty fast. We don't have an outdoor run for them so we've been out walking in all of the great weather - when they were pups I held an umbrella over them, but it gets pretty complicated trying to hold onto both of them, the umbrella and a poop bag - now they are both tough enough to go out and they just deal!:)

Uh,oh, forgot not all the Yorkies can enjoy the rain like Tibbe does.

Mine have sweaters for cold days and hooded rain jackets...we need rain boots too...

I'm in Nor Cal gets a bit colder here...and in a rain forest. So ye it rains a lot here...

Mine...ugh....gross....use the covered patio or get muddy.

AKC potty patch?

But I talked to someone who suggested sod from a garden store for rainy days....put it in a box on a covered area, garage etc...can you get a giant patio umbrella?

The kind for a picnic table-I got one and scotch guarded the heck out of it...but they use the cement covered patio anyways-oh well that's what hoses are for right?