Hello, everyone! I'm new to the forum. :) My name is Stevi, I'm from Arkansas. I'm getting married in August, I'm so excited! :) Me and my fiance are in a motorcycle club, A-State Boys. We have a Golden Retriever/Rottweiler mix named Loki that is 10 months old. He has such a personality! And I just brought home a Yorkie a little over a week ago! His name is Ryder and he's 11 weeks. If you have any new Yorkie parent tips, please tip me up! Lol. Our vet said that we were wasting our time with house training until Ryder was about 4 months. Is this true? |
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Well i know frome experience that some yorkies can have an issue with housetraining but you certainly are not wasting your time to start training him now. Are you pad training or outside training? The outside can be more difficult if you will be away for the but it certainly can be done. There are lots of people who have experience with this very subject so you will get lots of helpful advice. Good luck to ya |
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Thank you! We are doing both, outside and puppy pads. That's how we trained our Goldren Retreiver/Rottweiler. However, Ryder isn't using the puppy pads very well, any suggestions on that? He stays in a huge kennel during the day, and doesn't have many accidents. But, he'll pee 10 minutes after I take him outside, even if he pees twice outside. Is that normal? I don't remember our other dog doing that. I mean, he peed a lot of course, but he'd go outside and not have accidents if we took him on a regular basis. |
I agree with your vet especially if you are going to take major steps in housebreaking. Some people tether the dog to them, while others crate train letting their dog out every hour or so. I kind of let Joey train himself, he was in a large x-pen during the day with several pee pads and his bed and food and water. When he was out of the pen, both eyes were on him and at the first sign of sniffing and circling, I'd place him on a pee pad. We kept him in a small crate at night and took him out every few hours and placed him on a pad. I think the biggest mistake people make is allowing the pup to have too much freedom too soon. I’m a little concerned because you’re bigger dog since he’s still a puppy, might play to rough with the Yorkies, do you keep them separated? We have had many sad stories here, and not every big dog is good with Yorkies, but some are great. |
We're doing both, puppy pads and outside. That's how we trained Loki. However, I don't remember Loki having as many accidents as Ryder when he was a puppy. We take Ryder out about every 15-20 minutes and he goes but will still have accidents in between. Is this normal? |
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We let him play in the living room. He usually stays close, he doesn't like to be where he can't see us. And during the day, he stays in a kennel. I feel mean making him stay in a kennel except to play for a little bit and pee. I like to let him roam around. We did the same with Loki, just took awhile. I figure if we're consistant with Ryder, it should be the same way... |
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That helps a lot. He uses the puppy pad sometimes, but not all the time. Guess we need to inforce that more. I think he'll be a somewhat easy dog to train. My fiance and I are all about training very well.. We want them to listen. Loki is super smart! And Ryder has already started sitting down for treats. :) |
Hi there and welcome, congrats on your yorkie and your upcoming wedding. |
Thank you so much! |
Little dogs have little bladders. Sometimes it seems they have to pee a lot. A puppy does not have full control of it's bladder until a while after it's 16th week so a lot of training is just teaching them what you expect of them. They can't really hold back the urine when they are quite young. I don't know why your vet would say what he did. It would be silly not to start training you puppy until it was 4 months old. Maybe he was just referring to the fact that they don't have much control when they are young. Being consistent is usually the key. Congratulation on your new little pet. Is he going to go riding with you? It seems like with a name like Ryder he must be going somewhere! |
We started ours on the pads immediately and they have done great. I will say though Kyra if she has peed on it more than 2 times insists we change the pad before she will go again lol picky little queen she is. |
good advice already given... just wanted to say :welcome4: |
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