Does yorkies ever get potty trained?
 

My baby is one and he uses pads and goes outside. He may do good for a month and then he will use the rugs. I have big rugs under the beds and in the den. I really don't won't to take them up because we have hardwood and it's cold. His pads are clean. I don't get it. He sleeps with us and he always gets up and goes to his pad but this morning he went on the rug on my side of the bed. Ang guess what I stepped in it when I got up. I don't understand why he goes good for a while and then he don't

You need to restrict the areas he is allowed to roam until he is 100% trained. Also you need to use an enzyme cleaner to get the pee smell out of the rug. You may not be able to smell it, but he still can. Essentially he thinks it's one big pee pad. Or get new rugs if it can't be cleaned entirely.
Also you need to keep an eye on him. When he starts pacing and sniffing around take him to his pad. Feed him on a schedule so you more or less know when he needs to go. That goes for food and water.
It can be done. People always say Yorkies are hard to potty train and I don't agree. I have had to retrain many fosters and they all did well, even one who had bladder problems. You just have to keep a watchful eye.
ETA if he is sleeping in your bed, keep a bell on him. When he starts to wake up and get restless the bell will wake you up and then you take him to his pad. Don't just let him on the floor where he can go wherever he pleases.

The way I got Jaxson who is 5months old fully house trained is strict routine! He had to earn trust & learn to go outside which he did in about a 2 weeks. :) He still stays in a big play pen at night just so I know he's safe cause he's still a puppy & i'm afraid he might get into something without me hearing him. I'll post his schedule for you as well.

7am-Breakfast/Water

7:30am- Potty Time!

8am- 30minute play time

8:30am- Potty Time!

9am-PlayPen (so I can clean the house...etc)

10:30am-Training(Sit, Stay, Lay, Come etc)

11am- Potty Time!

11:30am- Lunch

12pm-Potty Time!

1pm-Play Time.

1:45pm-Potty Time

2pm-Nap Time

5pm- Dinner

5:30pm-Potty Time

6pm-Play Time

7:30pm- PlayPen

8:30pm-Potty Time(Last time for the day)

9pm- Bedtime! He sleeps all night no problems!

That is his schedule/routine & he has never had any problems and we got him at 12 weeks he's 18 now. :)


We do let him out a little longer to kinda roam the house with supervision. He is a good boy & he loves his schedule! :)

Gracie has always loved her pee pads but during her first year certain things would set her off and she would start to go pee next to them instead of on them. Changes in the house hold, my daughter moving in, one of my other kids moving out seemed to send her into a potty tail spin. We haven't had any major changes in the last year and so far have had no more accidents, thankfully.

There are certain area rugs and throw rugs that have a type of rubber like backing that actually have the scent of urine on the backing. Those rugs will attract cats and dogs to urinate on them. I had to get rid of all my area rugs with that type of backing long ago. Even now I have to make sure the small rug in the bathroom is picked up and hung on the side of the tub after every use. Hopefully, that is not what is attracting your dog to pee on your rug.

All depends on the pup. Rule of thumb is they can't be 100% trusted till they are 2 yrs of age. And still can have accidents if left alone to long.

LOL My dog is 5 and still cant be trusted :facepalm:

Never used pads with mine not even when Cozy's pups were 6 weeks old. Some people are very success with them but I have personally never known someone who was. My friend's ex-hubby used it with his lab since he lives in NYC and was afraid puppy would get sick from other dog's and such til she got all her shots- Unfortunately, she still uses the spot the wee pads were over 2 years ago to potty.

Freedom is earned and not freely given. Mine are all housebroken but I still don't give them full access when someone is not home and neither do my parents at their house.

They will occasionally potty at the back door exit to outside when not feeling well.

If Milo is good about going potty outside then maybe you should start taking him out more often. These little dogs do have little bladders and sometimes they drink more than at other times. I would think with the kind of summer we have been having Milo may be drinking more than usual and may not be able to make it to the pee pad on time. Try taking up his water by 7pm and taking him out for a good brisk walk before bedtime, making sure he pees at least once or twice. Boys seem to pee a lot more than the girls and activity will make them go more. If you can get him emptied out before bedtime hopefully you can get him outside in the morning before he has to go again. Strict supervision is going to be a must. A nice yummy reward every time he does it right will be a great incentive for him.
Every time Gracie would start missing the pad I would start rewarding her with a treat when she went on the pad. It only took a couple of those treats and she was right back to using the pad again.

Yup I hear ya. Just ppl shouldn't even consider them till they are 2yrs. But imo if I miss the signals then it's my fault. If they go on the floor and there a peepad then I get irritated. MY previous Yorkie was so good at the potty before he was a year. Moki...:(

Dh made Peanut a nice doggy door with a gated dog pen (so he is protected from hawks and other animals we have) and he will still pee in the corner or poo in the kitchen!

It is really frustrating!

Mine are 7yrs and 10mos., same thing! They will be good for awhile and then when I finally think its passed....yeah well, thank god for enzyme cleaner and papertowels....unfortunately I will never be allowed to have wall to wall carpeting....oh well!:D

Both mine are 100% potty trained.

LOL I tell Peanut everyday he is lucky he is cute!! Hahaha

Same here - I'm not sure they are every fully potty trained. Mine go outside and on potty pads but they will take liberty with the carpet if allowed.

They can be 100% trained. If human needed to go pee but didn't have access to a bathroom eventually they will pee in the corner or behind a bush. I've done it. Does that mean I'm not potty trained? No! When you gotta go, you gotta go. If they don't have access and they need to go, well that's not the dog's fault. That Is different than a puppy who will go anywhere.

If a full grown dog has decided it prefers the carpet to the potty pads I would be taking that dog out for a good brisk walk several times a day and making sure it did it's business while out there. Would also suggest gating in an uncarpeted room with pee pads when not at home.

Lol, lovespandp. That's what I tell Milo. My kids are 18 and 21 and they say you love him to much u would never give him away. I say I know just look at those eyes. He's just a baby. Lol

Love it.....lol.
Ive never thought about it that way!:thumbup::thumbup::thumbup::thumbup::thumbup:: thumbup::thumbup::animal-pa

Lol Well let me tell you, it doesn't get easier!! At 5 he still can give me those brown puppy dog eyes and I find myself giving him a treat and kisses HAHA! Also of course he is still my baby, they can never out grow that!

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Yep same here. Mine is potty pad and outside trained. He does really well but does have his occasional slip ups. It seems to be getting less frequent that he slips up so that's a good sign.

I let him know we are not happy with him when he goes where he shouldn't. I think that's helping. I can tell he wants to be good and me to be happy with him. I feel the tone in my voice when he potty's on the floor lets him know I am not happy with it. He knows when he goes where he is suppose to because I'll praise him and tell him how good he is. I think after a while if you stick to it, letting them know by telling them whats wrong with a tone he understands means your unhappy and whats right in tones he knows he did good, they will learn..

our lacy is hit or miss. i can let her out in the morning and she will stare at me at the glass door..
so this past week we have been walking 3 times a day .. no accidents..
but thats what happens to alot of people in my opinion..
we will do great for a few weeks... than we slip up and not walk them for a day because work or life happens...
than bam all of a sudden its like everything is in vein

Positive Reinforcement
 

Ditto to all of the above & underscore the reward part. I cut up very tiny pieces of healthy treat & put in a small container near the pee pad. My baby is so proud to go on (bad aim sometimes) the pad & he eagerly anticipates the reward. Massive praise is also a great reinforcer! Be consistent & take your baby to the designated area on a regular schedule. They want very much to please us so let them know what behaviors do. Don't give up!

The most important part is watching them so closely its not possible for them to potty somewhere.
Thats atleast what made it click with Joel, I didn't LET him have an accident and he forgot how to "go" in the house lol.
But when he kept having accidents I was getting frustrated and wondering what I was doing wrong, so I would set alarms and leash him to me, or whatever I had to do for him not to go potty in the house, and after a few days of no accidents is when I saw him figuring it out, and then he would just start telling me.:)
Now he's 8months and I dont remember the last time he had an accident and I no longer even remind him to go out, only when he first comes out from the crate, all he knows is to go to the door and whine or bark.

:thumbup: My boys are 100% trained. They have access to their puppy pads at all times. They each have an ex-pen set up in our bedroom, with a bed, water, and pad in each pen. The doors to the pens are only closed when we are at work or gone, and the only reason they don't have free roam of the house is because even though I know they would sleep all day, I'd still be worried one of them would get hurt somehow. They don't mind being in them either, which helps. They sleep with us at night, and if they need to use their pads during the night, they do. I think it helps that we have never moved their pads too. They will potty outside too, but we don't have much of a yard, and it's not fenced in so they are always on leashes unless we visit friends with a fenced in yard. They still get daily walks, unless its too cold out. Pad training was our decision because of us both working as well, and knowing they have small bladders. They each picked it up pretty fast (it helped that the breeder started pad training too) and by the time they were 5-6 months have had no accidents......except for 2. Chase pooed in the middle of the living room floor the day after we brought Calvin home, but that was the extent of him letting us know that he wasn't sure about his new brother yet :rolleyes: and once last month Chase was sick and tried to make it to his pad but just couldn't.

That's the way to do it! Set them up for success and they can't fail.

No. :bigeyes: