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09-17-2012, 06:22 PM | #1 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: singapore
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| how long does it takes to housebreak your yorkie As above. My Mocca seems too active and happy go lucky. he will shiver when scolded but once i says "ok", he seems to forget all the lectures and starts been a clown again. lol seems like i am gonna have a hard time housebreaking him. my westies took me almost half a year to housebreak, hopefully Mocca will take a shorter time. Last edited by tom_kkh; 09-17-2012 at 06:24 PM. |
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09-17-2012, 06:27 PM | #2 |
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| I gave it a year for Jilly and Tibbe and each was thoroughly housebroken, clean in the house. To me, a Yorkie needs that long a reinforcement period in order to really get the training fully ingrained for life. Tibbe has had 3 accidents when ill with GI problems but those are his ONLY infractions. He has never peed in the house since his training began. Without the long training period, there is a tendency toward recidivism in small dogs so I didn't want to take a chance. We just kept training for a year.
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09-17-2012, 06:38 PM | #3 |
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| Outdoor potty. Can average 2 yrs. Indoor wee pad right away. Depends on the pup. My previous Yorkie was pretty good under a year. Moki alot harder to go outside.but is 100% wee pad inside Last edited by ironmike86; 09-17-2012 at 06:39 PM. |
09-17-2012, 06:43 PM | #4 |
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| Rosie learned quickly. I would say by the time she was a year old she was trained. She will not pee inside my house. Mikki on the other hand, I don't think she will ever get fully trained. We have had her a year and she still has accidents. But I think a lot of it is her history. I think being consistent is the key and within a year or so they will get it.
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09-17-2012, 06:47 PM | #5 |
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| I would say it depends on the dog and how much effort a person puts into it. It took me being home with Jackson on my winter break 24/7 and I got him potty trained fairly quickly. He was probably 90% reliable by 5 months and 99.9% reliable by about 9 months. Most mistakes were my fault too... laziness, not listening or watching his signals, etc.
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09-17-2012, 07:25 PM | #6 |
Yorkie mom of 4 Donating YT Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: LaPlata, Md
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| I think it depends on the dog and the human training the dog. Callie was trained by 9 months the doggy door did wonders. She will absolutely not go in the house now I even had to take her outside in the middle of a hurricane.
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09-18-2012, 03:56 AM | #7 |
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| Columbo was 4.5 months old when we got him and I started training right away. I was on him like glue and anticipated every potty, so we rarely had a mistake. But during that time, he never showed any signs he was listening to me until a couple months later when he came home from the hospital after being neutered. He ran to the door and jiggled the blinds frantically to let me know he had to poop badly. From then on he has been perfectly trained. So overall, it was about 2 months training, but diligence during that time makes a big difference. Don't give them the opportunity to have an accident while training and you will see results faster. |
09-18-2012, 06:40 AM | #8 |
Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Rhode Island
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| We brought home our Yorkie at 12 weeks, and it has taken 2 years to fully potty train him. We don't use potty pads, he only goes outside and when we are not home, and at night he is crated still. The biggest problem we encountered, was his very stubborn personality. When he would get mad, or if he couldn't reach us he would mess on the floor.
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09-18-2012, 09:45 AM | #9 |
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| Keno was 100% by the time he was 9 months. He asks to be let out since he was about 5 months. One of the easiest dogs I ever house trained. I was home 24/7 with him though, which makes it easier. |
09-18-2012, 09:49 AM | #10 |
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| I wonder though if the fact that he is a large yorkie has made a difference. He is 14 lbs. I know that Jackson is larger and Callie is larger too. Just an observation. |
09-18-2012, 09:56 AM | #11 |
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| I will say yorkies or just small breeds seem to be the most difficult to train to hold it. Like Brit said it depends on your circumstance, if you work at home like I do, it is much easier, I also believe that the leash method and using a bell to be the best in the long run, I will find the post where I explained what I did and still do and I have to say Lola is 100% house broken, none of my others were. My last was paper trained and went on his paper 98.5% of the time, but if something did not go his way he would wet in different spots, I swear just to pizz me off
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09-18-2012, 10:15 AM | #12 |
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| I don't know how to link to just a post so here is the whole thread, my post is about #20 since the thread was about how your dog lets you know, I left off a few things. Make sure you carry treats with you outside and treat immediately after they go either #1 or # 2 also use the command words when ringing the bell, I say Lola go potty" then ring the bell, then say it again, Then we go outside and I say Lola go potty, Go potty Lola. When she goes and I am giving her the treat, I say good girl, Lola goes potty. I think it reinforces that the bell is for potty and she knows what the command means and the bell man. Also for training purposes make sure you have a comfty harness that is not to tight that you can keep on for at least half the day. I found it was quicker not to have to keep taking the harness off and on. http://www.yorkietalk.com/forums/gen...-needs-go.html
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09-18-2012, 10:32 AM | #13 |
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| I feel soooo lucky - P-Nut was trained to wee pads right away and learned to go potty outside quickly. By 5-6 months he was 100% going outside, signaling us by tapping on the door. We accomplished this by taking him out frequently as a pup and giving treats and lavish praise when he pottied. He'll do anything for treats! I'm sure it helped that I work from home and could take him out every couple of hours. Neutering solved his marking issue, sometimes he'd mark a dozen times on our walks, but no more... |
09-18-2012, 11:08 AM | #14 |
Yorkie Yakker Join Date: May 2012 Location: plymouth England
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| House training Reuben is quite good,in as much as most of the time he will go in the garden,or on his pads.But now and again he will pee any where.Why do you think this is? He is almost 7 months now and weighs 1.8 kilos. |
09-18-2012, 01:32 PM | #15 |
Katie Scarlett's Mommy Donating Member | I would say Katie Scarlett was 99% house trained within the first 6 months we had her. Once in a blue moon she might have an accident, mostly poopie. She starts on the pad but then will wander off, but at least it is on the hardwood floor and not carpet. We used the Potty Training Puppy Apartment system and it worked wonders for us. Good luck with your potty training!
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