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01-14-2013, 08:45 AM | #1 |
Yorkie Talker Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: Lawrencetown Nova Scotia
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| Help Benji is now 4 months old and if I don't remember to take him out he will go on the floor. He doesn't let me know when he has to go out. Will he ever let me know when he has to go out or will he always just go on the floor. If I take him out he goes and I always tell him good boy and praise him up. But I wish he would let me know when he has to go. Any suggestions! Linda from Nova Scotia Canada ♥ |
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01-14-2013, 08:58 AM | #2 |
Donating YT 1000 Club Member | Hi there & we welcome you to YT! If memory serves me right we were taking ours outside about every 2 hours. The thing to remember is they have very small internal organs & are still pretty young. At first that may seem overkill but eventually you'll start to see little signs they give so you'll be able to adjust. Set them up for success & you'll have good results I'll bet!
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01-14-2013, 09:23 AM | #3 |
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| I have forgotten meal time , so I know things happen, but try to plan on potty breaks after each meal, when your pup wakes up, after naps, after playtime and any moments of great excitement, and in between. In addition, you can teach your pup to tell when he needs to go, but don't rely on this alone. Choose a method of telling you and teach your pup. Some people use bells hanging on the door or a push bell on the floor. They teach their dogs to paw the bells to go out. No matter what, you have to be in tune with your dog always. While still potty training, limit his freedom in your home to where you can supervise. Watch for signals like circling and sniffing. When you can't supervise, put your pup in an xpen or gated off in a small room (with an easy to clean floor).
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01-14-2013, 09:29 AM | #4 |
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| He is really too young to be totally trained. It takes several months of intense training to get a puppy totally trained. He may not even have the muscle development to hold back his urine yet. That usually starts working at about 16 weeks but a small breed puppy has a very small bladder. You are going to have to continue to take him out frequently for several more months. Don't leave him unattended because he really cannot help going potty inside if he has to go at this stage in his development. |
01-14-2013, 09:31 AM | #5 |
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| Your pup is still young but if he barks in his playpen ever, you can use that to teach him to bark to go potty. I did that with Joel, every time he barked I took him out and just a couple days later he was doing it on purpose |
01-14-2013, 12:10 PM | #6 |
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| Four months is still very young so it will take some time. We are just now understanding Bailey. He doesn't bark when he needs to potty, he just runs up to you. But sometimes he runs up to you just to play. So now we ask him if he needs to go. I'll faint when one day he looks at me and says: Yeah I need to go! |
01-14-2013, 02:24 PM | #7 |
Yorkie Talker Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: Lawrencetown Nova Scotia
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| What about taking him out on his lease Benji goes out and after a bit he starts to growl and bite the lease. I am not sure what that means. When you do take him out what if he wants to go where he wants to go, how do you get him to go where you want him to go. |
01-14-2013, 06:40 PM | #8 |
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| Sounds like your little one is right on track. Yorkies are notoriously stubborn when it comes to house training. Max will usually get a little fussy when he want to go out, and then he will start pacing and looking. (Abby loves her potty pad and will go straight to it anytime she has to potty.) I found with Max I just had to pay attention to him and learn his signals. These little ones are all unique, so hang in there - he will figure out how to tell you as he get a little older. My previous Yorkie, Poppy, used to smack the blinds by the sliding glass door with her paw. Used to crack me up. |
01-14-2013, 06:49 PM | #9 |
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| And just one more reason Im so glad we potty pad trained!! lol
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01-14-2013, 07:04 PM | #10 |
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| He is still very young, but if you can, spend some time just watching him and you will be able to learn 'his' signals. Brody and Mia are older...almost 3 years old, but both have a 'signal'...their signals are not something a 'normal' person would notice, but I watched both carefully when they first came to live with me to pick up on any variation in their behavior, especially when I thought it was getting near the point where they might need a potty break. If they have an 'accident' of any kind, I figure it is MY fault for mis-reading/missing THEIR signals. We have puddle pads, too, in case something goes wrong, or hurricanes, etc...use of which I do not consider an accident...so when I miss a signal and/or they need a puddle pad during the night, etc., they get praise for using the pad, too. Keep at it. You will get there.
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01-15-2013, 05:59 AM | #11 |
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| If you take him out in the yard to potty try taking him to the same place every time you take him out. Don't walk around. Just stand there and say "go potty" or pick a word or short phrase to say over and over. Take him right back in as soon as he goes and make sure you give him a treat and praise him. That way he will learn he is not out there to play he is out there to potty and he will learn that going potty means a reward. If you take him for a walk it is different. Usually dogs love the walk. They smell other animals scent and it encourages them to go potty. The exercise also encourages them to really empty the bladder and bowels completely. A young puppy has to learn how to walk on a leash first though. Sometimes practice inside helps. You can try letting him drag the leash around inside to get him accustomed to it. Just don't ever leave the leash on when you are not watching. Short practice sessions are best. Puppies have short attention spans. |
01-15-2013, 07:27 PM | #12 | |
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