OMG Do They Ever Stop Peeing IN The House

[Yorkiemom1]

Originally Posted by mindy10

Yes he is neutered. My last dog wore diapers at the end because he was 16 and had dementia and I remember saying when he was gone, I do not miss the diapers!! Now I have a new young dog and I never thought I would have to do that with a young dog!! I really do not want to have to put him in a belly band for his whole life and change a belly band several times a day. That is just crazy!!

Not suggesting every day, all day long, for the rest of his life! Just until you manage to get him trained....but you are going to have to POTTY TRAIN him! The belly band just keeps your stuff from getting peed on until you get him trained. Belly bands or housebreaking....both are going to require effort! Dont know how old he was when you had him neutered, if he had already started marking....or if there is a female around....good luck, and gird your loins for a good battle of wits!!!!

[mikecoscia]

I ran into the same issue with my dog, Chewie It took me a solid 18 months to house break him. Tried wee-pads at first and they seemed to work well. However, every area rug in the house turned into a wee-pad. So started over from scratch, ditched the pads, and trained him to go outside. Seemed like he was never going to figure it out, but he slowly made progress.

IMO, keeping them on a leash in the house is the best method. This way they are always in eye sight and you can correct them immediately. It's really important to catch them in the act and it greatly speeds up the process. It will also help you learn how to read your dog and when he needs to go. Remedial training is also important. Once he is house broken, don't stop praising and offering treats. Keep doing it...always.

I know it's aggravating and believe me I've been there, but it's worth the patience and hard work. Chewie is four now and he sleeps with us every night. Literally under the covers and curled up to my wife's stomach. He still has an accident once in awhile, but its rare, and usually our fault (i.e. we didn't hear him scratch). Now, only if I can get him to stop hounding everyone to play with him the second they walk in the door...lol.

[Yorkiemom1]

Originally Posted by mikecoscia

I ran into the same issue with my dog, Chewie It took me a solid 18 months to house break him. Tried wee-pads at first and they seemed to work well. However, every area rug in the house turned into a wee-pad. So started over from scratch, ditched the pads, and trained him to go outside. Seemed like he was never going to figure it out, but he slowly made progress.

IMO, keeping them on a leash in the house is the best method. This way they are always in eye sight and you can correct them immediately. It's really important to catch them in the act and it greatly speeds up the process. It will also help you learn how to read your dog and when he needs to go. Remedial training is also important. Once he is house broken, don't stop praising and offering treats. Keep doing it...always.

I know it's aggravating and believe me I've been there, but it's worth the patience and hard work. Chewie is four now and he sleeps with us every night. Literally under the covers and curled up to my wife's stomach. He still has an accident once in awhile, but its rare, and usually our fault (i.e. we didn't hear him scratch). Now, only if I can get him to stop hounding everyone to play with him the second they walk in the door...lol.

[mybellababy]

Bella i just over 2 years old we still have times when she wont use one of the many pee pads. We keep the upstairs blocked off and the living room unless we are with her. It has been so cold here in Ontario this winter I dont know how we would have been able to out door train her.

I know how your feeling I sometime wonder if it will ever be different.

We do the treats and praise to the point we sound very silly put if it works I will be silly. It seems like she just doesnt get it.

I bought a really good carpet cleaner lol and lot of natures miracle.

[DBlain]

I feel for you, I had a male that had access to his pee pad 24/7 and used it frequently, but still would wet on throw rugs or the welcome mat when the spirit moved him. It was hard to figure out how to break him of that because he knew it was wrong but did it anyway even though he had access to his pad.

I now have a female who refused to use a pad so I tried outside and she housebroke very easily. I use the bell method, I have a ribbon with a bunch of jingle bells on the end tied on the door knob, when she rings it I take her our by leash to the same spot and don't walk her around, after she does her business she gets a treat, since she wants her treat she goes quickly. I like the bell because she knows how to tell me she wants out, often dogs have no clue how to tell you they want out. The bell is helpful when we travel because as soon as she sees me hang it somewhere she knows that is how she will get out to do her business.

[DBlain]

I know it is often the most practicle situation to have your pup use a pad especially for those that work long hours or live where it is hard to let a dog out. But I honestly believe that there are VERY few pad trained dogs that never go some where in the home other than on the pad. Even if they only have one "accident" a week, if you have nice carpet that gets old pretty quick, plus it makes it almost impossible to take your dog to other people's homes. I also don't believe it's an accident because I think once they start getting older they know where to go, they just don't feel like always going there. A vet once told me that it is not natural for a dog to go inside, and if you force them to do it you will only be asking for trouble.

[mindy10]

Ya I think unfortunately leaving the pad down it means okay I can go in the house where ever I want. He is confusing the rugs for pee pads. My brother keeps a pee pad down for his dog and his dog is 6 and she never has a problem going off the pee pad. But then again he has a female. I think it is a boy thing!!

[GrammyNina]

my girl is pee pad trained and I love it, I just lay two down in my bedroom and she goes in there and pees every time. I was worried about it because I had heard how hard they are to train but I kept at it and she is doing great. I suggest that you start over and maybe give the pee pads a try, my pup doesn't tear them up or anything. When she poos I use toilet paper and pick it up and flush it and change the pads only when they have been wet on a couple times. I didn't want to train her outside because I work all day and my husband had a liver transplant and I didn't want him to be out in the bad weather and this winter has been horrible in Ohio. Best of luck!

[sandy simpson]

I hang a pee pad outside on the fence and JoJo knows to go out there. Lately he has left a turd on the kitchen floor because I left him to go to the grocery. He usually goes outside. He has marked the back of the couch. Why do you think God made our Yorkies so cute! So when they mess up they look at us with that, "Did I do that?" look and we just melt. Try the pee pads but outside. I made up my mind I did not want that 10 lb Yorkie peeing in my house! So I keep on after him taking him out often, even in the middle of the night so he does not Mark!

[SirTeddykins]

My dog and my parents dog (both YT's obviously) are both pad trained and never have accidents in the house -ever. Teddy has been trained since he was 14 weeks old.

BUT, he does mark and that is separate to peeing and potty training. My parents dog is a male but he doesn't mark or lift his leg to go!


Dogs vary so much in their temperament that it is so hard to make general statements about the best thing to do .. I just think you have to make decisions on an individual basis and do the best you can with the knowledge that you have!


I tried belly bands but they aren't working out for us... So, Teddy doesn't go anywhere unsupervised at the minute because, as soon as he's out of site, he will mark. I am hoping that tethering him to me and keeping him under strict supervision for a few weeks will deter the habit but I'm not hopeful. I think I'll struggle with this for as long as I have him..


It sucks but not his fault! He's not the only male who misses the mark in this house!!!!!

[anneclaire]

How do you do the bell system??? I would like to try this for Spice.

[DBlain]

Originally Posted by anneclaire

How do you do the bell system??? I would like to try this for Spice.

I am pressed for time today, but I will reply in the next day, or you can search my posts here, in the past I have typed some lengthy ones on how I did it. LOL the potty topic comes up a lot on YT because Yorkies are hard to housebreak.

[DBlain]

Below is a good thread that discussed pad vs outside, I have some comments on their that might be helpful, but it does not explain the way I trained her on the bells, will try to find it


http://www.yorkietalk.com/forums/gen...-pee-pads.html

[DBlain]

found another good thread on potty training, I have several posts on there about how I trained her to ring the bell. I am also a strong believe in having her potty on command and on a leash makes life so much easier when you know when they went and what they did. My sister has big yard and her yorkie goes out and plays then comes in and goes on the floor

http://www.yorkietalk.com/forums/gen...ng-advice.html