Yorkie Pee Bands???

[Lovetodream88]

Originally Posted by lilgidget

Gidget is completely potty trained. When the weather is bad, she uses the pee pee pads. Otherwise, we take 2 or 3 walks outside so she can pee and poop but also for the exercise for both of us. She doesn't mind being in a crate at the groomers and she's also used to being in a carrier when we go someplace. She's happy either way. When we visit my daughter for a few days, I take the pee pads just in case we can't get outside as often. No problem.

Yeah I wasn’t talking about you with the potty training. I am jealous that she will go on pads and outside. Mine just go outside but we have weather sometimes that I hate them going out in like the middle of a hurricane and I wish they could use pads then. They are bigger though so it might be a lot of pee lol. Once during one of the bad hurricanes before it got here my dad cut a patch of grass out of the very back of our property so Callie could use it in the garage but she just wouldn’t.

[lilgidget]

Gidget is so flexible. She just "goes with the flow".

[Yorktowny]

Originally Posted by lilgidget

I think each Yorkie owner must decide (on an individual case basis) what is best for them and their babies. What is best for me might not work for someone else. Some furbaby parents don't want them sleeping with them at night. The first night I had Gidget she slept about 3 hours. She was in a crate which was placed on a table about 2 feet from my bed. She woke up at 3:00 in the morning and that was the beginning of the whining an barking. The next night I decided to put her in bed with me and that's where she's been ever since. It works for us even though others have criticized me for giving in to her. She's my companion and it works for us. Please don't judge how others respond to these delightful little creatures.

You sound like such a great loving yorkie parent!!

The onyl thing I disagree with is whether it's ever "best" to put yorkies in diapers for life. I get it if they are sick or have disablities ok, but to just say fine i will not stick with it to train 3 of you not to pee everywhere seems beyond belief.

(And sorry I know you have trained your baby, just dont know how to quote other posts right).

[Mike_and_Me]

Originally Posted by Lovetodream88

Putting a belly band on is not going to to fix the problem just put a band aid over it. It also can cause rashes. Is he neutered? Start the potty training process from the beginning like he was a puppy. Don't give free run use a play pen or crate and lots of praise when he goes where he should. The apple spray is for chewing not peeing.

Ditto.

To to OP - I saw that in earlier threads you wrote that your boy goes mostly on the pee pad and occasionally marks, then you wrote later that you started using belly bands and that he started going less to the pad and more everywhere else.. don't you think the band/diaper is just not fixing the problem but actually making it worse? I 100% understand using the belly bands due to illness, incontinence, disability, old age and other specific cases but your boy is still young, but are you going to have him in a band/diaper forever? Why not take some time and patience and retrain him just like you would do a puppy? No free run of the house, potty schedule and positive reinforcement?

[tortuga]

Hi there,
I need in on this conversation. I am in the process of adopting a 3 year old male that is not neutered. He will be once I adopt him. The breeder told me that she uses diapers.....YUCK...So, she was suggesting I do the same. I have had three Yorkies so far, and I never used diapers. I trained them to use pee pads and going outside. The issue will be if he is marking and peeing on furniture. So, I plan on training him like a puppy. At first, I will put pads out and take him outside together with my other Yorkie which is potty trained. If I see him marking, I will put him in the play pen.
Any input is appreciated. THANKS....

[Yorktowny]

Originally Posted by tortuga

Hi there,
I need in on this conversation. I am in the process of adopting a 3 year old male that is not neutered. He will be once I adopt him. The breeder told me that she uses diapers.....YUCK...So, she was suggesting I do the same. I have had three Yorkies so far, and I never used diapers. I trained them to use pee pads and going outside. The issue will be if he is marking and peeing on furniture. So, I plan on training him like a puppy. At first, I will put pads out and take him outside together with my other Yorkie which is potty trained. If I see him marking, I will put him in the play pen.
Any input is appreciated. THANKS....

In my humbel opinion you are doing the right thing!!! Crate train him and don't put up with the horrible things other people seem to. Train the dog instead of having a disgusting problem with diapers and washing your yorkie's wee forever (off the floor and off his body). You will do great!!!!!!

[Marna1957]

I had an older Cocker Spaniel that we got as an adult....that was not housebroken well. He was a good boy, most of the time, but now and again, if you were not watching.....let's say/call it, he forgot. So I made him, "Belly Bands". I measured him, used a T-shirt like fabric, with human baby cloth diapers in between. I used Velcro to attach them over his back, I made 3 sets for washing. They worked Great. And I must also add, rarely did we/he need them, but when he did, I was so glad to have them on him.

[Lovetodream88]

Originally Posted by tortuga

Hi there,
I need in on this conversation. I am in the process of adopting a 3 year old male that is not neutered. He will be once I adopt him. The breeder told me that she uses diapers.....YUCK...So, she was suggesting I do the same. I have had three Yorkies so far, and I never used diapers. I trained them to use pee pads and going outside. The issue will be if he is marking and peeing on furniture. So, I plan on training him like a puppy. At first, I will put pads out and take him outside together with my other Yorkie which is potty trained. If I see him marking, I will put him in the play pen.
Any input is appreciated. THANKS....

I think your plan sounds pretty good to me. Sometimes having another Yorkies and seeing them go potty helps.

[Marna1957]

Originally Posted by Marna1957

I had an older Cocker Spaniel that we got as an adult....that was not housebroken well. He was a good boy, most of the time, but now and again, if you were not watching.....let's say/call it, he forgot. So I made him, "Belly Bands". I measured him, used a T-shirt like fabric, with human baby cloth diapers in between. I used Velcro to attach them over his back, I made 3 sets for washing. They worked Great. And I must also add, rarely did we/he need them, but when he did, I was so glad to have them on him.

OH OH! I forgot to say.....with a Waterproof layer between the inside layers of diaper cloth and the outside layer of cotton/t shirt print! Woooooops! Sorry, and yeah, THAT matters. I made these about 8 inches wide. On a dog the size of a Yorkie, of course, I would have made them less wide.

[Yorktowny]

Originally Posted by Marna1957

OH OH! I forgot to say.....with a Waterproof layer between the inside layers of diaper cloth and the outside layer of cotton/t shirt print! Woooooops! Sorry, and yeah, THAT matters. I made these about 8 inches wide. On a dog the size of a Yorkie, of course, I would have made them less wide.

Even grosser. How many things do you have to wash because you wont train? Sorry, you attacked me for not training my dog not to eat human feces in diapers.

[Lovetodream88]

Originally Posted by Yorktowny

Even grosser. How many things do you have to wash because you wont train? Sorry, you attacked me for not training my dog not to eat human feces in diapers.

Yet you want to give your dog away and sell him rather then train him.........

[Yorktowny]

Originally Posted by Lovetodream88

Yet you want to give your dog away and sell him rather then train him.........

Off topic.

I am thinking of your dog and want the best!!!

[Marna1957]

Originally Posted by Yorktowny

Even grosser. How many things do you have to wash because you wont train? Sorry, you attacked me for not training my dog not to eat human feces in diapers.

This was an older dog that we did not raise. WE DID work with him, but I did not want pee all over my house. So WHILE working with him, we put these on him. I removed them off of him as he went outdoors and put them back on when he came in.



You must have me confused with someone else. I attacked NO ONE. But yes. I would CERTAINLY keep a dog away from dirty diapers....ANY dog. Dirty Diapers should be kept away from all of us.....humans and animals.

[Yorktowny]

Originally Posted by Marna1957

This was an older dog that we did not raise. WE DID work with him, but I did not want pee all over my house. So WHILE working with him, we put these on him. I removed them off of him as he went outdoors and put them back on when he came in.



You must have me confused with someone else. I attacked NO ONE. But yes. I would CERTAINLY keep a dog away from dirty diapers....ANY dog. Dirty Diapers should be kept away from all of us.....humans and animals.

You are so right Marna, I made a mistake and im sorry. Thanks again for yourhelp!