Please take a deep breath and rethink this. As has been said here go back to basics. Make sure the crate is small enough for them to just lie down in. Take them out and immediately outside. When they go praise and treat them. Cesars book is very good. Mine are 21mo and 13mo and still occassionally there is an accident but when I really think about it, it usually is my fault as I wasn't paying attention. Don't give up on them and if it has to be please post on here as there and alot of good people who would be willing to adopt them

I would try using pee pee pads in their crate at one end. Cali trained in 2 weeks that way. I live in Gurnee 20 minutes from Wheeling if you would like some help I would be happy to help you try and get them trained. Just PM me.

Princess Patte -

I just want to say that I support you whatever you decide to do.

If it weren't for your recent surgery, I too would be saying "don't give up". But, I know that knee replacement surgery isn't easy to recover from. And, it takes alot of work to housetrain a dog.

If your son is so attached to them, perhaps he could give them a home?

Please, if you do have to rehome them, call a rescue organization. They would be sure to find a home for them where the owner has the time and ability to try to housebreak them. It would be a shame for them to go to a shelter only to be sent back after the next adopters have the same problem.

Best of luck to you whatever you decide.

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:thumbs_up I agree wth the above statement..
if trying to go back to basic does not work
Soon they will be chaseing you all around :doghop: ..my Aunt had replacement surgery too. and she gets along better than I do now
DON'T GIVE UP...IF YOU NEED ENCOURAGEMENT PM ME :callme:
I'LL TALK YOU THROUGH IT..
GET WELL SOON:getwell:

My yorkie wasn't fully potty trained until I was able to train myself to work with her. She went into heat and we got her puppy undies. These were a huge relief for us. If she had an accident, it was in the undies and not on the carpet/floor. This helped to eliminate odors on the carpet, which I believe helped her to learn that she doesn't go on the carpet. I had to train myself to take her to the pad every hour or two depending on how active she was. If she was sleeping, I put her on the pad as soon as she woke up. It took about a month or two for her to really "get it" with this routine. She was fairly trained when she got here, but I think for dogs that use the bathroom inside, it can be confusing for them when the "good" area and the "bad" area are right next to each other. There are times when I know she has to go and (for whatever reason!) she won't go. I have Olivia's pad in an area that we can easily gate off. I put a gate up until she goes- she may cry, but as soon as she goes, she gets to get out. She does still have infrequent accidents, but I'd say that for the most part, she is potty trained. Since you just had knee surgery, I think that your whole family needs to be very involved in this whole process.

Good luck!

Just one more suggestion that I don't think has been made.

You HAVE to get the urine smell out of any place they have pee'd! That means hot HOT water and bleach if possible (or white vinegar) on blankets and pads and steam cleaning carpets and floors. IF they can smell urine they think it is OK to go there. There are products that will take out the urine too.

Then start from the basics as has been said.

IF you can afford a dog trainer then go for it, but have someone come to your house...training them somewhere else won't teach them where to go at home. If you can't afford a dog trainer per se, what about a vet tech student or even someone who volunteers at a animal shelter and or rescue...they would charge less.

I hope you feel better soon. When you are in pain it is hard to cope with things as well as do what you want.

I'm so sorry that you are having such a hard time. Sometimes, it just takes time. You have to be patient. I know it's harder since your knee surgery. I agree with one of the posts if, you have a place to install a dog door. They are wonderful. We put one in in Feb of this year and I have never regretted it.

Please don't take them to a shelter try and adopt them out yourself. I'm sure you won't have a problem if I were you I would prefer they stay together.

Hang in there.

maybe this will work
 

Put a lot of newspapers around overlapping one another. Put the group of papers at the door that your yt will go outside to do business. Then each day remove a piece of paper that is furtherest from that door. As you reduce the area to a very small section that is right by the front door you are planning to use to go outside. At some point you could possibly remove the indoor paper section all together with some success to have your yt go outside. Good luck, keep trying.:thumbup:

I know it must be heartbreaking to be in the shape your in. That has to be enough pain by itelf, without adding the help of trying to keep up with 2 dogs not housebroken.

Is there anyone (like your son) who could take them until your knee recovers?

Is there anyone who could take them on this board, that lives close by, until your knee heals?

If your dead serious about getting rid of them, you've already had several offers here. If they don't pan out, we have a sections for "yorkies for sale, or wanted" here.

Shelters are mostly "high kill". Which means they only get a few days before they are euthunized.

There are many tips here on housetraining, but I know being in the shape your in, its probably almost impossible to keep up with them, much less trying to get someone to put a doggie door in, or finding a doggie gate, or a crate. I live alone, so I understand how hard it is for "one person" to do things when immobilized.

There are many options, and several offers here. If none pan out, please put it in the other section called "yorkies for sale or wanted". I'm sure you could find someone willing to take them.

Also many vets know folks that would take them too.

If they "have to go" I pray they get a good home. I know there isn't a soul here that wouldn't take the very best of care with those pups here.

Meantime, keeping you in my prayers, as I feel you've already took as much as you can take already, or you wouldn't have made this post. My prayers go out to you, in whatever decision you make. But I assure you, Yorkies are NOT hard to place dogs at all!

Me From Having To Sent My 2 Sweeties To A Shelter
 

Hi… I would just like to let you know that I have turned Mandy and Hailey over to the Yorkie Rescue of Illinois. I am hoping that they will find them a home TOGETHER. I have not stopped crying yet. Thank you everyone for your kind words and advise. God bless you all and take care and cherish your little friends. I miss mine so very much. Princess Patte

I'm so sorry that you had to do this. But, now you know that they will find a good home and hopefully together.

Better choice than the first one for sure:thumbup:

Hope you knee gets better really soon. Keep this site bookmarked, never know what you will do once your knee is healed.

I have learned so much with my 2ond one here, than I ever knew with my first one, not having a way to learn all of what needs to be done, and how to do it.

I wish you were in Mobile, AL. I am pad training one now, whats another 2?

Where is the Yorkie Rescue in Illinois? I know you live in the far northern suburbs. I'm in the western suburbs near Wheaton. Maybe I can rescue one of them. Please PM me!

I know it was hard for you to do but you had to do it and I totally understand why. Recently a friend of mine asked me to take her Bichon to the pound for her because she couldn't get her potty trained and she was also having her own health issues. I couldn't take her myself and I called everyone I knew that would give her a great home. No one could take her. I knew of a wonderful Bichon rescue group called Small Paws Rescue and I got her permission to turn the pup over to them instead. We were both confident that the pup would be very well placed and loved by her new family. I hope you don't have second thoughts about it because I know you did a lot of thinking about this before you did it. I am sure that Yorkie Rescue is a great organization and your babies will find a wonderful and loving home too. God Bless You and my wishes for a speedy recovery for you.