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01-28-2007, 10:08 PM | #1 |
Kyle Plus 3 Donating Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Washington, DC
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| Ways to prevent accidents on carpeting? I have hardwood floors throughout my entire apartment. I would like to get rug from my living room, but I am worried that Brooklyn will pee on it.. as he occasionally has done on the bathtub rug. Any suggestions on how I could make him know this difference between the rug and his pee pad? Sprays or something?? Thanks,
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01-29-2007, 12:14 AM | #2 |
YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: American in London
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| I think the most important thing is to be extremely diligent in watching Brooklyn when you get the rug. Don't let him in the room with the rug (use baby gates or shut doors) unless you can keep an "eagle eye" on him. The very second he starts to pee, say no, and rush him off to the appropriate potty spot. It would also be a good idea to go back to rewarding him for pottying in the right place for a while, so that it is crystal clear to him that "peeing here is good, peeing there is not".
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01-29-2007, 06:55 AM | #3 |
All Dogs Go To Heaven Donating Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: By The Lake
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| Oh, that's an easy one. Hang the rug on the wall. It's not just your . Maggie will mark every new rug that I bring into this house. She does it once and claims it as her own.
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01-29-2007, 07:08 AM | #4 |
I Love My Yorkies Donating Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Indianapolis, Indiana
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| My girl has a problem about going on the rugs too. I pulled them all up
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01-29-2007, 07:42 AM | #5 |
Tiny Dog Big Heart Donating Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Texas
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| Ditto! I would love to hear a remedy for this.
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01-29-2007, 07:45 AM | #6 |
Donating YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: SW Fl
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| Same here.
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01-29-2007, 07:45 AM | #7 |
Donating Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: NB, Canada
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| Any and all rugs here have been considered as BIG pee pee pads. We now don't have area rugs.
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01-29-2007, 08:08 AM | #8 |
My Angels Donating Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Colorful Colorado
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| My entire carpets are pee pads. I will be glad when I can afford to pull them up and put something else down. Then maybe I stand a chance of potty training them. |
01-29-2007, 08:22 AM | #9 |
Kyle Plus 3 Donating Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Washington, DC
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| Good to hear (as horrible as that sounds) that I'm not the only one with this problem. Maybe it has something to do with the texture or something.
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01-29-2007, 08:31 AM | #10 |
Donating Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
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| the same here
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01-29-2007, 08:39 AM | #11 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Ennis Texas
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| We have the same problem with jack and bella.
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01-29-2007, 11:09 AM | #12 |
Izzy's Momma Too! Donating Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Stuart, Florida
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| Same problem here. There are no area rugs here anymore
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01-29-2007, 11:19 AM | #13 |
No Longer a Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: PORTERVILLE, CA
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| I agree. I have the same problem with my carpet. The breeder that I got Sassy from has lineoleum floors. I am thinking that when I brought her home with me she thought that the whole carpeted house was one giant pee pad. It has been difficult. The other difficult thing is that I never seem to be able to see her going. It's like she hides when she goes. Never in front of me. ???????????? Anyone else have this? |
01-29-2007, 03:26 PM | #14 |
My hairy-legged girls Donating Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: lompoc, ca.
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| Since Zada and Azrael never had run of the house and was never allowed down off the sofa at night when we watch tv, they never got in the habit of peeing anywhere but outside and on the potty pads. By the time they were 18 months old, (the age with the intestinal organs are fully developed) they were allowed on the carpet only when I watched them. Now they are 25 months and 24 months and are perfect little critters in the house. I still keep a close eye on them just the same in case I have to nip something in the bud right away. I can't wait to get hardwood floors downstairs, or move to a one level home that already has them. |
02-03-2007, 10:43 AM | #15 |
Yorkie Yakker | Same problem, possible idea? Hi, I got this off of one the groups I'm in. It worked for my dog that I had over a decade ago. Duh, I totally forgot about it. Here goes: House Training: Ring My Bell! Here are the instructions for teaching your dog to ring a bell to indicate it needs out. You will need: * A 1" jingle bell with string or chord attached * A container of smearable food the dog likes (Cream cheese) * Your dog on leash Step 1 Hang the jingle bell or by the door at the dogs head level. Kneel or stand about one foot from the door and have your container of food within reach. Hold onto your dog's collar or leash. Put some the cream cheese onto your finger, let the dog smell it, and then smear it onto the bell. Release your hold on the dog and encourage it to approach the door. When your dog licks the bell, click. It is already getting the positive reinforcement off the bell. Repeat until your dog shows confidence. This means it would go up to the bell even if you just point at it. Take the bell down until the next training session. It is important each time you repeat this exercise you bring the dog back to standing a foot from the bell and you are holding it back. Step 2 Put the bell back up. See if your dog remembers by pointing (you are kneeling one foot away) to the bell. If your dog doesn't ring the bell, go back to step 1. If your dog goes up and licks the bell, click and give a treat out of your pocket. Do at least 20 repetitions or until your dog shows confidence. If you have been kneeling, now try the exercise with you standing. Step 3 Stand two feet from the bell while you point at it. Unless you have real long arms your hand will be a little farther from the bell. When the dog rings it, click and give a treat out of your pocket. Do at least 20 repetitions or until your dog shows confidence.Take the bell down until your next training session. Step 4 Repeat step 3 except while the dog is going up to the bell, give the dog a command to "ring it." Make sure to use a neutral voice so you do not distract your dog. Do at least 20 repetitions or until your dog shows confidence. Take the bell down until your next training session. Step 5 Stand three feet from the door and repeat the exercise just as you did in step 4. Now when your dog rings the bell give your click and open the door tossing the treat outside. Do at least 20 repetitions or until your dog shows confidence. At this point you can leave the bell up all the time. Be prepare to click, and toss the treat outside should your dog ring it on its own. You can now use the exercise as part of the housetraining. When you would normally take you dog out just do the exercise first. You will continue with your training exercise expanding what your dog can do. Step 6 Every day or two when you doing the exercise move a little farther away from the door. Also start giving the treat farther away from the door. This will require you to go out with the dog. Ideally you are working the treat giving over to the dogs potty area. Step 7 The next step makes it so the dog only gets the treat after it eliminates outside. The dog rings the bell you go out to the potty area with the dog, it eliminates you click and treat. When you have twomonths of no accidents, you can consider your dog housetrained and stop going out with it. The dog will ring the bell; you open the door and let the dog out. Debbie Schaefer DBSchafr@... copyright 1999 Debbie Schaefer |
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