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bsabbot · 03-10-2007, 06:51 AM

I am so frustratd, my 1st yorkie was a piece of cake-my new one (5mo's old) is a huge mess. We started her on pee pads because it was snowing for 2 mo's here in colorado-smart idea to get her for xmas right?-ha! -anyways, she is pretty good with the pads. I've been trying to take her outside to go with my other dog b/c as she gets older she is starting to eat the pads and play with them-which isnt good....
well, i take her outside and she just does this constant sniffing pacing around thing-I dont get it, my other dog was pottying within a half hour, this dog will just do her nervous walking sniffing, like she is having fun almost-then as soon as we come in, she goes on the paper in the kitchen-which is good but hey dog, I just spent 30 mins outside with ya! I am so ready to crate train, but she also has this thing where she wont JUST EAT she is like spazz puppy from a toy to drinking to seeing what the other dog is doing (did I mention she is in the kitchen by herself gated off in about a 6 x5 area all this time?). I put food out in the morning and at night when I get home from work, if there is too much going on, she doesnt eat right away-so sometimes, I put her food up 1/2full

mean mommy right?-that is what the vet said to do-what dog dosnt want to eat? I know she has to be hungry after waiting 10 hours!?? so I started putting cottage cheese in her bowl as a supplement-enticement and that gets about the first 1/2 of it eaten. even if she does eat all of her food, she doesnt go poo like other dogs right away, she can hold it for like 2 hours-or so-it doesnt take me that long to get ready in the morning, so i've been gating her an eara in the kitchen so she doesnt have to go in the kennel and get it all over her etc... what do people do? I seriously think she has add-she can't focus, she has a very one-track mind and maybe my other dog was this way when she was a puppy, but i sure dont remember it being this bad. -what do you do with a spazz yorkie who has no clue what going outside to potty means? she isnt even interested in her treats out there, she will sniff and drop it-and then back to sniffing the perimeter..... I even brought the pads out with us. she will just sit and look at me then bck to sniffing around-like she's going to go, but it's a fakeout, she just sniffs forever.
any ideas? is there anything I can do to keep her attntion or to refocus her when she gets off track besides telling her potty -i'msure my neighbors are tired of hearing it-

spiked_poodle · 03-10-2007, 07:29 AM

My Uma is now 6 mo. old and she is a mess too! Sometimes she will let me know she has to go by going to the door and making noises. Other times she will do one thing outside and the other as soon as my back is turned! She is super interested in the grass and does a lot of digging and sniffing but very little wee-weeing. I think she only can do one thing at a time...doodle or wee-wee, seems to like to seperate the two by 5 min.- 2 hrs.! I don't ever remember having such difficulty house training a pup befor, and I have trained approx. 10. Hopefully she will eventually get the idea. I know she is very very pleased with herself when she gets it right! Hops and leaps around giving me her own special little smile. So I think she understands, but perhaps her system is not as well developed as the other pups I've trained. Oh well, I have plenty of time and getting frustrated will definitly not help!

yorkiecute · 03-10-2007, 07:36 AM

Yorkies are known for being hard to train. My Skippy who is three years old has just gotten the concept of peeing outside. Then he'll come in the house, and within a half hour he poops in the house. He's a spazz too.

fourdez · 03-10-2007, 10:06 AM

My Desi is 2 1/2 years old.. I swear to this day I have NEVER seen her do anything outside.. She will play, sniff, wander around but will not pee or pooh outside . The minute she comes in, she goes straight to the wee pad. When we go out and take her she will wait until I take a wee pad out put it on the ground. We could be in the middle of Central Park with nothing but grass all around...but no ! ...I have to put that pad down.

troubletb · 03-10-2007, 10:26 AM

I know it seems cruel, but go back to crate training, (I'm not one to talk, because I have three that still have accidents and they are 4 yrs and 2 at 2yrs) but crate training is the way to go.
Good Luck

luvtif · 03-10-2007, 10:31 AM

I wonder if you should do away with the pee pads all together. My baby is 1 1/2 and he has not had an accident in the house in over a year and that was only at night when he didn't think he could wake us up. He will not go in the house. He was extremely easy to train and I never used the pads.

03-10-2007, 06:51 AM	#1
bsabbot Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: denver Posts: 120	Puppy ADD???? I am so frustratd, my 1st yorkie was a piece of cake-my new one (5mo's old) is a huge mess. We started her on pee pads because it was snowing for 2 mo's here in colorado-smart idea to get her for xmas right?-ha! -anyways, she is pretty good with the pads. I've been trying to take her outside to go with my other dog b/c as she gets older she is starting to eat the pads and play with them-which isnt good.... well, i take her outside and she just does this constant sniffing pacing around thing-I dont get it, my other dog was pottying within a half hour, this dog will just do her nervous walking sniffing, like she is having fun almost-then as soon as we come in, she goes on the paper in the kitchen-which is good but hey dog, I just spent 30 mins outside with ya! I am so ready to crate train, but she also has this thing where she wont JUST EAT she is like spazz puppy from a toy to drinking to seeing what the other dog is doing (did I mention she is in the kitchen by herself gated off in about a 6 x5 area all this time?). I put food out in the morning and at night when I get home from work, if there is too much going on, she doesnt eat right away-so sometimes, I put her food up 1/2full mean mommy right?-that is what the vet said to do-what dog dosnt want to eat? I know she has to be hungry after waiting 10 hours!?? so I started putting cottage cheese in her bowl as a supplement-enticement and that gets about the first 1/2 of it eaten. even if she does eat all of her food, she doesnt go poo like other dogs right away, she can hold it for like 2 hours-or so-it doesnt take me that long to get ready in the morning, so i've been gating her an eara in the kitchen so she doesnt have to go in the kennel and get it all over her etc... what do people do? I seriously think she has add-she can't focus, she has a very one-track mind and maybe my other dog was this way when she was a puppy, but i sure dont remember it being this bad. -what do you do with a spazz yorkie who has no clue what going outside to potty means? she isnt even interested in her treats out there, she will sniff and drop it-and then back to sniffing the perimeter..... I even brought the pads out with us. she will just sit and look at me then bck to sniffing around-like she's going to go, but it's a fakeout, she just sniffs forever. any ideas? is there anything I can do to keep her attntion or to refocus her when she gets off track besides telling her potty -i'msure my neighbors are tired of hearing it-

03-10-2007, 07:29 AM	#2
spiked_poodle YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: n.c. Posts: 600	My Uma is now 6 mo. old and she is a mess too! Sometimes she will let me know she has to go by going to the door and making noises. Other times she will do one thing outside and the other as soon as my back is turned! She is super interested in the grass and does a lot of digging and sniffing but very little wee-weeing. I think she only can do one thing at a time...doodle or wee-wee, seems to like to seperate the two by 5 min.- 2 hrs.! I don't ever remember having such difficulty house training a pup befor, and I have trained approx. 10. Hopefully she will eventually get the idea. I know she is very very pleased with herself when she gets it right! Hops and leaps around giving me her own special little smile. So I think she understands, but perhaps her system is not as well developed as the other pups I've trained. Oh well, I have plenty of time and getting frustrated will definitly not help! __________________ Uma, Yoko and Yannis' Mom

03-10-2007, 10:06 AM	#4
fourdez Donating YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Rockland county, NY Posts: 1,306	My Desi is 2 1/2 years old.. I swear to this day I have NEVER seen her do anything outside.. She will play, sniff, wander around but will not pee or pooh outside . The minute she comes in, she goes straight to the wee pad. When we go out and take her she will wait until I take a wee pad out put it on the ground. We could be in the middle of Central Park with nothing but grass all around...but no ! ...I have to put that pad down. __________________ ********************* Nedda & My Girls Desi & Millie & my boy Ricky

03-10-2007, 10:26 AM	#5
troubletb Love my Yorkies Donating Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: New Port Richey, Florida Posts: 2,339	I know it seems cruel, but go back to crate training, (I'm not one to talk, because I have three that still have accidents and they are 4 yrs and 2 at 2yrs) but crate training is the way to go. Good Luck __________________ Karen~ Bell, Lilly and Peter's Mom Rest in Peace <3

03-10-2007, 07:36 AM	#3
yorkiecute BANNED! Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Florida Posts: 65	Yorkies are known for being hard to train. My Skippy who is three years old has just gotten the concept of peeing outside. Then he'll come in the house, and within a half hour he poops in the house. He's a spazz too.

03-10-2007, 10:31 AM	#6
luvtif Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Texas Posts: 99	I wonder if you should do away with the pee pads all together. My baby is 1 1/2 and he has not had an accident in the house in over a year and that was only at night when he didn't think he could wake us up. He will not go in the house. He was extremely easy to train and I never used the pads.