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shurweee · 08-17-2007, 07:51 AM

im a college student and im just now moving to an apartment with my yorkie that i've had for about a month. anyone make that transition before? how'd it go for you? anyone potty trained your dog to go inside? cause its hard for me to take him outside

thanks for your input!

Yorkie3 · 08-17-2007, 08:01 AM

Mine are all trained to go inside, but we are working on training to go outside. Good luck to you.

MIZBROWN · 08-17-2007, 08:08 AM

Well, we recently moved from an apartment to a townhouse w/ our 5 mo old Meka. She did pretty good. It was interesting to see her reaction to our old place when it was completely empty w/ no furniture. She ran around the house frantic, looking for familiar smells - it was almost like she was worried !?! Never the less, after two weeks in the new place - she is finally comfortable. Even running up and down our new stairs (two story). I keep her in her "area" downstairs, with bed, a pee pad and water. The pee pads are slowly working for us. There's a spray that you can use to mark the spot where you want them to go (i.e. pee pad, outside)... That helps... Be persistant! Hope this helps

Parker's Mum · 08-17-2007, 08:27 AM

Parker is very nervous in general, so I was really worried when I moved earlier this year. But I had the chance to get into my new apartment beforehand, to do some painting and cleaning etc. So I made sure to bring Parker with me while we did all that, just to get used to the place. I was totally shocked that he did remarkable well with the transition. Moving day was stressful on him, when the rooms were emptied out he kept running around in circles at the old place. This is funny though... I had a waterbed, which he always slept in, when we drained it, he took a running leap onto the bed.....and there was no mattress just the empty frame..the look on his face was priceless hahaha "what? where's my bed? what happened to my bed?" Poor guy. But all kidding aside he adjusted just fine to the new place, I had no problems, and he's a very nervous little guy. Maybe let someone else keep him on moving day, Parker just didn't know what to think watching everything being taken out of the house lol. And get him used to any new stairs. We use the puppy pads for inside, keep taking him to the pads, so he knows where they will be in the new apt. Best of luck!

Kelz · 08-17-2007, 08:34 AM

I moved to an aparment when i just had bentley. He was like 5 or 6 months old and did fine! He just kept checking everything out! I can't help you as far as training to go inside.. i Requested a bottom floor just so i could work on potty training still

Yorkiekids · 08-17-2007, 08:46 AM

I just think it will take a few weeks for your baby to adjust to the new environment. You'll have to be dillegent with your training until he/she get's retrained.

dabdalla · 08-17-2007, 08:59 AM

i lived in an apt when i first got my yorkie and he was teething and scratched the corners of my apt. anything that had a corner to it, he put his teeth to. i just closed on a home and when i leave this apt, i know there are going to charge me.. My advice is to out him in a big crate, with enough room to move and for food and water

jujubee008 · 08-17-2007, 10:54 AM

Yup... ours chew EVERY corner!! We have an X pen we got from petsmart for about $70.00. It was kinda alot for us but it was WELL Worth it. We just put them in the kitchen. I dont know about anyone else here, but ours will not go potty in their pen. They will hold it all day long and then go when we get home. So what we have done is when we get home we put them on the potty pads and tell them "Go Potty". I am also a college student and we live off campus but are not allowed to have dogs

But we do still, but I understand if you are unable to take her outside. Just watch her and when she looks like she is about to go potty take her to her pee pad and tell her go potty. Ours are both potty trained on puppy pads and they are doing great. We are moving into a condo in three weeks so I will keep you updated on how well it goes.

Amy81 · 08-17-2007, 10:59 AM

i live in a apartment as well. and Cody has all 3 of my walls the corner parts chewed down to the wood. so i have to paint over it. before the 22nd cause i have the BIG PEOPLE coming for inspection... he also chewed a chunk of carpet out. i had to have fixed.

definitely got to watch them at all times

Kelz · 08-17-2007, 12:34 PM

OH!!!!!!! mine did eat the carpet by the door. So watch out.. i always crated them when i left tho. They probably would've eaten everything if i didn't!

shurweee · 08-17-2007, 03:31 PM

haha im so nervous he's going to tear the place up. i want to potty pad train him to go inside too. lol

does anyone ever feel like your dog kinda hates you? the only thing my puppy ever wants to do when he "plays" with me is bite me. hardly EVER licking and anything cute. its just really aggressive play.

it makes me so sad sometimes.

08-17-2007, 07:51 AM	#1
shurweee Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Houston Posts: 57	moving to apartment with my yorkie im a college student and im just now moving to an apartment with my yorkie that i've had for about a month. anyone make that transition before? how'd it go for you? anyone potty trained your dog to go inside? cause its hard for me to take him outside thanks for your input!

08-17-2007, 08:01 AM	#2
Yorkie3 Donating YT 3000 Club Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Indiana Posts: 4,685	Mine are all trained to go inside, but we are working on training to go outside. Good luck to you. __________________ Janet

08-17-2007, 08:08 AM	#3
MIZBROWN Donating YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: California Posts: 2,293	Well, we recently moved from an apartment to a townhouse w/ our 5 mo old Meka. She did pretty good. It was interesting to see her reaction to our old place when it was completely empty w/ no furniture. She ran around the house frantic, looking for familiar smells - it was almost like she was worried !?! Never the less, after two weeks in the new place - she is finally comfortable. Even running up and down our new stairs (two story). I keep her in her "area" downstairs, with bed, a pee pad and water. The pee pads are slowly working for us. There's a spray that you can use to mark the spot where you want them to go (i.e. pee pad, outside)... That helps... Be persistant! Hope this helps __________________ Mommy to Meka "MeMe" Brown aka Meka the Diva Member of the Spoiled Rotten Club & CA Yorkies www.dogster.com/dogs/567943

08-17-2007, 08:34 AM	#5
Kelz YT 2000 Club Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Yukon, ok Posts: 2,885	I moved to an aparment when i just had bentley. He was like 5 or 6 months old and did fine! He just kept checking everything out! I can't help you as far as training to go inside.. i Requested a bottom floor just so i could work on potty training still __________________ Kelly- momma to Parker, Star,Zoe, & Kegan.. RIP Silly Lily OK Yorkie Rescue - http://okyorkierescue.org

08-17-2007, 08:46 AM	#6
Yorkiekids Piper & Sebastian Donating Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: florida Posts: 14,495	I just think it will take a few weeks for your baby to adjust to the new environment. You'll have to be dillegent with your training until he/she get's retrained. __________________ Susan, Piper ,Harley & Suiki

08-17-2007, 08:27 AM	#4
Parker's Mum Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Smiths Falls, Ontario, Canada Posts: 86	Parker is very nervous in general, so I was really worried when I moved earlier this year. But I had the chance to get into my new apartment beforehand, to do some painting and cleaning etc. So I made sure to bring Parker with me while we did all that, just to get used to the place. I was totally shocked that he did remarkable well with the transition. Moving day was stressful on him, when the rooms were emptied out he kept running around in circles at the old place. This is funny though... I had a waterbed, which he always slept in, when we drained it, he took a running leap onto the bed.....and there was no mattress just the empty frame..the look on his face was priceless hahaha "what? where's my bed? what happened to my bed?" Poor guy. But all kidding aside he adjusted just fine to the new place, I had no problems, and he's a very nervous little guy. Maybe let someone else keep him on moving day, Parker just didn't know what to think watching everything being taken out of the house lol. And get him used to any new stairs. We use the puppy pads for inside, keep taking him to the pads, so he knows where they will be in the new apt. Best of luck!

08-17-2007, 08:59 AM	#7
dabdalla YorkieTalk Newbie! Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: houston, texas Posts: 9	watch out i lived in an apt when i first got my yorkie and he was teething and scratched the corners of my apt. anything that had a corner to it, he put his teeth to. i just closed on a home and when i leave this apt, i know there are going to charge me.. My advice is to out him in a big crate, with enough room to move and for food and water

08-17-2007, 10:54 AM	#8
jujubee008 Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Salt Lake City, UT Posts: 67	Yup... ours chew EVERY corner!! We have an X pen we got from petsmart for about $70.00. It was kinda alot for us but it was WELL Worth it. We just put them in the kitchen. I dont know about anyone else here, but ours will not go potty in their pen. They will hold it all day long and then go when we get home. So what we have done is when we get home we put them on the potty pads and tell them "Go Potty". I am also a college student and we live off campus but are not allowed to have dogs But we do still, but I understand if you are unable to take her outside. Just watch her and when she looks like she is about to go potty take her to her pee pad and tell her go potty. Ours are both potty trained on puppy pads and they are doing great. We are moving into a condo in three weeks so I will keep you updated on how well it goes. __________________ Kela, Keller and Paramedic Mommy

08-17-2007, 10:59 AM	#9
Amy81 No Longer a Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Palatka, Florida Posts: 6,523	i live in a apartment as well. and Cody has all 3 of my walls the corner parts chewed down to the wood. so i have to paint over it. before the 22nd cause i have the BIG PEOPLE coming for inspection... he also chewed a chunk of carpet out. i had to have fixed. definitely got to watch them at all times

08-17-2007, 12:34 PM	#10
Kelz YT 2000 Club Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Yukon, ok Posts: 2,885	OH!!!!!!! mine did eat the carpet by the door. So watch out.. i always crated them when i left tho. They probably would've eaten everything if i didn't! __________________ Kelly- momma to Parker, Star,Zoe, & Kegan.. RIP Silly Lily OK Yorkie Rescue - http://okyorkierescue.org

08-17-2007, 03:31 PM	#11
shurweee Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Houston Posts: 57	haha im so nervous he's going to tear the place up. i want to potty pad train him to go inside too. lol does anyone ever feel like your dog kinda hates you? the only thing my puppy ever wants to do when he "plays" with me is bite me. hardly EVER licking and anything cute. its just really aggressive play. it makes me so sad sometimes.