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Sparky-S · 05-25-2005, 09:45 AM

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Originally Posted by BabyG

You could also call your home answering machine, speak into the answering machine, (if it closed by your pup). He/she could hear your voice, kinda play hide and seek.

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You know what, I just did it few minutes ago. I wish that I could hear his response. Hope it won't make him feeling more lonely

. I already asked to leave early from my work today as I can not concentrate on working at all.

Sparky-S · 05-25-2005, 09:54 AM

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Originally Posted by BabyG

Lol, i think she knew she is "on AIR", she pulled her wastes to showed me.

Your puppy is SO CUTE! How old is she? My puppy Sparky is hyper energetic, I can not put everything on the floor, he chews newspaper, puppy pad, and sometimes, he swallows them too. I said "NO" every time when he does so, he still keeps this bad habit

And there's another problem for Sparky recently, he doesn't pee on the puppy pad for two days, he just pees everywhere on the carpet. However, he did a very good job on this last week, that means he knows to pee on the pad, but he just doesn't want to, is it because we left him alone at home and he is angry with us??

tfc3rid · 05-25-2005, 09:56 AM

Keep him somewhere where he can't pee on a carpet. Maybe he does have some separation anxiety but all in all he's a puppy and sometimes they will go where they please. You have to remain consistent with housetraining techniques.

eroar2 · 05-25-2005, 10:09 AM

Pee training is a constant learning process. There where will be days (and even weeks) when you think have it and then an accident. So when you are at home be consistent. Just remember that he is a puppy . He is teething, etc... The chewing and tearing things up is a phase and he will get over it. Just let him know it unacceptable and make sure things are not in his reach as much as possible. Give him just enough space to eat, sleep and poop (maybe even some to play

)for the time being. As he grows older and gains your trust increase his space when you are not around. Our trainer told us we gave Annie way too much freedom too fast and that is part of the problem that we had with potty training her, (but I felt so bad confining her in too little of a space for such long periods of time

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Sparky-S · 05-25-2005, 10:15 AM

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Originally Posted by tfc3rid

Keep him somewhere where he can't pee on a carpet. Maybe he does have some separation anxiety but all in all he's a puppy and sometimes they will go where they please. You have to remain consistent with housetraining techniques.

Yes, I know what you are saying. However, We have carpet everywhere except kitchen area. We feel bad to put him in the kitchen area when we are home because we block him in the kitchen area when we have to go to work. As you know puppies pee very frequently. Most of time, we didn't even notice when he pees. Yes, sometimes we discuss to leave him in the kitchen area few weeks until he gets well trained for the house breaking. But it's easy said than done. We already feel very bad as we have to leave him alone for the daytime. Do you have any other ideas to train him house breaking without lock him in the specific area. Meanwhile, vet told us that we should not take Sparky out more often as he is too young and easy to pick up some worms and fleas. It's really confused us.

tfc3rid · 05-25-2005, 10:20 AM

How about a little play yard for him to stay in during the day? Do you have a neightbor or someone who you trust to come in and feed/play with him while you;re gone. As for me, I will hve someone who can feed him/play with him when I'm gone during the day and I plan to have a small area for him at first. I plan on training him to go pee in the house on pads.

luzangela428 · 05-25-2005, 10:22 AM

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Originally Posted by Sparky-S

Yes, I know what you are saying. However, We have carpet everywhere except kitchen area. We feel bad to put him in the kitchen area when we are home because we block him in the kitchen area when we have to go to work. As you know puppies pee very frequently. Most of time, we didn't even notice when he pees. Yes, sometimes we discuss to leave him in the kitchen area few weeks until he gets well trained for the house breaking. But it's easy said than done. We already feel very bad as we have to leave him alone for the daytime. Do you have any other ideas to train him house breaking without lock him in the specific area. Meanwhile, vet told us that we should not take Sparky out more often as he is too young and easy to pick up some worms and fleas. It's really confused us.

A little off topic..but as far as your potty taining issue..we have hardwood floors in our apartment and Maximus pees on his pads 99.99% of the time..but if he sees a towel on the ground (the one you step on when you get out of the shower), he thinks it's a wee wee pad, the other day I changed the sheets and left a pillowcase on the floor by accident when I put them in the laundry..he went and peed on it...., and when we go to my moms or my bf mother (who have carpet)..he pees on there because I think he has a problem differentiating with what is supposed to be peed on and what isn't. I think he thinks the house is a giant pee pad..the only places he will go on the pad in their houses is in the kitchen (we have baby gates there for him)..if he has free range he would much rather pee on his "OVERSIZED WEE WEE PAD"..does anyone have any experience with this?

eroar2 · 05-25-2005, 10:26 AM

I don't know how practical this is. But my co-worker was saying that their neighbor has a puppy and she has the dog tethered to her when she is at home. So the dog is always with her. Like I said I don't know How practical that is... The other thing would be.. That our trainer suggested to us was that whatever room that we are in confine her to the room. Put up baby gates and just keep your eyes on her constantly... (Invest in a steam cleaner

) Just make a habit of taking her to the pee pad every hour... I know... I know... Easier said than done. I know Annie doesn't like an audience and just wouldn't go anytime that we were around. But just try different things and see what works....

tfc3rid · 05-25-2005, 10:35 AM

I agree that when you are home, definitely confine them to the room where you are...

I've also heard about where you keep them tethered to you... Apprently some folks have had success with it!

Sparky-S · 05-25-2005, 10:40 AM

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Originally Posted by eroar2

I don't know how practical this is. But my co-worker was saying that their neighbor has a puppy and she has the dog tethered to her when she is at home. So the dog is always with her. Like I said I don't know How practical that is... The other thing would be.. That our trainer suggested to us was that whatever room that we are in confine her to the room. Put up baby gates and just keep your eyes on her constantly... (Invest in a steam cleaner

) Just make a habit of taking her to the pee pad every hour... I know... I know... Easier said than done. I know Annie doesn't like an audience and just wouldn't go anytime that we were around. But just try different things and see what works....

Yes, I have tried so hard to put Sparky on the pad when he wants to pee or poo. I have even tried to leash him around the pad area when he wants to pee. He just cried, and hold it. As soon as I unleashed him, he pees on the pad.(or run away to pee on the carpet if I didn't leash him)

eroar2 · 05-25-2005, 10:53 AM

Try lots of treats and praise when he goes on the pad right away. They catch on to this tidbit quick! If he doesn't just clean it up and ignore it if you didn't see it happen. If you see him doing it in the wrong place say no and move him to the pad... I know when Annie would "disapper" I would tip toe behind her. But her doggie ears would catch everything. so she would just follow me back. So the next time I would try to tip toe even more quietly

BabyG · 05-25-2005, 10:57 AM

Hi Guys,

BabyG was originally trained to pee/poo on old towel by the breeder, which it was a "huge" problem for us. She thinks our carpet was a "giant weewee pad". lol. So, we decided to "convert" her to paper. My method was to lay size 48X36 papers (since i am working in Arch firm, i could get some scrap papers). Tape them down the floor, babyG can't "missed" her pee spot.

. Slowly.. week by week, we are reducing the paper size (area). Every cutties are different. My method may work for some but not all.

BTW, Sparky-s, our pup is 15 weeks old.

whispersmom2 · 05-25-2005, 11:03 AM

Hi, sorry to hear about your problems with your baby. I am not directing this at you but at your breeder..did he/she not discuss all the negatives and difficulties of training and socializing Yorkies? They are not easy but it can be done. I am sad that you could not take vacation time to spend with Sparky when you first brought him home. That is the ideal if the new owners have to work.
You are feeling guilty about having to leave him alone for so long. I know some will disagree but after a bezillion years of experience with these brats, I have finally accepted that dogs cannot tell time. He will greet you the same if you take the garbage out and chat with a neighbor or work 8 hours. We assign some traits to Yorkies that are a result of our HOOMAN insecurities...if you can put everything he can use in the Xpen in the kitchen and put treats inside on the floor, open the door, encourage him to go in by throwing 1 treat on the floor inside the pen. He will go in, you close the door. Use kongs or similar toys that require work from him by putting p-nut butter or cheese in the small end of the toy. Distract him and leave the house. NO long-drawn out byes, sad voices or apologies. Do this several times on a weekend when you can leave and return after varying lengths of time. Yes, he should have socialization and yes, ideally, his hoomans would be home with him all day. But in the real world that is not always possible. Your leavings and returnings should not be the same each time-vary toys, bedding, wee wee pads, toy treats and such. I buy a non-premium brand of puppy chow and toss it in a certain place in the pen when I come home but give him a few minutes to settle down-put your things away and change clothes if that is your routine.
I really thnk your guilt is playing the biggest part in this situation. Relax and love that baby and remember, they, like children, do grow up.

tfc3rid · 05-25-2005, 11:16 AM

Great advice WhispersMom!!! I think it is sound advice for all of us who have to leave babies at home to work.

DiOrGiRLy · 05-25-2005, 11:59 AM

i like the web cam idea, neat!

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05-25-2005, 09:56 AM	#18
tfc3rid Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 155	Keep him somewhere where he can't pee on a carpet. Maybe he does have some separation anxiety but all in all he's a puppy and sometimes they will go where they please. You have to remain consistent with housetraining techniques.

05-25-2005, 10:09 AM	#19
eroar2 Donating YT Addict Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 446	Pee training is a constant learning process. There where will be days (and even weeks) when you think have it and then an accident. So when you are at home be consistent. Just remember that he is a puppy . He is teething, etc... The chewing and tearing things up is a phase and he will get over it. Just let him know it unacceptable and make sure things are not in his reach as much as possible. Give him just enough space to eat, sleep and poop (maybe even some to play )for the time being. As he grows older and gains your trust increase his space when you are not around. Our trainer told us we gave Annie way too much freedom too fast and that is part of the problem that we had with potty training her, (but I felt so bad confining her in too little of a space for such long periods of time )

05-25-2005, 10:20 AM	#21
tfc3rid Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 155	How about a little play yard for him to stay in during the day? Do you have a neightbor or someone who you trust to come in and feed/play with him while you;re gone. As for me, I will hve someone who can feed him/play with him when I'm gone during the day and I plan to have a small area for him at first. I plan on training him to go pee in the house on pads.

05-25-2005, 10:26 AM	#23
eroar2 Donating YT Addict Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 446	I don't know how practical this is. But my co-worker was saying that their neighbor has a puppy and she has the dog tethered to her when she is at home. So the dog is always with her. Like I said I don't know How practical that is... The other thing would be.. That our trainer suggested to us was that whatever room that we are in confine her to the room. Put up baby gates and just keep your eyes on her constantly... (Invest in a steam cleaner ) Just make a habit of taking her to the pee pad every hour... I know... I know... Easier said than done. I know Annie doesn't like an audience and just wouldn't go anytime that we were around. But just try different things and see what works....

05-25-2005, 10:35 AM	#24
tfc3rid Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 155	I agree that when you are home, definitely confine them to the room where you are... I've also heard about where you keep them tethered to you... Apprently some folks have had success with it!

05-25-2005, 10:53 AM	#26
eroar2 Donating YT Addict Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 446	Try lots of treats and praise when he goes on the pad right away. They catch on to this tidbit quick! If he doesn't just clean it up and ignore it if you didn't see it happen. If you see him doing it in the wrong place say no and move him to the pad... I know when Annie would "disapper" I would tip toe behind her. But her doggie ears would catch everything. so she would just follow me back. So the next time I would try to tip toe even more quietly

05-25-2005, 10:57 AM	#27
BabyG Yorkie Talker Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 18	Hi Guys, BabyG was originally trained to pee/poo on old towel by the breeder, which it was a "huge" problem for us. She thinks our carpet was a "giant weewee pad". lol. So, we decided to "convert" her to paper. My method was to lay size 48X36 papers (since i am working in Arch firm, i could get some scrap papers). Tape them down the floor, babyG can't "missed" her pee spot. . Slowly.. week by week, we are reducing the paper size (area). Every cutties are different. My method may work for some but not all. BTW, Sparky-s, our pup is 15 weeks old.

05-25-2005, 11:03 AM	#28
whispersmom2 Inactive Account Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: MD Posts: 2,985	Hi, sorry to hear about your problems with your baby. I am not directing this at you but at your breeder..did he/she not discuss all the negatives and difficulties of training and socializing Yorkies? They are not easy but it can be done. I am sad that you could not take vacation time to spend with Sparky when you first brought him home. That is the ideal if the new owners have to work. You are feeling guilty about having to leave him alone for so long. I know some will disagree but after a bezillion years of experience with these brats, I have finally accepted that dogs cannot tell time. He will greet you the same if you take the garbage out and chat with a neighbor or work 8 hours. We assign some traits to Yorkies that are a result of our HOOMAN insecurities...if you can put everything he can use in the Xpen in the kitchen and put treats inside on the floor, open the door, encourage him to go in by throwing 1 treat on the floor inside the pen. He will go in, you close the door. Use kongs or similar toys that require work from him by putting p-nut butter or cheese in the small end of the toy. Distract him and leave the house. NO long-drawn out byes, sad voices or apologies. Do this several times on a weekend when you can leave and return after varying lengths of time. Yes, he should have socialization and yes, ideally, his hoomans would be home with him all day. But in the real world that is not always possible. Your leavings and returnings should not be the same each time-vary toys, bedding, wee wee pads, toy treats and such. I buy a non-premium brand of puppy chow and toss it in a certain place in the pen when I come home but give him a few minutes to settle down-put your things away and change clothes if that is your routine. I really thnk your guilt is playing the biggest part in this situation. Relax and love that baby and remember, they, like children, do grow up.

05-25-2005, 11:16 AM	#29
tfc3rid Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 155	Great advice WhispersMom!!! I think it is sound advice for all of us who have to leave babies at home to work.