How Potty Trained is Your Yorkie (s)?

[babiehammer]

Hammer, finally at 1 year today, is 100% potty trained.

I just wish he would tell when he has to go. He assumes we just know. He's cute.

[MikaTallulah]

4 yorkies- 1 golden. Yorkies - 100% unless sick. Golden- 100% always

[FlDebra]

I voted 75% but it is actually much better than that with my two older ones. I have a new puppy in the house who is not at all trained yet. But the other two (a yorkie and a jack russell) do very well as long as I am there to let them out. I'd say they are 100% as long as I am there to heed their call to open the door. If I am gone a little too long, Ben (yorkie) will use the pee pad but the Jack Russell, Candy will not. She usually uses the same spot by the door. I can't be mad at her because it is obvious she wanted out but I was not there to let her. I have occasionally just left an extra pee pad next to the door when I knew I was going to be late. Then she hits it just because it is there.

[laci32]

Andy is pretty much potty trained. I do have a pee pad down at all times as when he has to go he will just walk over to the bench by the door that holds his things and not say a word. If I miss his standing there he walks over to the pee pad and uses it. This at tops happens only once a day.

[Perrella]

Zhoie is 100%. I was very fortunate with her. She decided at 5 mos she wanted to go outside, stopped using the pads an entire day and has went out from then on. She will be 2yrs on Jan. 25 and I would say she has had 3 maybe 2, tinkle accidents. Can't really recall when she did have one. But my office is at home, so that is definitely the advantage, she comes in and gets me when she needs to go.

[apartmentgirL]

Taz is 100% potty trained. I looked on yorkietalk and found wonderful tips on how to potty train. I used the "crate method" and it really worked! I must say that consistency is the key. If your not consist the crate method can be hassle. Also I recommend 'Natures Miracle' its amazing!!

[Ellie May]

Ummm

95% if I take her out every 1-2 hours and she decides she has to go while we're outside.

Usually..much less than 50%.

She sometimes goes out and refuses to go, then comes in and pees 15 minutes later.

Crate training doesn't work for her. She has no problem peeing on herself, and certainly no problem peeing in a crate because, "This isn't my den. I don't need a den. What do you think I am, a dog?"

And she knows darn well what she is supposed to do. When treats are involved, she finally has some incentive to try this good girl thing once in awhile. But if she has a chance to mark, hey, then peeing on the grass isn't so bad. Sigh.

[shodanusmc]

Maxine could be 100% is you let her out when she gives the signal. If you miss it, she picks out a nice Wool rug to go on. She will not use pee pads. So, I would say 75%, but really 96%. Carlo is 100% unless you count the few accidents when he was really sick and on 80 mg of Prednisone a day. He drank gallons of water. Got to love them anyway.

[Judyest]

Bailee was 90% on potty pads with accidents in the house. He would potty outside during a walk.

Then, suddenly he was 100% on potty pads in the house. It's like he woke up one morning and said this is it, no more accidents in the house. He continues to potty outside during walks.

[Bentleys Momma]

Mine two are 50/50. DH and I are going to just pull tile in throughout the house. Not that I want them to continue to have accidents but I just don't want to feel the frustration from continuously scrubbing carpet.

We love them and know the reason is really our fault and not theirs!!

Peggy, Monkey & Maddie

[QuickSilver]

I think we need a 99 percent option.

Thor is pretty much perfect in my apartment, but he still occasionally mis-poops when I take him to my office. And there was that time he pooped in a deli... yeah, definitely not always trustworthy.

I don't count his "poop strolls" where he starts in the right place and finishes 20 feet away. I feel like that's sort of my fault, because with the right diet, he poops nice and fast.

When I was potty training him, someone with a lot of yorkie experience said she'd never seen a single yorkie that was 100 percent.

[mom2dogs5]

uh...........who exactly is the trainee? I firmly believe it's...........as Pogo says.....we have met the enemy, and it is US! Only when I fail in my "training" do my little critters make mistakes!

[nana911]

99% at home, 0% at anyone else's house. I usually put diapers on them when visiting because they think all their carpet is one large washable pee pad.

[MI Yorkielover]

I went with 100% although a more accurate figure would be 99.9%. I gave Sophie 100% because if there is a mistake it's my fault not hers.

[bellababy08]

Bailey was 100% she would come get me and would not leave me alone until I let her out R.I.P sweet girl!!

Bella is about 75%, sometimes she will go weeks with no accidents and than I'll find a wet spot or lil tootsie roll on my throw rugs I have wood floors I think she thinks they are potty pads so I voted 75%