Housebreaking - YorkieTalk.com Forums

amyhinmn · 04-12-2005, 08:31 PM

If your dog is over a year, how successful has your yorkie been at housebreaking?

fasteddie · 04-12-2005, 09:15 PM

I think it took just about a year for our Yoda. Good luck on your housebreaking...

bettyeanne · 04-13-2005, 07:44 AM

We are so very proud of Toto for this accomplishment!! She is soooo cute when she goes towards the room where her wee wee pad is kept because she rarely leaves the room where we are! Makes her look like a "big girl" ... the same feeling I got when Amanda went to her classroom for the first time without holding my hand!!

aka ... "mixed emotions"!!

artie merlino · 04-13-2005, 03:42 PM

My male Artie is 1 yr. and 3 months he was completely house trained at 5 months old! With no accidents, since he loves to go outside. He is very social and has to have an hour long walk once at 7 am. and then he goes to the Dog Park for another hour. He walks again for an hour at 6 pm. and his last walk just to go potty/pooh is at 10:30 pm. Every day rain or shine.
He used to have a complex and wouldn't go pooh in front of me, only my Husband? But he just grew out of it in the past couple of months.

Kim Kunz · 09-30-2005, 02:43 AM

Our puppy is 4 months old. For my birthday, my husband got me a dog door and put it in our back door. Brady very quickly learned that he could go in and out as he pleased. Yeah! No more accidents after that. (Happy birthday to us-haha)

kara · 09-30-2005, 07:12 AM

Ok I have had other kinds of dogs in the past and they were all housebroken, heck my cocker I had for 12 years was house broken at 8 weeks, could hold it until the cows come home. And nothing less was ever accepted.
BUT Now I just hope Matise hits the pee pee pad when he goes in the house, or that I find it before it dries....

I've tried everything. Avoidence, crate, pee pee pads, pow pow. and I am just completely exhausted on this subject. At least he pees like a little girl and doesn't hike his leg. I don't understand why I am willing to just accept it...

I always heard that some yorkies were hard to house train. But it seems impossible to get through to his little head that there will be no pee pee in the house unless it is on a pee pee pad. I don't know if it is size or what, why I have become so obtuse?.

lilfoot · 09-30-2005, 07:20 AM

Our zoe is 21/2 and she was 8 weeks when we got her...she was completely trained at 12 weeks...she did awesome....we did the reward with treats....although at first it was confusing for her because she thought all she had to do was get all four feet out the door and then come right back in and she would recieve the treat and we went along with that for awhile but when we started having to take out a loan for all the treats we were going through we put an end to that....it helps that I stayed home with her all day....It took alot of time those weeks while we were training but it paid off.....i guess I was really lucky....(we still give treats for going outside) Zoe's mommy...hope we will be that lucky with the new puppy...

Meg · 10-01-2005, 02:57 PM

I was lucky and was able to be home with Keeley for the first 2 months we had him so he NEVER EVER got away with accidents and he got potty trained very quickly!

YorkieShadow · 10-01-2005, 08:51 PM

Mine are both a little over a year. we only have accidents when they are not feeling good and when my female is in heat my male starts trying to mark.

View Poll Results: If your yorkie is over a year, how successful has your dog been with housetraining?
Completely housebroken-an accident occurs rarely	25	41.67%
Mostly housebroken-an accident might occur once a month	11	18.33%
Still working-an accident about once a week	10	16.67%
Hopeless-a lot of accidents	14	23.33%
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04-12-2005, 08:31 PM	#1
amyhinmn Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Minnesota Posts: 41	Housebreaking If your dog is over a year, how successful has your yorkie been at housebreaking?

04-13-2005, 07:44 AM	#3
bettyeanne Donating YT 7000 Club Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Alabama, etc. Posts: 9,031	We are so very proud of Toto for this accomplishment!! She is soooo cute when she goes towards the room where her wee wee pad is kept because she rarely leaves the room where we are! Makes her look like a "big girl" ... the same feeling I got when Amanda went to her classroom for the first time without holding my hand!! aka ... "mixed emotions"!! __________________ Toto's Mom - http://www.dogster.com/?206581 Yorkie Rescue Colorado - http://www.yorkierescuecolorado.com/ "The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has limits." -- Albert Einstein

04-13-2005, 03:42 PM	#4
artie merlino YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Myrtle Beach,SC Posts: 697	Completely House Trained! My male Artie is 1 yr. and 3 months he was completely house trained at 5 months old! With no accidents, since he loves to go outside. He is very social and has to have an hour long walk once at 7 am. and then he goes to the Dog Park for another hour. He walks again for an hour at 6 pm. and his last walk just to go potty/pooh is at 10:30 pm. Every day rain or shine. He used to have a complex and wouldn't go pooh in front of me, only my Husband? But he just grew out of it in the past couple of months.

09-30-2005, 02:43 AM	#5
Kim Kunz YorkieTalk Newbie! Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Springfield, IL Posts: 5	Housebreaking Our puppy is 4 months old. For my birthday, my husband got me a dog door and put it in our back door. Brady very quickly learned that he could go in and out as he pleased. Yeah! No more accidents after that. (Happy birthday to us-haha)

04-12-2005, 09:15 PM	#2
fasteddie *YT 6000 Club Member* Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 6,238	I think it took just about a year for our Yoda. Good luck on your housebreaking...

09-30-2005, 07:12 AM	#6
kara YT Addict Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Miramar, FL(Origianally a Southern Indiana Girl!) Posts: 302	Given up.. Ok I have had other kinds of dogs in the past and they were all housebroken, heck my cocker I had for 12 years was house broken at 8 weeks, could hold it until the cows come home. And nothing less was ever accepted. BUT Now I just hope Matise hits the pee pee pad when he goes in the house, or that I find it before it dries.... I've tried everything. Avoidence, crate, pee pee pads, pow pow. and I am just completely exhausted on this subject. At least he pees like a little girl and doesn't hike his leg. I don't understand why I am willing to just accept it... I always heard that some yorkies were hard to house train. But it seems impossible to get through to his little head that there will be no pee pee in the house unless it is on a pee pee pad. I don't know if it is size or what, why I have become so obtuse?. __________________ Kara & Matise Let's be pup pals! Click here to educate yourself on Liver Shunts.

09-30-2005, 07:20 AM	#7
lilfoot YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: wisconsin Posts: 769	Our zoe is 21/2 and she was 8 weeks when we got her...she was completely trained at 12 weeks...she did awesome....we did the reward with treats....although at first it was confusing for her because she thought all she had to do was get all four feet out the door and then come right back in and she would recieve the treat and we went along with that for awhile but when we started having to take out a loan for all the treats we were going through we put an end to that....it helps that I stayed home with her all day....It took alot of time those weeks while we were training but it paid off.....i guess I was really lucky....(we still give treats for going outside) Zoe's mommy...hope we will be that lucky with the new puppy...

10-01-2005, 02:57 PM	#8
Meg YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 671	I was lucky and was able to be home with Keeley for the first 2 months we had him so he NEVER EVER got away with accidents and he got potty trained very quickly! __________________ Meg & Keeley I love my little Yorkie boy! www.dogster.com/?169319

10-01-2005, 08:51 PM	#9
YorkieShadow BANNED! Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: USA Posts: 9,999	Mine are both a little over a year. we only have accidents when they are not feeling good and when my female is in heat my male starts trying to mark.