Trouble Potty Training 8 Month Old Puppy?

Question

I bought a seven month old Yorkie two weeks ago, and now she's eight months old. She will occasionally do her business on the wee wee pad, but most of the time she will go where ever she pleases. At the pet store, she wasn't trained on paper or the pads, so I'm finiding it very difficult, especially because she wasn't taught at an early age.

I had no problems training my 8 week old Maltese 3 years ago, and am wondering how I can teach her to do it the correct way. I tried firmly saying no and giving her a little flick on the nose, but it doesnt seem to be helping.

I have also placed the wee wee pad where she usually goes most. For example, she always seems to do her business right next to the couch, so I placed the pad there, but she will then just find another spot. Please help!!!

Answer 1

Gina, housetraining a Yorkie requires time, vigilance, patience and commitment. Following the procedures outlined below, you can minimize house soiling incidents. Please look article:http://www.askedweb.com/askedweb/Puppy_Housetraining_Basics/

1. You have to get rid of the odor. If your the spot next to the couch smells it, that tells her that is the place to go.

This is accomplished with an odor neutralizer, which is available in pet stores. (Do not use household cleaners as they contain ammonia and will attract him back to the same spot.) example: ATX's Odor Kill & Stain Remover .

When used properly it will completely eliminate these odors, discerned only by the dog, by neutralizing the scent. When areas previously used by the dog have been neutralized the incentive for using the same spot will be eliminated.

Make a big deal of her doing it right. Let your voice sound all this pride and pleasure.

Jason Homan

Answer 2

Every dog is different. Your Yorkie is confused, partially because the wee wee pads let her think she can pee in the house.

You need to put her on a schedule, take her out every hour. After every meal, after every nap, after a heavy play session, 10-15 minutes after she has a big drink of water.

And when you can't watch her constantly, I'd suggest crating or confining her in some way so she can't go off and pee.

Don't, whatever you do, punish her after the fact. Don't even say NO, NO, while showing what she did. She is incapable of understanding that you mean you don't want her to indulge in the act of peeing on the floor, when you scold her in the presence of urine. she may just learn to hide it from you, and will also learn it isn't safe to pee when you are near, such as when you are walking her on a leash.

There is an excellent, low cost book by a PhD dog behaviorist called: Way to Go, How to Housetrain a dog of Any Age, by Dr. Patricia McConnell.

I'd recommend it.
http://www.dogsbestfriendtraining.com/books-retail.php

Avoid the Dog Whisperer.

Answer 3

Do you feed the dogs on a schedule? If so then it's easier to train them.

After they eat take them outside and leave them out for at least 15 minutes. If you have some poop from inside then move it outside to a spot you want the pup to do his business and leave it there.

Take the pup to that same spot every time you take him out. have some small treats with you and if he goes outside then praise him & give him a treat.

It would be easiest if you could get him on the same schedule as his brother and when the older one wants out always take the pup too.

Sometimes pads confuse the pups & then you have to train them again from the pad to the yard. {the newspaper that the pet shops use confuse them too, they sometimes think they can go on any paper!}

during the night you can crate him or train him to be in the bathroom or tub with a heating pad.
good luck!

Answer 4

Okay. For starters you've obviously found out that rescue dogs usually come with problems that need training out, or retraining. Do NOT use pee pads. This isn't going to help. Start as you mean to go on - take the youngster outside! If you try to use pee pads, you are only telling her it's fine to go indoors, which presumably you don't want. Although she's 8 months, and should have physical control over her bladder and bowels now, you need to go right back to puppy one - take her outside every hour, to begin with. You should be able to extend this to every 2 hours, but do it, religiously and if she goes, give her absolutely stupid amounts of praise, treats immediately, so she associates what she's just done with pleasing you. If she doesn't go, bring her in without comment and yes, crate her, but only for about 15 minutes before repeating. This should stop her coming back in and going. If you don't want to use a crate, at least keep her in the room with the outside door (kitchen?) and STAY WITH HER. The moment she goes to squat, say No! firmly but not shouting as you don't want to scare her, and pick her up and take her outside. There's absolutely no point scolding her after the event. She has to associate your displeasure with her actions. Depending on how many meals she's on now, she won't need to pooh more than 4 times, max, on 2 meals a day. With a normal stool. Part of the success withhouse trainingg is not giving them any opportunity to make mistakes. Mistakes she makes are your mistakes. Crate training doesn't mean keeping her crated, by a long way!! It means using the crate as a training aid, because normally a dog won't mess where it sleeps. And you will, if you use a crate, have to set it up as you would her normal dog bed, with the top and three sides covered - and it helps to feed in the crate, door open, as even more dogs don't mess where they are fed. Obviously in the past, somebody has been heavy handed with her over thehouse trainingg issue so you will have to be firm, but not harsh with her or she will run and hide - counter productive. Dachsies are notoriously slow to learn about house training, so she's probably like this because of the Dachsie in her. ps You might check her peeing isn't because of a UTI going on - if she's squatting and then squatting again immediately afterwards and only producing a few drips, I'd suspect this might be the case. If, however, she can go through the night, I doubt she has an infection going on. UTIs can be confirmed easily by taking a sample of her pee into the vet, and having a urinalysis done, and cleared up with medication.

Answer 5

Hi, I understand that you are looking for some advice or resources to help fully train your dog or fix behavior problems. If a professional dog trainer is not an option at this time, or if you want to trt training your dog on your own (a great way to bond), I'd suggest you https://bitly.im/aL30v

A friend recommened it to me a few years ago, and I was amazed how quickly it worked, which is why I recommend it to others. The dog training academy also has as an excellent home training course.

Answer 6

OK, i raised and sucessfully potty trained TWO golden retriever puppies at the SAME TIME. Heres how we did it.....
1) if we see the puppy in action yell in a low voice "NO" and actually pick him up in the process ( even if pooping ) and take him outside... works every time
2) if NOT in the process, bring the puppy over to the pee/poop and put their nose down close to it and repetedly say NO in a low voice again... and make sure you rant about it for a good 5 minutes to make them get the point.

USUALLY physical violence does not work and i do not recommend hitting puppies with any sort of thing and if you DO it is only appropriate on the bottom with a tap of rolled news paper.


**************WHEN THE DOG DOES USE THE BATHROOM IN THE PROPER PLACE make sure you make a HUGE deal out of it. have treats ready and rant abot how good they are**************

Answer 7

Good question for the dog wisper