I am starting to train my 9 month yorkie to go "potty" outside.?

Question

ok so i have a 9 month yorkie and he was using pads to go to the bathroom but we didn't like him going to the bathroom in the house and a few days ago we didn't put pads down we took him outside so he knows he doesn't have pads and he should go to the bathroom outside. he goes potty outside but still has a few accidents in his pen (not in his crate). so anyways to get are attention he doest bark he just looks at the door (he doesn't wait there)and if we aren't down near the door he goes to the bathroom on the floor. i need some tips on what i should do.

Answer 1

Simply taking away the pads doesn't teach him where you want him to go.

Give him back his piddlepad. Let him use it. Every time you change the pad, move it 2-3 feet towards the door you want him to go to, until it finally arrives at the door. Next time you change it, put it outside the door. He should move with the pad. After a few days, you should be able to get rid of the pads altogether.

As for teaching him to let you know, you need to, not simply take him, but ask him, make him tell you. That way he gets the idea he needs to let you know.

Good luck! :)

Answer 2

for 7 months you trained your dog and praised him for peeing in the house,,, NOW you decide you want to change the rules... that is so unfair...

good luck,,, this isn't going to be easy

Answer 3

I did not know how pads can be used. Try

A lot of praise when done outside.

At every hour, after meals, and/or intensive play, take your dog outside for  toileting

Before bed, take dog outside and restrict water intake

Use same verbal command such as "toilet time"

Be persistent and patient-yorkie is clever and will learn eventually

Answer 4

I think the bell thing would be your best bet.

I use a crate* to potty train with, but only for potty training and then I break it down and store it.  I put blankets and a small food and water dish in the crate.  Dogs don't potty where they eat and sleep.  When they are first little, I only expect them to hold their potty for 4 hours, and then 6 hours, then 8 hours and so on.  So when they are first little, I set a timer or alarm clock to wake myself up at night to take them *out.  I only allow my puppy in the bedroom* or the living room, only one room at a time.  They have to graduate to more space.  If I allow them to have full run of the house, it will overwhelm them.  I take them out the same door each time.  I tie a dinner bell to the door handle.  Do not use a jingle bell as they could get their toe caught in it.  So when they are little, I ring the bell for them, and then open the door to go *outside to potty.  When they get bigger, I take their paw and whack the bell and open the door to go potty.  Eventually getting to the place where the puppy will ring the bell and let me know when they need to go potty.  Dogs want to please you, so it is your job to let them know what behaviors please you and what doesn't.  So when my puppy goes potty, I give her a treat*, and clap, and make a fuss and praise her.  So she learns that going potty outside makes me happy.  If she has an accident, make a disgust sound like “tsst”  and take her out right away.  I never yell* or spank* my puppies.  Take them out when they first wake up, after they eat or drink, before nap, finish romping, when their activities change, or when they are sniffing around. Some puppies go pee right away, but may not go p**p until 10 minutes later, so wait for the p**p.  I have a little play time here, because sometimes I think they are done, and they are not.  Puppies train at their own pace.  While I may have a puppy that hasn't had an accident in several weeks, I don't let my guard down.  I don't expect my puppies to be "fully potty trained" until one-year-old.  If they have a setback, shake it off, and start over.  I only have my puppies in the crate when I am not watching them.  When I am sleeping, cooking, ironing, doing chores, basically when I am not watching her.  All other times, she is out of the crate practicing being a "big girl."  This is the time I train her how to behave in the house.  So we are practicing "no barking", 'no biting", "no jumping", and "don't eat the furniture."  I also have to practice "playing inside" so she doesn't knock over things.  You must keep the puppy in sight when they are little because they don’t know the difference between newspaper and carpet, and you don’t want them sneaking off and getting into trouble.   Some puppies can sleep through the night around 3-months-old, but their bladder is grown around 6-months-old.



REVISIONS:



*I use a crate to train with.  It is the method I prefer, compared to other methods I have tried.  I noticed that if they are in the crate, while I am doing chores, they are o.k., because the crate allows them to see me and be re-assured.  The crate can also be a comfort when stored in the basement for dogs who live in areas where thunderstorms and tornados are an issue. .  However, use the method that works best for you.....a laundry basket, a cardboard box, a woof-woof house, x-pen, child gates, whatever works for you.



*Outside, pee pad, litter box, whichever method you are using.   When the puppy is first little, keep the pee pad, litter box near the food and water dish, so the puppy can eat and drink, and then go potty.  You can move it away as they get older.  The pee pad has a scent that smells and initiates potty.  Sometimes a pee pad makes a sound that scares some puppies, so you might want to use a litter box if that happens.  The pee pad allows a puppy to walk around, but a litter box keeps the puppy in one place.

*Bedrooms, I use the bedroom and living room for training, because it works for me.  Choose rooms that work for you, but watch for rooms that are damp, or drafty.  While my puppies sleep in the bedroom during training, once they are trained, I let them sleep where they want to.  They don't have to sleep in the bedroom forever.

*Treats.  While I use treats for training, you don't have to.  I like Charlee Bears for training (a little cracker for a little mouth,) I use them for training, but once they are trained, I cut back on them.



*Some puppies will go potty in the same spot each time.  Some puppies have to be told to go potty.  A command like "go out" for pee, or "go finish" for p**p, might work for you, keep saying “go finish” until the puppy poops.  This is a good thing to train if you travel with your dogs.  By using commands, the puppy won't get confused when you are visiting someone, on vacation with you, or when you get to a new home.  The command will tell them what you want them to do in an unfamiliar place.  You might a

Answer 5

Put the pads outside, praise him for going outside.  Then in a weeks time, remove the pads from outside, and praise him for going in the yard.  Take him around some trees or something where another male dog has peed, this will encourage him.

Answer 6

Because you've allowed him to pee and p**p in the house for this amount of time you've now got to "housebreak" him from the beginning.

Do not wait for him to tell you, you should have him on a schedule and 'KNOW" when he needs to go outside.  Take him out every 2 hours, set a timer and when it goes off say "dogs name, lets go potty" take him outside and say go potty when he does praise him and say good potty give him a treat if he's treat motivated, and then walk him around till he poops reward and praise bring him back inside.  Keep this up for several weeks until he "gets it" and the accidents are fewer and far between.  You can't punish him if he has an accident because you taught him that going in the house is ok, it doesn't matter that you want it on the pad as far as the dog is concerned it's inside.

Good luck