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How can I train my already house broken 1yr 8mo (6lbs) Yorkie, to pee after she's pooped on the pad tray if I'm not around to scoop it? And prevent her from picking it out to play with it and/or finishing her business on the terrace couch?
From Animal Humane Society:
Set up her alone room. When you cant watch her, or when you are away from the house, leave Fluffy in a small bathroom with pads covering the entire floor: leave her some water, toys and some bedding to lie on. Do this for 2-3 days, then take away one of the pads (leaving all the others). In two more days, take another pad away. Two days later, remove another, and so on. The idea is to wean Fluffy off of each pad until there is only one left in the room. If she pees outside of the remaining pads, put the rest back and start over.
My puppy is nearly 3 months old. He already knows how to pee and poop on the training pad, but some times he does it on the floor. Does anyone have any ideas why some time he poops or pees on the floor?
3 months old is still quite young. I think you are on the right track if your puppy is using the pad most of the time. You just have to keep encouraging and rewarding the good behavior. At that age, simply being distracted or excited could lead to an accident.
It's not even until 3 months old that most puppies have the ability physically control those bodily functions. So if you are having success right now, you are on the right track.
Try to avoid using snacks as a reward, many times puppies will be so excited about the snack, they won't relieve themselves completely. The relief of going to the bathroom and praise from you is a sufficient reward to encourage the behavior you want.
My 10 month old male Maltese is pee pad trained. He just started peeing in other spots of our apt., out of the blue. I am wondering why. He's been great since 12wks old. Any help?
Look for things in his life that may be causing stress... not enough exercise, tensions between family members, new pets or folks in the house.
My puppy is 4 months old. He knows where his pad is and he poops on it, but when he pees he'll smell the pad, but pees next to it on the floor. He'll also pee everywhere else even when we're watching and looking right at him.
We'll stop him when he starts to pee, then we'll take him to the pad and sit there for 5-10 minutes, but he doesn't go so we let him go and 2 minutes later he'll pee right in front of me again. Any suggestions?Piddle pads are impregnated with a scent that makes most dogs want to "go" on them. But there is something about this scent your puppy dislikes or is afraid of.
I have a Maltese Yorkie mix that is 1 year and 2 months old. She's been great at peeing on her pee pad since she was 3 months.
She recently started peeing in front of me instead of her pee pad. I'm not sure what the reason is because she doesn't act ill and her urine is normal color.
Would you have any idea why she is starting to pee in front or right next to me? After I catch her, she knows she did something wrong, but she still continues to do it. So I was wondering if anyone has experienced something like this before.
Any advice is greatly appreciated!
By Miley
Your dog might be trying to tell you something is wrong. Take her to your vet to rule out any medical problem and ask for help on her piddle problem.
Little 5 pound Zoe was 7 months when I got her. She is one year old now. She was pretty easy to train to pee pads, but never poops on them. That isn't as much a concern as what I have now.
Her pads are in our utility room which is in the hall way to our bathroom. If I get up in the early morning to do my business, she also gets up and pees right in front of the utility door on the carpet.
By Betty
Is it cold on the utility room floor in the early morning? You might try putting a runner down.
My Chihuahua mix is nearly 2 years old and the sweetest lovebug. When we got her she was only 3 pounds and extremely ill. The vet said she needed to learn to pee inside because she was so small they were afraid she would pick something else up.
She was doing wonderfully, but we moved to a new place about a month after we got her. Since then she still uses her pads and goes outside, but often she will only get 2 or 3 paws on the pad and gets it all over the floor, or she will just pee next to it. She knows where to go. That is not the issue. There is nothing medically or physically wrong with her.
I even had a trainer come to the house and was told to just keep her confined to a smaller space because they don't pee in their "space".
It's not working. It isn't like she can't figure it out. She knows where to go and goes there all the time, she just doesn't always get completely on the pad or squats right next to it. We clean it all the time so that it isn't dirty for her to use.
My beautiful brand new floors are getting ruined. I'm actually looking at homes with a backyard so that we can put in a doggy door for her.
Any thoughts?
By Claire J
I'm thinking you don't want her to go outside on her own. At only 3 pounds, a hawk could easily grab her up. :(
I am adopting a small dog. It is a Chihuahua and possibly Jack Russell mix. he is about 1-2 years of age. We live in an apartment. It would be ideal to train him to use a pad. How do I begin?
By mellykakez
You can get spray at almost any petstore that you can spray on the potty pad for a couple of weeks, the scent encourages them to use the potty on the pads.
Also, I am just reminding everyone not to buy store bought treats they are full of contamination. Get a little bit of chicken and cook it and give it little bits at a time or cut up a hot dog into little bits and give it as a treat.
Here is a link that tells how to do this training, it sounds like you are going to be very happy! Potty pads are great!
www.ehow.com/
Blessings,
Robyn from Tennessee
I adopted 2 small dogs. One is a Chihuahua 7 years (Junior) and the other is a Chihuahua/Yorkie, 1 year old. Both are from different owners. I live in a small basement apartment. Any how, I was told they were both pee pad trained. However, I have had them a few days and am not sure which one used it, but it was only maybe 2 times. The rest of the time on they used my rug and go all over the apartment. Any suggestions on what to do?
By btrmomsy from Ontario, Canada
I have an 8 week old Shih tzu who used to use her pads to go to the loo. Then all of sudden she has weed twice in the kitchen and twice in living room right in front of us. She does it so quick that we don't have a chance to stop or move her to her pads. What can we do to stop this?
By Natasha from Durham, England
I recently moved my 6 month old pup's wee wee pad to a different area in the house and now she isn't going on it anymore. She knows where it is because she went on it once in the new spot. Do I need to retrain her?
By PR
I have had a Pomeranian for 3 months now. The vet said he's about 2-5 years old. We take him out for walks 3 times a day for about 30 minutes each. He usually does his business outside and normally can hold it through the night with no problem.
Once in awhile he would pee a big puddle in the middle of the night or day inside the apartment. I would say in the 3 months we have had him he has peed about 10x inside the apartment. We have pee pads in the apartment, but he never uses them and pees somewhere else in the apartment.
If I teach my dog to use the pee pad by bringing the dog to the pee pad when he wakes and wait for him to pee there. In the future would he not pee outside and just pee inside all the time? I prefer the dog to pee outside, but would also like to teach him use the pee pad inside the apartment in case he needs to go, or when it's cold or rainy outside. Any suggestions?
By terapanda
How can I train my dog to use a pee pee pad when I get home late from work? I have a 6 yr old Shih tzu that is trained to go outside. My son has recently gone off to college so he's no longer home to take out the dog at a reasonable hour. I leave home early in the morning and don't get back till very late and don't want the dog to have to hold it until I arrive home. I was thinking of training him to use a pee pee pad in the house for those days he really has to go and I'm not home to take him out. How can I do this? Any suggestions?
By Lizette
