Yorkshire Terriers Peeing on the Couch

By LaTicia, Detroit (Guest Post)

Our Yorkie is getting out of control. He has been trained on the pads since we got him in 2005. The last few weeks he has being peeing and pooping everywhere!! We have started a schedule of taking him outside but he has only gone once since doing this. Is there any product that can actually eliminate the smell all together. We have been using Simple Solutions and that doesn't work at all!! I am becoming very frustrated and I'm out of ideas.

By tmB'ville (Guest Post)

I have two Yorkies. A 6yr old spayed female and 9 mos old male.
I can't stand the thoughts of putting them in a crate. The female will pee on paper when it is down, or she will go outside. My male, though, is peeing on anything left sitting in the floor in the dining room.
Is he too old to be neutered for it to help stop the peeing, or marking his territory? Then, sometimes I think, what if I want to breed him - that is why I haven't had him neutered.

By deron cutter (Guest Post)

can any one help me as i have a yorkshire terrier his age 9 years old.got as a rescue dog but his last owner just let him wee and poop in the house.
He has good days and bad days when we are out at work.
if he does pee he goes in the bathroom when we are out.
and he lets me know when i go to bed if he wants too go out.
can any one tell me what i can do too stop the weeing and pooping when we are out.
p.s he goes out before we go off to work.

many thanks

deon in England.

By Janyce Helen Van Es (Guest Post)

Yorkies have a tough time tuning into where they can pee. I have two and it took me a very long time with my male and he is five and still pees on the couch legs or whereever he gets the urge. My female is only 1 1/2 years old and hikes her leg (thought that was strange) but pees and poops in the same places (one place in the downstairs bedroom..one place upstairs...)what I did was pick up the poop and say" Is this yours?" and stick it in front of her face and she will cower down and go hide.
They have little tiny bladders and have to be walked a lot! I have to take them outside and literally walk them until I see that they have peed and peed until there is nothing left to pee and then, take them inside. Even when it is cold or hot outside. My female looks like the dog in the picture and she gets leaves and twigs stuck in her furr and I don't like her to just run amock..I have to steer her away from everything that gets stuck in her furr.
Keep using those pads or use newspaper in the same spot where your dog goes and keep that area picked up, slowly moving it to the door.
They are just terrible about being trained. Most of it may be that we tend to spoil those cute little dogs and eventually let it go on too long. I did..thinking that it would eventually quit. But it hasn't.

By

raspet

i agree with the crate training. it worked really well with a rescue dog i got. i never had used paper training or wee wee pads with any of my puppies. i train them to go out right off the bat. they then know they can only potty outside. always take them out after play time, after they eat or wake up after a nap or first thing in the morning. yes, it is alot of work, but a good pay off in the end. pretty soon they should be coming to tell you when they have to go. good luck. my rescue dog came to me at age one, and learning what he needed to do. love and patience goes a long way.

By

meoowmom

Yorkies are adorable and stubborn little wee ones.
We have a male, Oso. He quit after the surgery
(fixing him). Oh he still runs outside to neighbors and hikes his tiny leg on the tree. He tries to be really good but he is a YORKIE, good thing we love
him so much.Sometimes if there is a row of trees
he tries to water each one it is so funny when he finally realizes no more pee is coming out.
Oh yeah during training he would go outside and pee BUT if he got distracted by any thing he would stop run inside and start to pee inside so I would scoop him up run him outside and into the grass so
he would pee and I would make a big deal out of the event. He loved and still does love to be told
'good boy' and baby talke while he pees or when he comes in. He is smart , so good luck.