hello moms. we are in love with our 10 week old yorkie named remi. she is crated at night (whines to be let out to potty at night usually 2 times a night). i make sure shes goes potty (and poops) before i leave for work at 7a. (she is crated when we are gone from the house if no one is home to let her out). however she is still having at least 1-3 accidents in the house. there are places when i am home i keep her out of because i know she likes to mess there. my husband will not watch her as closely. when she is crated she only has water in her crate dish. any helpful tricks or tips to aide in house breaking her?
heres a break down of my day-
6a- get up let all dogs out. get ready for work/day.
7a- (on work days) let remi out. put her in the crate. leave for work.
1:30-2p - come home let all dogs out. continue to let her out every 1-2 hours.
8p- put kid to bed. let the remi out.
9p- let dogs out for last time. put remi in the crate and go to bed.
11-3- remi whines to be let out
4-6- whines to be left out
thank you all for the advice. she is crated when we leave the house. if we are outside she is outside. yes its true that due to their small bladders they are prone to accidents. i hope by 4 months or so she is fully house broke :) only time will tell though.
I have a granddog yorkie, and he has to wear a diaper, been wearing one for 6 years now. His brother is totally housebroken, but he decided he wasnt going to have any part of it.
10 weeks is still very little so it is expected that there will still be accidents here and there. At that age its best to keep her close to you and not to give her full house access until the potty training is more reliable. I have used gates or playpens, and have also tied the dog to myself using a long leash, wherever I went, so did the puppy. It helps when you are busy or with people who tend to not watch the dog as closely. That being said, the best method to housebreak a puppy in my opinion is the bell method.http://m.wikihow.com/Potty-Train-Your-Puppy-Using-a-Bell I found that using a treat to encourage the bell nudge worked wonders in the beginning. Make sure that when you take her out you give her a potty cue (I use "go potty") and wait a few minutes. If she is uninterested in going potty I.e. sniffing the air or trying to play etc. bring her back inside and try again another time. It is important to let her know that the bell is just for going potty, not playtime. Congratulations on your puppy, it sounds like you are already making good progress. I hope you have a housebroken pup soon!
Source: fostering multiple dogs along with a VERY stubborn boxer puppy- took us 6 very long months to finally get him potty trained and Only two weeks or so once we discovered the bells!
Someone needs to come in and let her out when you're not home-on a consistent basis-and really, I have found that tiny dogs like to be walked on a leash in order to feel good about themselves. Maybe you could put her in day care in order to get her housebroken?
10 weeks is so young. Most puppies will have an occasional accident until about a year. I would just continue to stay consistent and phrase her when she does go outside (I used treats).
My Boston Terrier is about 7 months now and has been doing wonderfully with going outside but I always phrased her and gave her a treat. She has only had a few accidents and they were out on the patio.
You also have to remember that little dogs have very small baldders so they need to go more often. I used a product from the petstore called Simple Solution to get rid of the smell and keep her for going in the same areas.
For starters, she's a terrier and terriers are very stubborn to teach. You have to be very consistent. She is also 10 weeks, she is a baby and won't get the hang of being housebroken for quite some time. While you are gone, you may want someone to come and let her out of the crate to potty, play with her a bit and put her back in. You can also corral her with her cage open for her access and use wee wee pads. Open the cage door, put in a bed or towel, and corral the cage. Give her enough room to come out of the cage, find the wee pads so she can do her business. When you get home, take her out and return her to her corral. She will come to know this as her space and as she gets older and matures, she will know this to be her space with or without the corral. Eventually you will remove wee wee pads and she will wait to be taken out. Also, you may not want to give her access to water all day, if she is not coralled, as she will drink and pee all day. the corral allows her limited freedom, the cage signifies her safe place. Give it a try, be persisitent and consistent. Remember she's a terrier and has that stubborn streak. Good Luck.
Yorkies are adorable and usually stubborn... and very smart. My little girl took months and months to train. I would take her out a few minutes after she ate. If she did go outside, I would give her a tiny pc of organic carrot at that moment. My yorkie cannot eat any of the processed grocery store treats. If she does, she gets sick. We have hawks and a red fox around here, so I still take her out on a leash. I will not leave her outside alone. Four yrs ago, my friend saw a hawk pick up his 4 lb yorkie (from the window) and fly off. It was devastating. We were all so depressed after that.
I also keep a pee pad in the corner of the house on ceramic tile. Every so often she will use that. She goes more than my med sized dog. This is common.
Now...If she doesn't get attention, she will have an accident on purpose. This happens every so often. She loves attention !!!!!
Funny that you are asking this question today. I was at the vet earlier today and she said that yorkies are one of the most difficult breeds to house train. Not sure why, but she emphasized that. I've been told that crating throughout the day when you are not able to watch the dog is ESSENTIAL.
What does your breeder say?
My friend's Yorkie still has accidents, even with diligent and consistent training (and she works from home.) Her breeder says this is common in many specialty toy breeds.
