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Harper16 · 10-02-2011, 09:36 AM

Are my expectations too high for an 11 week old?
I take him to the pee pad when I uncrate him. I stand there & wont let him off the pee pad. We do this for several minutes, then he goes & finds another place to pee/poop!
Do I just continue this til he's older &
"gets it"?

Harrysmum · 10-02-2011, 11:27 PM

Good morning and welcome from the UK!

Not sure that this is really going to help you - but we had exactly the same problem with Harry when we first brought him home. He seemed to think that pee pads were his latest toy - not use them but either shake them around, or fetch them to us!

So instead we did the 'designated place in our back garden' thing - picking him up and taking him outside after every normal trigger point (at least once an hour during the day) until he went to the backdoor himself, asking to go out. This took about a fortnight in all of being very, very consistent and vigilant - but it did work, and it was so worth it!

Good luck! Sally + Harry x

myteddybear · 10-03-2011, 12:29 AM

oak up the pee off the floor with a clean pad and then put that pad down, if he poos pick it up and put it on the pad. Make sure to clean the floor very well of all smell with vinegar or something like Natures Miracle. Keep putting him there and eventually he will get it.

Harper16 · 10-03-2011, 10:52 AM

Thanks guys. I guess we'll just keep at it until one of us gives in.

10-02-2011, 09:36 AM	#1
Harper16 YorkieTalk Newbie! Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: vr Posts: 7	Expectations Are my expectations too high for an 11 week old? I take him to the pee pad when I uncrate him. I stand there & wont let him off the pee pad. We do this for several minutes, then he goes & finds another place to pee/poop! Do I just continue this til he's older & "gets it"?

10-03-2011, 12:29 AM	#3
myteddybear Donating Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Cambridgeshire, England Posts: 1,208	oak up the pee off the floor with a clean pad and then put that pad down, if he poos pick it up and put it on the pad. Make sure to clean the floor very well of all smell with vinegar or something like Natures Miracle. Keep putting him there and eventually he will get it. __________________ Please help save Lennox! http://www.savelennox.co.uk/ Let your voice be heard so Lennox can go home

10-02-2011, 11:27 PM	#2
Harrysmum Donating YT 3000 Club Member Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Chessington, Surrey, UK Posts: 5,062	Good morning and welcome from the UK! Not sure that this is really going to help you - but we had exactly the same problem with Harry when we first brought him home. He seemed to think that pee pads were his latest toy - not use them but either shake them around, or fetch them to us! So instead we did the 'designated place in our back garden' thing - picking him up and taking him outside after every normal trigger point (at least once an hour during the day) until he went to the backdoor himself, asking to go out. This took about a fortnight in all of being very, very consistent and vigilant - but it did work, and it was so worth it! Good luck! Sally + Harry x

10-03-2011, 10:52 AM	#4
Harper16 YorkieTalk Newbie! Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: vr Posts: 7	Thanks guys. I guess we'll just keep at it until one of us gives in.