| Are you tired of your Yorkie using the bathroom all | | | | obedient, healthy, happy Yorkie. |
| over your household? Buying all that stain remover and | | | | The first thing you have to do is establish designated |
| disinfectant over and over again has to get old. | | | | bathroom areas for your Yorkie to use. The most |
| Housetraining your Yorkie can be beneficial to both | | | | effective indoor method I have witnessed is the use of |
| you and your dog and can relieve you of having to | | | | "potty pads" or training pads. When your Yorkie is |
| worry about if your Yorkie secretly went somewhere | | | | about to go to the bathroom take it straight to the |
| while you weren't home. | | | | designated bathroom area to let them know that this is |
| Yorkies already have a bad reputation when it comes | | | | the right place. |
| to housetraining. You have probably heard from other | | | | Cleaning up after your Yorkie when it has an accident |
| Yorkie owners that "they are impossible to housetrain, | | | | is crucial to removing any scents that their urine left |
| housetraining takes way too long, they never want to | | | | behind. Using a disinfectant cleaning solution to eliminate |
| go when you take them outside" etc. Well after about | | | | the smell will prevent your Yorkie to being lured into |
| 12 weeks old, a Yorkie is physically able to hold their | | | | that spot again. |
| bladders and bowels. | | | | Housetraining your Yorkie will be much more difficult if |
| Despite the fact that they can be stubborn and might | | | | you don't have a set schedule. Creating a schedule |
| present some challenges while housetraining, Yorkies | | | | when to feed your Yorkie and let it out to use the |
| can be housetrained to use the bathroom in strict | | | | bathroom at routine times will help enforce a strict |
| designated areas. Once trained, they will behave better | | | | schedule upon your dog. This will help to eventually |
| and they will reliably go wherever their spot is. | | | | "burn" these times into his or her brain and your Yorkie |
| The key with housetraining a Yorkie is being diligent | | | | will know exactly when it is time to potty every day. |
| and consistent. You can't expect your dog to be | | | | Don't forget to use positive reinforcement and reward |
| trained overnight. It takes time and patience but with | | | | your Yorkie when they do use the right potty area |
| these techniques you will be on your way to having an | | | | even if it's inside or outside. |