I have a female yorkie, she is 5 months old. I got her when she was 10 weeks old and she immediately was paper trained. Everyday since she was 10 weeks I would take her outside when she woke up to go pee and poop. I have two other yorkies and they went with her. She would hold it until we came back inside.
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You have my sympthy - I had a similar problem with one of my dogs. you said that you tried taking news papers outside.
Were they clean or used(dirty) ones ? I finally got my dog to go outside by putting out some of the used news papers from the house and leaving them and him out in the yard (fenced yard) for a couple of hours two days in a row,
I bred yorkies for years and, other than one little male, had great success "litter training" them. I would use shredded paper in a regular litter box rather than just laying out newspapers. The little male NEVER trained to anything-he went where he wanted, when he wanted. His whole attitude was "what difference does it make? It's just a little bit...(his name by the way)" . He passed at 11 yrs old, never changing his ways. I learned to live w/ it, thankful everyday I hadn't chosen great danes! Anyway, perhaps you could start w/ the box, moving it outside once he's using it consistently as the next step in housebreaking.
I had the exact same problem. And I live in an apartment, so I know leaving the dog outside for hours is not always an option. My dog refused to go outside until I began taking her to the dog park. After a few times doing that, she started copying the other dogs and going to the grass at the sides. Of course, she picks up habits from other dogs really easily.
Make it worth her while big time!. Firstly take her out by herself if that is possible. Secondly wait and wait until she does it outside. If you have to take her back in with out doing anything, then take her out again before she does it inside ( you should know how long before she does it inside). Everytime you take her outside make sure you have small pieces of her most delectable treat in your hand. You will eventually catch her going outside ( please persevere to begin with!) and then you feed her lots of her little pieces of treats one at a time and praise her.
When I had puppies I of course resorted to paper Once they used the paper, I little by little moved it closer to the door. Eventually I removed it, this then in turn made the puppies to to the door letting me know they had to go.
I had a pup with the same problem many years aqo. She would play outside and come 'flying' in to use the paper. I had the paper in a middle room of my house. I desided to move the paper slowly through the house and on to the porch. From the porch we moved to the yard just beyond the porch stairs. I gave her time to adjust to each move. I started to move the papers across the yard to the spot I wanded her to 'go'. Each move was not a far move and she adjusted to each one. When I got the paper to where I wanted her to go, I left it there to biodegrate. THAT was her spot. I had to go through two rooms and across the porch but it was well worth it. She was not in any truma and followed the 'paper trail'. It may take a while but it worked for me. I hope this helps.
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