My lovely Yorkie puppy Toto is 10 weeks old.

I am having problems with his house training. He will happily go on the pad which is near the back door to the garden, to do a number two, but continues to urinate anywhere in the house.

I regularly take him out in the garden, but obviously not fully innoculated yet, so cant take him anywhere else.

Any suggestions appreciated.

Kath x

Hi,
You need to be consistant and have bucket loads of patience when toilet training
Pups don't have any control over there bladder until they are around 5/6 months old.They need to go out often every 1/2 hour or so,then after playing,feeding,waking etc.

Go out with your pup and stay outside till he performs,give lots of praise and reward with a treat,maybe link a word while he going such as clean.

We used to take both ours upstairs at night and settle them down in their crates by our bed,if they woke during the night,we used to get up and take them out but extending the time each night by 5-10 minutes.

I'm not a fan of using puppy pads or newspaper as I personally think it takes longer to train the puppy as you are giving signals it's ok for them to toilet indoors.

Just a tip NEVER tell your pup off for toileting indoors,just take him out clean the area with bio washing powder and ignore what he has done.By telling a puppy off you will just encourage him to do it where he can't be seen or hide the evidence.
Just remember if he does have accidents it's your fault for not reading the signs,circling and sniffing etc.
Toilet training can be frustrating at times but you will get there eventually
Good Luck!

This can take a lot of patience but you will get there.....eventually. Every time your dog wakes up take him outside to your designated toilet area for him. Every time he eats , take him out after. Keep an eye out for signals such as sniffing the floor, circling, being unsettled. Urine smells need to be removed with washing powder as mentioned in above post.
Personally I used the newspaper method. I gradually moved it to the back door then outside. My dog picked it up quite quickly, I was lucky. He will sit by the door when he wants to go out or come and stare at one of us.

Young dogs can have occasional accidents in the house. They get easily excited and distracted by household goings on.

Lots and lots of praise when your little dog does go outside. Make a real fuss of him.
The link word idea is good. I always tell my dog "go wee wee" (when outside)and it does work.
Persistence and patience are the key.

Thanks for that both.

I do try praise him when he does outside.

I understand its a lot of work and patience, but am very grateful for your tips.

Kath x

Your welcome,
He will get there eventually,my bitch was a pain to toilet train and it does get very frustrating at times,I would be outside up to an hour with her some days in all weather's and it ain't fun at 3 in the morning standing in the pouring rain

At least we are heading into summer so it should make thing's a little easier for you