Yorkie wont go off the porch for pottie

Question
QUESTION: I have a two year old yorkie.  She has a doggie door at my house and goes out when she wants.  However, I am moving in with my Boyfriend and I can not get her to go off the porch unless I go with her.  She has been visiting there for over 6 months.  We have tried just putting her out but she just sits there at the door.  I am not sure how to get her to go in the yard.

ANSWER: Hello Candice,
Does she have a VERY VERY VERY favorite treat?  If so,  go outside without her and spread those treats around the yard where she cant see them, but you remember where they are.   Then walk out with her and lead her to where each treat is. Repeat this every day and soon she will be going out by herself to look for the treats.  Make sure the first treat is on the deck, and the second is in sight right off the deck.  Increase the distance the more you go out into the yard.
If she doesn't respond to this go try some turkey loin or liverwurst and do the same thing.
Also, if she has a favorite toy, then play with her in the yard with it.  We are trying to get her to forget she is in a strange place and is just in a place to play.
nancy
PS if this doesn't work get back with me and we will do plan B

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QUESTION: Well I tried the favorite treat but she seemed to lose interest in it within a day or so.  So we never got her off the porch alone.  Plan B?

Thanks so much for your help.  Its wonderful to have someone to ask!

ANSWER: Did you try the turkey? or the liverwurst?
ok plan B
Put her on a leash and walk her around the yard.  Also, walk her other places as well.  Walk her once every hour while you are at home.  Is there a "dog friend" that she has that will show her that it is ok to walk on the lawn?  That would be the best thing to do.  Someone she plays with already.   Also, what is the possibility of putting a doggy door in this new place.  In fact her old doggy door would be perfect if you can get it out.  It is familiar to her.
One more thing to try is to get a lawn chair and take it out into the yard.  Make it one that you can put your feet up on like a lounger, and take a book out with you and read for awhile.  She will finally get bored and start to walk around on her own, and when she does, tell her she is a good girl.  Also, wet the deck, Yorkies don't like water (most of them anyway).  If the deck is wet she may not want to just sit on it.
Well this is a few more things to try.
Eventually she will start to walk on the deck.  Is she going to the bathroom outside?  If she is, don't worry about her on the deck.  Did she have grass where she was before?
Well let me know the new progress, there is always plan C.
nancy   


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QUESTION: So you are wonderful.  The treat didnt work but small drops of her dog food did!  She now runs off the porch to check out the yard!  

So now I have one more behavioral issue.  This seems to be having submissive urination to my Boyfriend.  She definately sees him as the alpha dog.  He has never yelled at her or anything.  She jumped up in his lap last night, rolled over on her back and peed!  She has done this roll over and pee thing on several occasions.  HELP.  I am not sure what to do now.  She does not pee in the house just on Jim!

Answer
Hi,
Well this is not a quick fix and you will need your boyfriend to do the training on this one.
Most of the time eye contact is what triggers off this peeing, but not always,  so lets work on that and body movement first.
For awhile, he cannot make any eye contact with her.  When she goes to jump up on him, he should not look at her and cross his arms over his chest and twist away from her so she cannot get in his lap.  He can talk to her though (without looking at her).
When he is sitting in a chair he can drop his hand down by his side with a treat and let her eat the treat out of his hand (again no looking).  Once she is good with all this (not peeing)  Then he can briefly glance at her and immediately look away.  If she doesn't pee or submit, he can say good girl (no looking) and hand her a treat.
Keep this up until he can look at her and hand her a treat.  The glances can keep getting longer and longer.  If she likes to play ball, let him throw a ball for her (specially in the back yard).  But if she shows submission, then stop that game.  Try and strengthen her self image with him by not correcting her when she pees submissively, it only makes it worse.   
Try this for awhile and let me know how it works
nancy