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07-14-2005, 02:12 PM | #1 |
Yorkie Talker Join Date: Jun 2005
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| How long should a Yorkie be able to "hold" it? I posted awhile ago and got some great responses, so here goes again. I end up having my sons 10 month old Yorkie at my house more than she is with my son and his fiancee (for various reasons). She sleeps with me at night and I know she can last about 6 hrs till i get up, but at other times, (many other times )she doesnt seem to last two hours without an accident. Sometimes it seems she does it when we leave her alone...though she is always with my other two dogs...which is better than when she is at my sons house completely alone alot of the time. I think she has bad separation anxiety also and wonder if she does this to "punish" us when we leave her. I am so frustrated with this little one...she seems so smart in other ways, but just is not learning to be toilet trained. Is it physically possible becuase of their little bladders for them to go for several hours. I have always had little dogs and have left them for up to 9 hrs when I work and they didnt have accidents, so what is up with this one? Thanks for any advice. laura |
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07-14-2005, 04:02 PM | #2 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Kansas City Missouri
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| I have heard all kinds of suggestions. One here recently was that younger yorkies can hold it as long in hours as they are months old. But just be watchful, if she is urinating a lot, but a little urine at a time, she could have a bladder infection. good luck |
07-14-2005, 09:15 PM | #3 |
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| Otis didn't pee for 24 hours the day I brought him home. And when he did, he went right on the pee pad soaked up the entire thing. |
07-15-2005, 12:08 AM | #4 |
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| There are no rules on how long a dog can hold it . I never saw a dog punishing someone for something . |
07-15-2005, 01:19 AM | #5 |
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| Most dogs will naturally hold on while they are sleeping and need to go as soon as they wake up. Once awake I don't expect any of mine to last more than 2-3 hours and the smaller the dogs the smaller the bladder. |
07-15-2005, 05:17 AM | #6 | ||
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If you want your dog to be housebroken, you will have to take measures to ensure that it gets done. either crate or confine; make sure that you take the puppy out yourself instead of sending the puppy outside on it's own with the other dogs, ect. (of course you could be doing all this, not sure, and that is good. I would have to say keep up the good work then.) Eventually, she will catch on and understand outside is the only place for elimination. Right now she has not been taught that the entire house is her "den" and there is NO where in it that she is allowed to go. Last edited by Ladylavender; 07-15-2005 at 05:20 AM. | ||
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