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04-29-2009, 05:20 PM | #1 |
Thor's Human Donating Member | For those of you whose yorkies mess their crates... ... how did you get them to stop? The standard advice is to put them in a small crate so they won't want to go, but it seems like a good number will mess in there anyway. I am planning to write a potty training guide, so I'm curious to know how you guys handled it. Did your dogs just grow out of it at some point? Thanks!
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04-29-2009, 07:19 PM | #2 |
Yorkie Talker Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: McAllen, TX
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| When we got Max, we got a crate that had a panel that you inserted to section off the crate, and we were told to make it so that he only had enough room to turn around and lay down. He had an accident in it the first night, but hasn't had another one since. We put a little blanket in the space we gave him as well as one of his toys that he now actually uses as a pillow I would give it a shot and just see how it goes. Maybe once he realizes that he has to sleep in the area that he just peed in he'll get the point! Good luck! |
04-29-2009, 08:52 PM | #3 |
Thor's Human Donating Member | Thanks! Of all the potty disputes Thor and I have had, he has never messed his crate. However, I am curious for those who HAVE had this problem. As a general rule, dogs don't like to mess their crates, but I never know what to tell people whose dogs DO.
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04-30-2009, 05:44 AM | #4 |
Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: chicago
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| most people say putting a blanket in their crate is a bad thing to do because they will chew on it and may pee or poo. i had put it in her crate once and she likes to chew on it maybe because she is teething. I want to put one in there because the bottom of the crate maybe a little cold. so i dont know yet |
04-30-2009, 06:27 AM | #5 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Milford, NJ USA
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| I am curious too. I just rescued a 8yo last weekend and she is so not even close to housebroke. She is marking everywhere including peeing and poo in her crate. |
04-30-2009, 08:29 AM | #6 |
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| We were in the same position with taking in a stray that messed in her crate. In fact, I think that is where she thought she should go potty. Things are improving... Maybe a very consistant schedule and lots of praise/treats are the reasons she is improving.
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04-30-2009, 11:29 AM | #7 |
Yorkie Talker Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Thorntown, Indiana, USA
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| Hi! This is my first post. Our family brought our little Sophie home at seven weeks old. I now know that was pretty young to bring her home but anyway.... Her breeder only let her potty in her crate. She had to eat and sleep in one end and then potty in the other end. What a mess that was. Her little feet were always wet and she would walk through her poo. Yuck! Getting her to stop this did take some work but we got it done. We had two crates, one upstairs and one downstairs. I blocked both of them off so small that she just had enough room to sleep and turn around. I mean her space was tiny. I am a stay-at-home mom therefore I am with Sophie all day. During the day Sophie would stay in her crate when I could not play or be right beside her. Every hour I would take her out of her crate and carry her to her potty pad and tell her to go potty. If she did not go potty she went right back in her crate. In an hour I would get her out and carry her to potty again. When we were playing I would stop playing every once in a while and carry her to her potty pad and tell her to go potty. I would also watch for any signs that indicated she had to go. When Sophie did go potty on her pad she got tons of praise and a verry small treat. I cut the Zuke treats into four pieces. She loves the Zukes! At night Sophie would sleep in a crate right beside my bed. I usually go to bed pretty late so I would take her potty before I went to bed around 12 or 1 o'clock in the morning. Then I would get up at three and five to once again carry her to her potty pad. We do have an additional potty pad upstairs so that we didn't have to go downstairs everytime. I did not give treats at night. We just quietly went potty, she got a quiet "good girl" and we went back to bed. I can tell you that I got really tired of getting up in the night but I was determined to train this little gal. Finally, something clicked and she just started waiting until I would get her out of her crate to potty. Once she was consistanly accident free in her crate I started to let her walk on her own to her potty pad. It was kind of cute to see her run as fast as she could to get to her potty pad and then wait for her treat. She knew what she needed to do and where to do it. As she got older I started increasing the time that Sophie would stay in her crate during the day and at night so that she had to hold it just a little longer by about fifteen minutes or so. I would say that Sophie was trained and accident free by the time she was 2 months old and I feel very lucky for that. Today, Sophie is 3 1/2 months old and trained to her potty pads and doesn't spend any time in her crate. She does however sleep in an Xpen at night as she is still too small to wonder alone. She also plays in her Xpen when I can't keep a close enough eye on her during the day but she has her potty pad with her and she knows to use it. It is tough but it can be done. Jana |
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