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02-05-2014, 09:17 AM | #1 |
YorkieTalk Newbie! Join Date: Feb 2014 Location: uk
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| new yorkie owner Hi everyone I am a new owner of a teacup yorkie who is 14 weeks old.we purchased him at 8 weeks old and we were told by the breeder to crate train him.I honestly didnt know what I was letting myself in for.Reading all the different information sites about crate training they all say take them out every so often so they learn to hold their pee about 1hr=1month, not the case with me, Im still taking him out every hour to pee and if I dont he will pee in his cage.lucky Im home all day.This is getting very relentlas and time consuming and I feel my life is taking over by the dog (as lovely as he is) Also at night I put pads down for him and he pees and poos on them as I cant get up through the night with him as im not well enough.Any help and tips I would be most grateful jo |
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02-05-2014, 09:40 AM | #2 |
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| how big is the crate, my friend is crate training right now too. His is just big enough to stand and turn around in and he leaves them in all day while he is at work and even when he gets home, only letting them out in the morning, when he gets home and before bed for the toilet and after they eat, then right back in again. He says it's working |
02-05-2014, 05:56 PM | #4 |
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| Welcome to Yorkie Talk and congratulations on your puppy. The first year is a lot of work, but also a lot of fun. The crate should be just big enough for your pup to stand up and turn around comfortably. If it is larger, it will encourage the pup to soil the crate. 14 weeks is still very young, especially if he is a little guy. Also, having a piddle pad at night and doing crate training during the day can be a little confusing. Is the pad in the crate at night? That would be the root of your problem -- very confusing for him. You might consider giving him access to a pad 24 hours a day, limiting his roaming freedom to a smallish area until he demonstrates good use of the pad. Even if your ultimate goal is strict outdoor training, you can start with the pads.
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02-07-2014, 02:55 AM | #5 |
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| thanx for your replies The crate is only big enough for him to stand and turn around in. No the pee pad is outside his cage as we leave the cage door open for him at night.This is gated in my utility room so hes confind in a small area through the night. If I could see some progress it would be something. |
02-07-2014, 07:24 AM | #6 |
YT 2000 Club Member | Congratulations on your new addition to the family! First of all you need to think of him as being a "baby." It will take a while for him to get the idea of what you expect! They can't hold it for very long and I think males hold it for even less. That is just my opinion! They do take up a lot of our time and I love it. Giving him praise right after he potties in the right spot or on the pee pad will encourage good behavior. Bear with him and it will come and you will have the most wonderful friend in the world!
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02-07-2014, 07:45 AM | #7 |
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| As Deb1 said, puppies are like babies. They're VERY time consuming and takes up a lot of energy. You've only had him for 6 weeks so give him more time. Some puppies are bit more stubborn than others so it might take little but once they understand, they totally get it down. Maximo's giving you really good advice. Also, if the yorkie is small, they can't hold as long so they would have to be let out more often. Magnus (4 years old, 15.5 lbs) goes potty about 4 times a day and only goes outside. Zoey (3 years old, 5.5 lbs) probably goes the twice the amount but she mostly uses the pee pad since she can't hold for as long as her brother. It took me over a year to get Zoey trained where it only took 2-3 months for Magnus. |
02-07-2014, 07:59 AM | #8 |
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| Crate training can take a very long time especially with a very young puppy. The puppy does not start to develop the physical ability to control bowels and bladder function until sometime around the 16the week of life. Until that point it is pretty much your timing that has to be right. If you miss getting him out on time all you are doing is teaching him that peeing in the crate is OK and that is a very hard thing to train out of them. Your breeder sold you a pup that was too young to control it's bodily functions. Now you have to be on 24 hour duty. Using puppy pads is a much easier process with very young pups. Usually a good breeder has their pups on puppy pads as soon as they are old enough to start walking around. As they grow they know the scent of the pad means potty (the pad has a hormone scent on it that causes them to have to potty) You just have to keep your young pup near the pad at all times until they are old enough to hold it until they get back to the pad. I trained Gracie like this and then when she was older taught her to potty outside but we keep the pads handy for when we are going to be away for a while and for when the weather is bad. It isn't fair to expect an infant pup to learn something that it is incapable of doing. |
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