Do you leave your yorkie loose when you are not home??? - YorkieTalk.com Forums

Esme's Mommy · 05-11-2005, 12:58 PM

Eventually, I want Esme to have free reign of the house while we are at work. We have started leaving her loose for short periods of time in the house and so far, so good. Esme is 6 months old and potty trained. I am hoping we can slowly build up to a full work day and get rid of that HUGE pen in my dining area! My only concern is that she will get bored, and chew on a piece of furniture of something... We have a small home, so when I close the bedroom and bathroom doors, she's got the kitchen, dining and living room and a small hallway.

Do you leave your baby loose when you are not home??

How old were they when you started???

scrappysmom · 05-11-2005, 01:06 PM

Ive only started leaving scrappy the run of the house and he has been doing real good .

my scrappy is 17 months old.

HeatherHamptons · 05-11-2005, 01:14 PM

Until Angel had her puppies, I would let her and prince roam free. Now that she has new born little babies, I keep her confined with them while I am gone. If I don't, she will carry the puppies off to random places in the house and hide them.

Chelsie1978 · 05-11-2005, 01:15 PM

Mine have the run of the house but they stay in the living room when Im not at home.I think Id be too worried to let them have the run of the house when they are alone because there are so many things that they can get in to (cables,choking hazards..the cat etc).Id rather leave them in the living room which is puppy proofed and go out knowing they cant get into any trouble

yorkieagility · 05-11-2005, 01:17 PM

Pepper it was when she was 2 1/2 years old. She was a hard one to pottytrain.
Tiny was about 1 year old I let Tiny and Pepper roam free about the same time. However, he would still have an accident ever so often until he was about 3.

Teddy- was given freedom at his 1 year birthday even though he never had an accident since he was 12 weeks old.

011011 · 05-11-2005, 01:18 PM

We leave ours loose or at least 2 rooms for them we leave the tv on the animal planet for them and a radio in the kitchen they have all their toys and chew bones. Kept coming home to a mess though looked like it had snowed on the floor a few times (toilet paper etc.) so we decided to tape them when we left.. Oh my goodness as soon as we walked out the door 1 of my females started in first everything off the fridge then the food dish would be emptied and the water dish next was shoes then anything else she could find to drag out and play and chew on, the other two just sat there and watched and kept barking and running to the door waiting for us to come back, was funny to come home and see just who made the messes all the time. now she is confined to a kennel or a safe room till we return. I am home all day for my work so they are not used to being left alone very often.

Yorkie_GirL · 05-11-2005, 01:20 PM

Oreo & Ginger are loose when i'm not home, but only because my boyfriend is with them.. but when we are both not home maybe just to go to the grocery store, i let them loose, but oreo has been loose ever since i got him and i started working .. he did fine, but he was lonely i could tell, thats why i got Ginger and now he's happier than ever.

But they terrorize the place as much as they can when i leave them alone, so before i go, i puppy-proof the room that they are free to roam in, and leave their chew toys out (learned that the hard way).. and so far so good

Yorkieluv · 05-11-2005, 01:29 PM

Our yorkie is 1 yr old, and we actually started letting him have free reign of the apartment when he was 5-6 months old (he's been 100% potty trained since he was 4 months). We puppy proofed our whole house. We have 3 baskets FULL of toys, 1 in the dining room, 1 in the living room, and 1 in the bedroom so that he stays really busy while we're gone. He also has two beds...1 in the living room by the couch and 1 in the bedroom, plus his crate(but we took the door off). We only close off the guest bedroom. Also, we leave the radio on for him so that it's not dead quiet in the house. And our yorkie is pee pad trained so we leave pee pads for him out all the time even when we're home. That way, he won't have any accidents in the house.

Ilovebaby · 05-11-2005, 01:45 PM

baby has always had free reign of the house. I figure if she has to be home alone, she might as well be comfortable. I live in an apartment, so she has my bedroom, the living room, bathroom, and kitchen. We haven't had any problems.. she uses her pee pee pads and normally just sits on the back of the couch and watches out the window.

she is spoiled!

Kelz · 05-11-2005, 01:51 PM

Bentley is crate trained...he goes in when we leave and gets out as soon as we get home..this might change later on when hes potty trained and not to adventureous!

Esme's Mommy · 05-11-2005, 02:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ilovebaby

baby has always had free reign of the house. I figure if she has to be home alone, she might as well be comfortable.

I Agree!!!!

klogan · 05-11-2005, 02:19 PM

Stomper has access to the living room, kitchen and the doggy door (we don't have eagles around in our area plus he is 10 pounds!). No potty mistakes during the day and he is 5 months old. This is all day while we are at work. The doggy door has been great. We put it in over the weekend and I can tell he is so happy about his freedom.

Bentley&BitsysMom · 05-11-2005, 02:24 PM

Mine have freedom in the house but they are past the puppy chewing stage. When Bentley was younger we'd close off our kitchen and hallway which was ample room and no carpet and never left him alone for long. I've never penned or crated mine, I just couldn't. I think it helps to have a companion!

I think mine sleep now mostly if we are gone. Your baby is still young but if you puppy proof your house she'd probably be fine since she is doing so good with potty.

Duke's mom · 05-11-2005, 02:30 PM

Duke is 1 1/2 years old and has free reign of the house if I go out and do not take him with me. My house is completely child and puppy proof, so Duke has not gotten into any trouble.

I have a friend that has a toy fox terrier, and she caught the puppy chewing on an electrical cord. Thankfully Gina was able to stop her before anything tragic happened. If your baby is still in the chewing stage, please keep this in mind and make certain that they can't get to any electrical cords.

rene · 05-11-2005, 02:42 PM

both sebastain and jasmine have free run of the house while i'm at work and the kid are at school but most of the time sebastain lays on my Extra dinning room table and watches for me to come home i swear he hears my car from blocks away little brat he is always warning my kids that i'm comming lol.

they have really only been bad 2 times one day i came home to TP all over the house like 4 rolls

(kids fault for not putting it away) and once they tore open a 20 pound bag of cat food what a mess lol i should have put that away.

05-11-2005, 12:58 PM	#1
Esme's Mommy Esme's My Princess Donating Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Miami Posts: 754	Do you leave your yorkie loose when you are not home??? Eventually, I want Esme to have free reign of the house while we are at work. We have started leaving her loose for short periods of time in the house and so far, so good. Esme is 6 months old and potty trained. I am hoping we can slowly build up to a full work day and get rid of that HUGE pen in my dining area! My only concern is that she will get bored, and chew on a piece of furniture of something... We have a small home, so when I close the bedroom and bathroom doors, she's got the kitchen, dining and living room and a small hallway. Do you leave your baby loose when you are not home?? How old were they when you started??? __________________ Esme & Mari

05-11-2005, 01:06 PM	#2
scrappysmom Mommy's Baby Doo Donating Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: DesMoines ,Ia Posts: 5,318	Ive only started leaving scrappy the run of the house and he has been doing real good . my scrappy is 17 months old. __________________ mommy to Lizzie, charliegirl Rip Scrappy doo, Rip Sunday.

05-11-2005, 01:14 PM	#3
HeatherHamptons Got Yorkie? Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Virginia Posts: 923	Until Angel had her puppies, I would let her and prince roam free. Now that she has new born little babies, I keep her confined with them while I am gone. If I don't, she will carry the puppies off to random places in the house and hide them. __________________ R.I.P sweet Prince.. You are dearly missed. My heart breaks thinking of you, but i know you're in a peaceful place. We love you sooooo much sweet boy

05-11-2005, 01:45 PM	#9
Ilovebaby I love my Monster! Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Elkhart, IN Posts: 1,137	baby has always had free reign of the house. I figure if she has to be home alone, she might as well be comfortable. I live in an apartment, so she has my bedroom, the living room, bathroom, and kitchen. We haven't had any problems.. she uses her pee pee pads and normally just sits on the back of the couch and watches out the window. she is spoiled! __________________ Mindy & Baby Baby's Dogster Page ****** Baby pics and Videos & More Baby pics

05-11-2005, 02:19 PM	#12
klogan YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 661	Stomper has access to the living room, kitchen and the doggy door (we don't have eagles around in our area plus he is 10 pounds!). No potty mistakes during the day and he is 5 months old. This is all day while we are at work. The doggy door has been great. We put it in over the weekend and I can tell he is so happy about his freedom. __________________ Kimberly & Stomper

05-11-2005, 01:15 PM	#4
Chelsie1978 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Mallorca-Spain Posts: 379	Mine have the run of the house but they stay in the living room when Im not at home.I think Id be too worried to let them have the run of the house when they are alone because there are so many things that they can get in to (cables,choking hazards..the cat etc).Id rather leave them in the living room which is puppy proofed and go out knowing they cant get into any trouble

05-11-2005, 01:17 PM	#5
yorkieagility YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: House Of York Posts: 1,079	Pepper it was when she was 2 1/2 years old. She was a hard one to pottytrain. Tiny was about 1 year old I let Tiny and Pepper roam free about the same time. However, he would still have an accident ever so often until he was about 3. Teddy- was given freedom at his 1 year birthday even though he never had an accident since he was 12 weeks old.

05-11-2005, 01:18 PM	#6
011011 YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: minnesota Posts: 1,432	We leave ours loose or at least 2 rooms for them we leave the tv on the animal planet for them and a radio in the kitchen they have all their toys and chew bones. Kept coming home to a mess though looked like it had snowed on the floor a few times (toilet paper etc.) so we decided to tape them when we left.. Oh my goodness as soon as we walked out the door 1 of my females started in first everything off the fridge then the food dish would be emptied and the water dish next was shoes then anything else she could find to drag out and play and chew on, the other two just sat there and watched and kept barking and running to the door waiting for us to come back, was funny to come home and see just who made the messes all the time. now she is confined to a kennel or a safe room till we return. I am home all day for my work so they are not used to being left alone very often.

05-11-2005, 01:20 PM	#7
Yorkie_GirL Oreo,Ginger&Cloey Owned Donating Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: none of your business Posts: 1,270	Oreo & Ginger are loose when i'm not home, but only because my boyfriend is with them.. but when we are both not home maybe just to go to the grocery store, i let them loose, but oreo has been loose ever since i got him and i started working .. he did fine, but he was lonely i could tell, thats why i got Ginger and now he's happier than ever. But they terrorize the place as much as they can when i leave them alone, so before i go, i puppy-proof the room that they are free to roam in, and leave their chew toys out (learned that the hard way).. and so far so good

05-11-2005, 01:29 PM	#8
Yorkieluv Donating YT 3000 Club Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: USA Posts: 7,178	Our yorkie is 1 yr old, and we actually started letting him have free reign of the apartment when he was 5-6 months old (he's been 100% potty trained since he was 4 months). We puppy proofed our whole house. We have 3 baskets FULL of toys, 1 in the dining room, 1 in the living room, and 1 in the bedroom so that he stays really busy while we're gone. He also has two beds...1 in the living room by the couch and 1 in the bedroom, plus his crate(but we took the door off). We only close off the guest bedroom. Also, we leave the radio on for him so that it's not dead quiet in the house. And our yorkie is pee pad trained so we leave pee pads for him out all the time even when we're home. That way, he won't have any accidents in the house.

05-11-2005, 01:51 PM	#10
Kelz YT 2000 Club Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Yukon, ok Posts: 2,885	Bentley is crate trained...he goes in when we leave and gets out as soon as we get home..this might change later on when hes potty trained and not to adventureous!

05-11-2005, 02:24 PM	#13
Bentley&BitsysMom Donating YT 2000 Club Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Charlotte Posts: 2,836	Mine have freedom in the house but they are past the puppy chewing stage. When Bentley was younger we'd close off our kitchen and hallway which was ample room and no carpet and never left him alone for long. I've never penned or crated mine, I just couldn't. I think it helps to have a companion! I think mine sleep now mostly if we are gone. Your baby is still young but if you puppy proof your house she'd probably be fine since she is doing so good with potty. __________________ Michelle BENTLEY, BITSY, CHARLIE, & BAILEY'S Mommy Dogster Pagehttp://www.dogster.com/?145000

05-11-2005, 02:30 PM	#14
Duke's mom Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Northern California Posts: 175	Duke is 1 1/2 years old and has free reign of the house if I go out and do not take him with me. My house is completely child and puppy proof, so Duke has not gotten into any trouble. I have a friend that has a toy fox terrier, and she caught the puppy chewing on an electrical cord. Thankfully Gina was able to stop her before anything tragic happened. If your baby is still in the chewing stage, please keep this in mind and make certain that they can't get to any electrical cords. __________________ Duke's Mommy

05-11-2005, 02:42 PM	#15
rene Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Goodyear, AZ Posts: 202	both sebastain and jasmine have free run of the house while i'm at work and the kid are at school but most of the time sebastain lays on my Extra dinning room table and watches for me to come home i swear he hears my car from blocks away little brat he is always warning my kids that i'm comming lol. they have really only been bad 2 times one day i came home to TP all over the house like 4 rolls (kids fault for not putting it away) and once they tore open a 20 pound bag of cat food what a mess lol i should have put that away.