[Ashley V]

The other day I was vacuuming around Chip for the first time. He was in his crate because I was on a time constraint and was going to let him out in a few more minutes. He'd only been in there for about an hour or so. He has NEVER pee'd in his crate... EVER and he can hold it for quite a while. He holds in all night long from about 9-11 P.M. (when we put him to bed) to about 8-9 A.M. (when we wake up) and when we are at work for 8 hours during the day. I had also let him potty right before I put him in his crate.

Well, right after I got done vacuuming, I took him out of his crate and when I picked him up to take him to his pee pad, he was all wet on his hind legs and under his belly. His toys that were in his crate were wet to and smelled like urine. Now, considering the fact that he has NEVER pee'd in his crate and I just got done doing something he's never been around before that is VERY loud AND the fact that he would not follow me outside of our room to go downstairs because the vacuum was right outside the door, leads me to believe that he pee'd because he got scared, which I know is submissive urination. Has anyone had problems with their yorkies getting scared by the vacuum and how did you help the situation?