I too have 4 pups all born last November! I got them all their own crates last month, crate trained with a treat and now at bedtime I say 'crate' and they hop right in, it's nice. I did this because terriers can be real nasty if left home alone, I know of 2 separate incidents with yorkie kills in the last several weeks, one was a puppy F one was an adult M.
That said, I too am having a tough go of housebreaking. The male is very good, the girls are not. They go out on leashes every 2 hours. Recently we stopped free feeding, and that has helped tremendously. Food in the morning, food at night. Take them out 10-20 min. after feeding. That controls when/where they poop. It also tells them you are the boss and control food. Next, clean carefully, I got a special wood floor pet stain cleaner for the wood and sprayed it all over the wood floors. Then I used an 'orange' pet cleaner on the kitchen flooring, and sprayed it all over. The experts say between the food control, destroying and residual elimination smell, and taking out every 2 hours that should do it. I am seeing a big improvement, I hope this helps. |