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Originally Posted by maritoma  I just don't know what to do anymore, my yorkie is now 4 months old and i have tried every potty training method. Pee pads didn't work, now we are going out and he started going but now he doesn't poop outside all the time, but when i leave him at night with a pad he poops about three times on it, steps in it, gets it all over the walls, crate, gate and i have about a 30 min. morning job every morning cleaning up. If i put him in the crate he poops in the crate, please help! what should i do? should i put him in the crate and let him out during the night even though he might already have poop in it and will probably do nothing outside? i have tried changing food, he gets no food after 5 and no water after 8 and last walk at 10. Someone help!  |
If you think he is pooping around 4am then I would definitely set my alarm, for before that and get up and take him out. I know that Millie at 16 wks, had to go out at least 2-3 times a night. She would whine and I would get up, take her out, and put her back in the crate and go back to bed. Also, her wake up time was around 5am. She was done with sleeping for a while. The routine got old, but she did not mess in her crate. She probably kept this up for over 1 1/2 years. She just started getting down to 1 x a night, regularly. I'm ok with this, because I have to get up to go potty myself, once a night, so when I get up, I take her.
How much space is there in the crate? You may have purchased the smallest crate there is, but it would still be too big for a 2-3lbs puppy. You need to block about 2/3rds of the crate with boxes or towels, so there is only enough room for him to lay and turn around. Also, throw some small food particles or crumbs in there. They usually won't relieve themselves where they eat.
But the biggest thing you are going to have to do, is get up in the middle of night and take him out. You may have to be outside for 20 minutes (in the beginning) until he gets what is expected of him.
Personally, I would rather get up and have interrupted sleep, then to find a horrific mess to clean up every morning. But that's just me, but I know for others, sleep in more important.