My Honey does not like the crate, but does well in it if covered. It does seem to be security issue for them. While flying home to visit family, she was in a carry on crate and I covered it with my jacket and she slept like a baby all the way. It worked flying there and back. This is odd because she actually hates the crate and loves her freedom. She does well at night though, she'll sleep in till 6 am. That's normally the time my husband and I wake up for work, so she's use to getting up at that time to potty. If your yorkie prefers the crate, I would continue keeping him in the crate. Honey never liked the crate from the beginning so we had a difficult time keeping her in the crate. However, that actually became a benefit because when she was bad, she would have to sleep in her crate and it was a great way in training her. |