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sunamand · 06-16-2008, 07:17 PM

I've been crate training my 18 week old yorkie for about a month now, and I know the general rule of thumb is 4 months, 4 hrs, 5 months 5 hrs, etc, and I do not plan on crating him for loooong hours everyday, it's usually no more than 5 hrs max, but once in a while I have to work late...are any of your babies able to hold it for 8 hrs without peeing in their crate? How long can your pup hold it and how old is your pup? At what age should I expect him to be able to hold it without having an accident in his crate?

I tried ex-pen'ing him today with a wee pad, but he peed outside of the pad, next to his water dish instead. I set it up so his food/water and crate was at one end, and his pee pad the opposite end, but he didn't pee on the wee wee pad! I was gone for 5 hrs today.

I was told today by someone else who has a 6 month old bulldog puppy that can hold it for 10 hrs! But she is 30 lbs, not 4.3 lbs like my Darwin...

06-16-2008, 07:17 PM	#1
sunamand Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Emeryville, CA, USA Posts: 99	How many hours can your yorkie hold it? I've been crate training my 18 week old yorkie for about a month now, and I know the general rule of thumb is 4 months, 4 hrs, 5 months 5 hrs, etc, and I do not plan on crating him for loooong hours everyday, it's usually no more than 5 hrs max, but once in a while I have to work late...are any of your babies able to hold it for 8 hrs without peeing in their crate? How long can your pup hold it and how old is your pup? At what age should I expect him to be able to hold it without having an accident in his crate? I tried ex-pen'ing him today with a wee pad, but he peed outside of the pad, next to his water dish instead. I set it up so his food/water and crate was at one end, and his pee pad the opposite end, but he didn't pee on the wee wee pad! I was gone for 5 hrs today. I was told today by someone else who has a 6 month old bulldog puppy that can hold it for 10 hrs! But she is 30 lbs, not 4.3 lbs like my Darwin...