I'd love to have another Yorkie, but I know Pippin would get jealous. Pippin slept in his kennel/crate whatever you call it for a night, but I didn't get much sleep because I was scared that he was going to get into things in my room. I left his kennel door open and he'd come out to potty and I'd put him back in and usually there was a toy in there that he's naw on until he fell asleep. His second night at home he wouldn't stay in his crate at all so I took him in the bed with me and he'd sleep right on my chest all snuggled under my blankets. He's been holding it through the night since he was 2 1/2 months old.
He was really easy to house break only took about two months to finally get it down that he needed to go potty outside and not inside. The first time he peed outside we gave him a treat and every time after that for a couple of days. We were taking him outside every couple of hours but one day he started going to sit by our front door when he wanted to go out so we'd let him out and he'd do his business and come back in, he won't use pee pads anymore he thinks he's better then that. When we go out we used to baby gate him in a certain area of the house but now he's got free roam of the house we just make sure every door is closed. He gets excited when we come home or when someone comes to the house and he'll pee, but only a little sprinkle. All in all he's a good dog and I love him to pieces, I even love his attitude and his personality, he fits in really well with me and my family.
Sorry for the long post. When it comes to Pippin I can go on for hours.
-Kelly |