First off, welcome to YT! I will take a stab at some of your questions. First one, I believe that an apartment is okay for a yorkie as long as you provide the proper excerise. I would like to tell you that yorkies have a lot of energy. Lots of articles and books say that they are a breed of dog that their energy can be run off around the house. NOT TRUE! Well, there are some like that but through talking to people here I have found that their are a lot of furbabies that have tons of energy. They are worth every ounce!
I think crate training is the way to go. That helps out with potty training too. I half and half crate trained my little guy, and I believe its the best way to go. As for potty training, I heard that yorkies are rally hard to house break/potty train too. Thor is 6 months old and he still has accidents. He is MUCH better than even a few months ago, and I think half of his acciedents as this point are my fault for not making him go out more. They do have tiny bladders, but my advise is to just hang on. It can get frustrating but it will get better as they get older. It's not so bad i.m.o.
It depends on how big your dog gets, and also how ballsie your dog can be, but Thor learned to jump over his baby gate. So that didn't hold him back! When you are away I think it would be best for him to be in his crate(as a young puppy) and maybe as he got older you could let him have more space. As for leaving your dog alone for 6 hours, thats a lot of time to be in a crate all alone, maybe dog daycare or some alternative would be better.
I am scared that my dog is going to get himself beat up some time because he just has a huge mouth!
I hope I answered some of your questions!
Hannah |