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Old 09-24-2005, 07:26 AM   #16
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It is really the owner that requires the training and not the yorkie!! LOL!!! Like Nobella said it takes great patience and persistence but it is really not HARD. Yokries are smart and they like to have a JOB and therefore they respond well to training and that includes a combination of obedience training nd house training.

Little yorkies cannot be expected to "hold it" successfully until they are about 6 months old as their bodies are not fully developed until that point to allow for bladder control. This is why I am opposed to crate training...that and I just don't agree with putting dogs in small cages for longer periods of time.

10 weeks is very young and at this age he needs to go potty every hour or so. He needs to be taken out after he wakes up, after he eats, after he drinks, after he plays, after he naps and every hour otherwise. I find that using an xpen outside where he is confined to a fairly small space just for going potty where he is left (with you a short distance away encouraging him to "go") until he goes and rewarded when he does is very effective. You can walk away and he will get the idea that he doesn't get out until he does his business.

I don't think it is confusing to train with pee pads and outside.All of mine picked up on it very well and since mine are not allowed outside without me due to the danger of birds of prey, I like the convenience of both.

Good luck with your training!!
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