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Originally Posted by TLC  I think you are trying and that is great! How long is he crated for though? I say this, b/c most ppl that crate train, do come home for lunch and let them out to do potty. I know Yorkies have very small bladders and holding urine for 8 + hours during the day, may cause issues like a UTI. But I don't have much experience with crate training, I just choose not to do that.
I kept mine contained in a spare bedroom, that I made smaller with expen pieces and cardboard boxes. I bought the doggie litter boxes and put the pee pads inside. They have 1 area upstairs for potty (in that room) and 1 area downstairs for potty. Havng to 'step inside' the pee boxes let them know the difference between peeing on the rug (no-no) and peeing in the boxes (good)
It takes time, hang tight your a good Mommy  |
Thank you for saying that. I feel like a failure. I knew going in that yorkies were tough to train, but I never would've imagined this. Both of us grew up with black labs in our families.
I am gone from home for about 11.5 hours a day. My husband works less, but it varies from day to day. He could be gone from 8:30am until 1pm or anytime there after (he's a contractor, so it just all depends on his work load).
I know that's a long time, and I asked the trainer at PetSmart over and over again if it's too long and they said it wasn't. They said that with him being crated, his metabolism and activitly level will go way down. Even in the small bathroom we've been crating him in, they say he has tons of room to play and jump about, hence all the peeing.
I am just so nervous to hear what my hubby finds when he gets home. The trainers told us to give him at least a few weeks to get used to the crate and being in it. We still expect accidents at first, but they said he should adjust and will be fine.
If after three or four weeks we find it just isn't working, the suggested a kittly litter box with a piece of sod/grass in it. That way, even though he's inside, he smells/feels the grass and will then connect that the grass outside is where he's supposed to go. The pee pad is soft, just like the carpet, so they've said he might be confused.
We've gone back and forth with the pee pad in the litter box. I like that he has to step up and over to get to the pad, which might help him realize that the carpet is not the place to go, which is what you suggested.