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Originally Posted by QuickSilver  We write off a lot of bad yorkie behavior due to their size. One person has told me my dog's head is too small to have any brains in it. 
Many of us chalk up a yorkie's potty accidents to its tiny bladder. But here's the thing: isn't the ENTIRE dog tiny? Meaning, isn't it drinking proportionately less water than say, a Great Dane?
My yorkie can hold it ten hours overnight if he needs to. Yet somehow, in the afternoon, he seems to think that two hours is entirely too long. I think he can do better than that. |
He can hold it for longer at night because a dogs metabolism slows down at night when they are sleeping, just like a human's does. Eventually, as they become older, they won't even be able to hold it thru the night, as with Darcy, we have to get up every 3 hrs or so and let her outside to potty. We worry when she does not wake us up!
Baxter and Cooper know the appropriate places to potty (in the box, or outdoors), but if I am not home, and Baxter has already pooped in the box, he will pick a place close to it to pee--on the floor. I don't get upset over this...it would be like asking us to use an un-flushed toliet.
Cooper never liked the litter box, and re-trained himself to go outdoors only once Darcy came, and we were opening doors for her constantly. If we are not home, he will potty right in front of the door, just like Darcy will.
For this reason, we just gate them all in the kitchen when we have to be gone for more than an hour, and plan on mopping when we get home.
They are the most stubborn little animals I have ever dealt with
But so cute they somehow get away with it!