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VACowboy · 01-05-2009, 11:29 AM

Ok so I have somewhat potty trained my Yorkie, her name is CoCo. So basically I have setup a "bathroom" for her at my house, its a corner under my stairs where I setup potty pads and at first I would walk her over there and she would go and now she goes on her own, which is great so she can run freely when I am home.

She is about 3 months old and I have had her since she was 10 weeks old so she has picked up faster than I anticipated.

Well heres the thing, I have been reading about seperation anxiety, which I am certain she suffers from, she has no problems going in her cage when I am home, I can put her in there and close it, very small crate, and she will lay there or play with tools and only really cry when she wants water, or is hungry or needs to go to bathroom, sometimes random cries when she wants to play which I can't blame her she is a puppy. But anywho I put her in the cage when I leave, here is her schedule from M-F

Wake up at 7, taken out of crate and poops and pees
Eats breakfast at 730
Pees again at around 8
Crated when I go to work
I come home around 12:30-1 to let her out of crate to play and go pottie
Feed her small lunch and water
around 130 goes poop and pee
Back in crate until about 530 when I get home from work.
again she is feed an poops and pees
than around 11pm she goes again.

So as you can see I have her schedule down and I try my hardest to keep this as consistant as possible....

but here is where the problem has started.......

I think she is suffering from seperation anxiety because randomally I will come home from work and she has pied in the cage, I know I am not keeping her in the cage too long because max she is in there for 4 hours when I am at work, and furthermore she has never done this till recently. She won't poop in the cage but about 4 different occassions I have come home to take her out and she has pied in her cage.

I have been working on the point where I section parts of my house off, hardwood floors, with gates to let her run around my house while I am at work, again is sectioned safe areas, but now I have to rethink this and figure out why she is doing this.

Do you guys think its the crate? seperation anxiety? maybe a phase she is going through? Any advice or anyone that can relate please do so. Thanks.

01-05-2009, 11:29 AM	#1
VACowboy YorkieTalk Newbie! Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Sterling, VA, USA Posts: 4	Can someone please relate!!!!! Ok so I have somewhat potty trained my Yorkie, her name is CoCo. So basically I have setup a "bathroom" for her at my house, its a corner under my stairs where I setup potty pads and at first I would walk her over there and she would go and now she goes on her own, which is great so she can run freely when I am home. She is about 3 months old and I have had her since she was 10 weeks old so she has picked up faster than I anticipated. Well heres the thing, I have been reading about seperation anxiety, which I am certain she suffers from, she has no problems going in her cage when I am home, I can put her in there and close it, very small crate, and she will lay there or play with tools and only really cry when she wants water, or is hungry or needs to go to bathroom, sometimes random cries when she wants to play which I can't blame her she is a puppy. But anywho I put her in the cage when I leave, here is her schedule from M-F Wake up at 7, taken out of crate and poops and pees Eats breakfast at 730 Pees again at around 8 Crated when I go to work I come home around 12:30-1 to let her out of crate to play and go pottie Feed her small lunch and water around 130 goes poop and pee Back in crate until about 530 when I get home from work. again she is feed an poops and pees than around 11pm she goes again. So as you can see I have her schedule down and I try my hardest to keep this as consistant as possible.... but here is where the problem has started....... I think she is suffering from seperation anxiety because randomally I will come home from work and she has pied in the cage, I know I am not keeping her in the cage too long because max she is in there for 4 hours when I am at work, and furthermore she has never done this till recently. She won't poop in the cage but about 4 different occassions I have come home to take her out and she has pied in her cage. I have been working on the point where I section parts of my house off, hardwood floors, with gates to let her run around my house while I am at work, again is sectioned safe areas, but now I have to rethink this and figure out why she is doing this. Do you guys think its the crate? seperation anxiety? maybe a phase she is going through? Any advice or anyone that can relate please do so. Thanks.