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Originally Posted by bjm2552  Here is a story for you..We crated my yorkie at night when he first got home and he was very good in it and slept through the nite.Well he ended up getting a urinary track infection, from holding it and it was scarey taking a puppy to the ER at 12 midnight...He would not stop peeing..The doctor actually said Yorkies have too small of bladders to crate them. That is how they get infections. So we started to let him have the bathroom and hallway with the wee wee pad and had a gate up so he could see us...He is now 6 months old and we no longer have him confined to the bathroom at nite. He roams the bedroom with the wee weepad in the bathroom. During the day he has the kitchen, eating area and bathroom..He loves it!!!He takes time and patience..You will be fine!! |
Crates don't caught UTI's though... keeping them in there too long will. They said the rule of thumb is that they can hold their pee for as many months as they are. So, a 3 month old yorkie should be able to hold it for 3 hours.
I don't think that's a very good reason not to crate.
Personally, I think crate training is a great thing and the way to go, as long as it's not abused and they spend majority of their time in there... that's not fair. HOWEVER, I failed at crate training, lol. I did my training in other ways though and Jackson's always been very well behaved. I did put him in the crate in the beginning, for the first month I had him, he would stay in the crate when we would all leave the house. But the thing was when I got him, I was on winter break from college so I got to be home a lot with him. I preferred to just watch him very closely and watch for signs of pottying, etc. I just felt bad having him in a crate when I was home. He did sleep in his crate at night for the first month home. I wish I could have stuck with it because it's a good thing for them to be comfortable in their crate for either travel purposes or whatever.