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Originally Posted by Tait  Thanks you for responses. I am new at blogs, so I hope this works. I have a few questions. To pee in the house is the full stream and to mark is a small amount, am I correct? My friends yorkie is doing both.Marking is more difficult to break them from doing, am I right? My friend feels awful about what is happening. I feel awful too because besides pee on the carpet he has peed on the drapes. It is impossible to block all areas. I do not know what to do. I can't put a puppy pad in the house for my friends 11mo old male/fixed yorkie because I am afraid it will confuse my 6 year old male/fixed toy poodle. My dog does not have accidents in the house and a pad might be a problem. I see the only choice is to keep her yorkie in a crate, and boy do I feel uncomforable with that!! But my carpet, furniture and drapes cannot continue to be a toilet for the next 2 weeks. I am so upset about this whole thing. We thought our dogs would play and have fun and never dreamed this would happen. By the way, my dog gave the signs of "let's run and play" as soon as they arrived. Her dog backed off and wants nothing to do with my dog (both weigh 5 lbs.)They pretty much ignor each other. Are yorkies social dogs?? |
First of all, Yes, socialized Yorkies typically are social dogs, but each dog is different. Since her dog isn't quite a year old, it may not be socialized well, and it may take some time. Or it could be the dog is just shy/reserved already. I would say give it some time, and both you and she should be involved in the interaction. You can keep your dog a little more calm (I know it's hard because they are so excited to have a friend, but calm will help her dog understand there's nothing to be afraid of), and she can show her dog that everything is okay and there's nothing to worry about. Bella is 18 mo. old, and I still have to do that with her with new things (like a new big plant or new furniture), and Bella is FAR from shy! She is a social butterfly!!
Yes, peeing is usually more than marking. And, without a long learning process, there may not be much you can do at your house. I would suggest 1) baby gates to keep the dogs in a tiled area, or 2) an X-Pen...that will give her dog more room than a crate (plus, after you get the 2 social with one another, if it was big enough, they could both be in there and have enough room to play a little bit), or 3) keep the dog crated or X-Pen'ed when your indoors, but try to find some time to play outdoors (then you could do the same encouraging and socializing out there too, which might be better because it's neutral territory). I will say this....Yorkies are notoriously hard to potty train. (I'm told some of them NEVER get it!) And, even though her dog might do well (have NO accidents) at home, he has to learn what he is supposed to do when he's other places too, which means more training.
Are either of your dogs neutered? Generally, un-neutered males will mark a lot more, and they seem to be a bit harder to potty train, I believe. Neutering a male will sometimes help with that...