My 10-month old yorkie always peed in his crate, no matter what we did. Then when he had free roam of the house he would return to his crate to pee on it or in it. Recently, we removed the crate and placed pee pads in the same spot. He now goes regularly on those pee pads.
In the past week we've only had a few accidents! The downside is that we don't put him in a crate when we are gone anymore. We've been leaving him out downstairs, gating off the steps so he can't roam on the carpeted areas. I would not have done this any sooner than 10 months though. We trust him so much more now than we did even a month ago. At night he sleeps in bed with us, so we don't miss the crate too much.
Good luck!! |