Welcome! Crate training is wonderful although Toto's didn't last too long! We love having her with us as much as she enjoys "bossing" us around!
Our breeder had already started pad training so it was easy for us. She is definitely a "velcro" Yorkie so we taught her that the crate was her "safe place". We also taught her one word commands and even if we speak to her in sentences, she "gets" the one word that she understands completely! If we have to leave her for a little while, which we rarely do, we explain to her that we have to go out and she has to
"stay". She immediately goes to her "safe place", curls up and stays in there until we return. If the grandchildren, who are never allowed to pick her up due to her size, are playing and she gets tired of them she will go to her "safe place"! There are also rules for them ... if she is in her safe place they know she doesn't want to play and they know that they aren't allowed to bother her until she comes out ... win/win!!
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