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Originally Posted by miababyjeff  Yes, I am a stay-at home mom. I take her out every 15 minutes or so. Like I said she does use the puppy pad all the time, but how can I teach her to go outside if I offer her a place to go inside and she never learns to wait to go outside. There are a lot of people on this site who are quick to attack people who post. That is one reason I always hesitate, but I thought this would be the best place to seek training tips for yorkies. I have spoken with the breeder and she told me to call a dog trainer, which I did and that trainer told me if it were her she would take it back to the breeder because I would never be able to housetrain a dog that would poop in it's own crate which is super tiny. I sat outside with her today and my daughter for 2 hours and she would never poop until I brought her inside to her xpen. So maybe she will get it eventually and I am being patient, but it's hard when other breeders and a professional dog trainer told me her behavior was not normal. I love her and will take all the time in the world with her to train her, but I guess I feel like I am doing something wrong. Everyone I talk to says they have never had a dog poop in it's own crate. It is not because she is not given the opportunity to go outside or kept in her crate too long. |
don't worry! I have an 11 wk old yorkie who poops and pees in her crate indiscriminantly. I switched to confining her in my bathroom with a gate up so she is not secluded by herself and can still view everything outside of the bathroom. I just found that crate training didn't work with her. I think training methods depend on the personality of the dog. I have her pad, food, and bedding all in once place. She is starting to get the hang of using the pad. I think at 16 weeks she is a bit young for you to have high expectations but I myself am struggling through the same thing that you are and so I just discarded crate training all together.
It's frustrating for me too trying to housebreak my puppy and I got her when she was 6 weeks. I've been working with the potty training for almost 6 weeks now and she is no where near close to being reliable.
This is definitely the best place to ask for advice because many problems that I've had and brought to the forum have always been answered but I do have to agree that there were some people who were a bit disrespectful in what they had to say to you and the problems you were having with your puppy.
I hope you figure something out that works for you and her! They are such smart little dogs and very sensitive to their owners. She wants to make you happy! She's just taking her time trying to figure everything out. Good luck!