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CVC · 09-20-2010, 06:34 AM

We did not want a puppy so when we received our 1 year old boy he had been weewee pad trained by his breeder family. The switching process is a work in progress. After lots of research and talking to breeders we decided to crate at night and during the day between play times keep him tethered to one of our sides. This allowed us to keep an eye on him at all times while going out every 2 hours. ALL food and water is removed at 8 p.m. and final walk is at 10 p.m.

Our garden is not a fenced in area so he was on a leash for about 1 month. Our break through occurred when we started rewarding him with lots of praise and a treat after each potty. Then once the potties became standard fare we started praising him & giving treats when he was off leash and remained in the allotted area. It has been 6 months but he is off leash in the garden, stays within the allowed area and housebroken when left alone and restricted to the first floor however, if we leave him the run of the entire house he will go on the rugs found on the second floor. There are area rugs on the first floor too but he does not use them. I might also mention that his creat is also on the 1st floor and whenever we are in that area of the house he will lie in his crate.

Hans continues to sleep in his crate over night because if not he will wake me several times during the night to check on me. I know this because when he started this behavior I thought he wanted to go out so like a good mommy I walked him at all hours even in the dead of night and nothing. That's when I realized what he was doing. To make matters worse he would then wake me at 6 a.m. to go potty!

The crate has allowed me to move his biological potty clock to 7:30 a.m. a time we can all live with. I would love to be able to leave him out all night. We tried letting him sleep with us in our bed but he would wake us up all the same only this time instead of a yap it was a wet tongue in my ear!!!

We love our baby and plan to keep working on the housebreaking and night love patrols

Sorry if I rambled on...hope this helps.

09-20-2010, 06:34 AM	#9
CVC Yorkie Talker Join Date: May 2010 Location: Palmetto Bay Posts: 20	treats & lots of praise We did not want a puppy so when we received our 1 year old boy he had been weewee pad trained by his breeder family. The switching process is a work in progress. After lots of research and talking to breeders we decided to crate at night and during the day between play times keep him tethered to one of our sides. This allowed us to keep an eye on him at all times while going out every 2 hours. ALL food and water is removed at 8 p.m. and final walk is at 10 p.m. Our garden is not a fenced in area so he was on a leash for about 1 month. Our break through occurred when we started rewarding him with lots of praise and a treat after each potty. Then once the potties became standard fare we started praising him & giving treats when he was off leash and remained in the allotted area. It has been 6 months but he is off leash in the garden, stays within the allowed area and housebroken when left alone and restricted to the first floor however, if we leave him the run of the entire house he will go on the rugs found on the second floor. There are area rugs on the first floor too but he does not use them. I might also mention that his creat is also on the 1st floor and whenever we are in that area of the house he will lie in his crate. Hans continues to sleep in his crate over night because if not he will wake me several times during the night to check on me. I know this because when he started this behavior I thought he wanted to go out so like a good mommy I walked him at all hours even in the dead of night and nothing. That's when I realized what he was doing. To make matters worse he would then wake me at 6 a.m. to go potty! The crate has allowed me to move his biological potty clock to 7:30 a.m. a time we can all live with. I would love to be able to leave him out all night. We tried letting him sleep with us in our bed but he would wake us up all the same only this time instead of a yap it was a wet tongue in my ear!!! We love our baby and plan to keep working on the housebreaking and night love patrols Sorry if I rambled on...hope this helps.