That's nuts! You and your poor puppy need to be together more and she needs not to feel that the crate is a penitentiary. The fact is, housebreaking a puppy, particularly terriers, takes a loooooooong time. Higgins is 8 months old and he isn't fully trained yet. Know what we are doing about it? Not much. We see that he is taken outside regularly. This isn't too hard for us because we are retired and in and out of the house regularly in good weather.
When we see him go outside, we praise him to the skies. And when he goes inside, we don't scream and yell at him, but we very sternly take him to the door and tell him to pee/poop OUTside. Very gradually he has learned to do 99% of his peeing outside. And his pooping inside is getting v-e-r-y slowly better. He'll get it eventually.
And carpet cleaners take care of the rest.
When you accept Yorkie parenthood, you accept messes. They just aren't cute ALL the time.
By all means, put her in the crate when you must leave the house, and perhaps at night. But when you are home, let her out! Just keep taking her to her pee pads or outside and praise her when she does it where she's supposed to. They are smart. She will learn. But they are also easily distracted, willful, and forgetful, so give her time. Lots of time.
Now take a few big deep breaths and smile and go let her out of "jail" and give her a big hug! She is probably very confused by all the fuss and needs some lovin' on!
Just my two cents, but I disagree with that vet. |