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Originally Posted by KazzyK810  ha! LOVE your post...literally made me laugh outloud 
As to the crate training, a young pup will need to be let out in the night to pee &/or poop. I've always paper-trained (pee pads) my yorkies for convenience of not HAVING to be home to let the dog out at regular intervals. The best setup I've found for that is to put a crate (with comfy bedding inside it) inside a playpen that is lined with pee pads. I leave the crate door open & my pups have always slept in the crate & done their business on the pads outside it.
I've never trained a pup to only go outside, but there are plenty of people on here that have, who'll be able to give you advice on how to make that type of crate training the most effective.
Congratulations on Nolita & welcome to YT  |
Thank you!
Will she cry if she has to go? I was planning on training her to go outside to potty; that's what my mother's done with our yorkies at her house (Starr and Shelby, the Supreme Divas). Though I'd love for her to go on the pads if I'm not home. I can have my cake and eat it too, darn it! I'm not expecting she'll spend too much time alone, and I've taken time off for the first week. One of the (
dis)advantages of nontraditional jobs are the nontraditional hours. Noli would probably be alone 4 hours in a day, max. At least until the boyfriend leaves for Navy, but that's not for six months.
I was planning on doing the playpen/crate/pee pad option...but then I heard it's good to keep them in the bedroom, too!