[jordansj]

Hello all, I am very new to this site and so far have been able to get some great feedback. My wife and I have a yorkie, Tucker. He is a great dog. I had different breeds of dogs all growing up and have never seen a more intelligent breed.

We have Tucker bell trained. We live in an apartment, and he is about 10 months old. He knows all kinds of tricks, and he always pees or poops when he dings the bell. The issue is that he literally asks to go out EVERY hour. In the complex, we can only take him to a particular place, so it is driving me nuts! I love him, but what the heck do I have to do? I can't take him out 16 times a day. We have him kennel trained and he does fine when my wife and I leave for a date (about 4 hours).

The process we go over (for details) is:
1. The bell is always right next to the door.
2. He has access to his food and water all the time.
3. He dings it multiple times because we know that sometimes he rings it but can wait longer. Even after we ignore him to try and help him hold it, he dings it multiple times and even sometimes loses interest and comes back to chew on a toy.
4. He goes, but usually a little bit. We give him positive vocal feedback.
5. When we come back in, we give him a treat for peeing outside.

Any help? We need to get him to last longer between taking him out. PS, my wife hates the idea of restricting his water and food throughout the day.