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Bimmer · 12-30-2005, 04:46 PM

My wife and I are the first time owners of a very small Yorkie (less than 1 pund, 7 weeks old). He's essentially a "teacup" Yorkie, but I won't say that since I know some are sensitive to that word.

Anyways, he's lived with us for about a week and I now know how a first time parent feels. Here's the reason I'm posting...

Just now, we came home after being gone four hours signing papers on our new house. We keep Bimmer in a crate with a divider set that gives him about 1 square foot of area to "live" in. At first, we put a dog pad in their along with a soft towel, teddy bear, and a few pieces of food should he get hungry. First thing I did when I got home was take him out of his cage and to the same spot outside he's been using for a bathroom. He does a pretty good sized pee and then starts crying and wants back in. I bring him back inside and sit down on the couch and he's playing on my chest. He walks off my chest and pees again on one of my chef books. I tell him "NO!" and take him outside to the same spot and he does nothing. Aggravated, I put him in his cage where he immediately poops and then crawls around in it for good measure. I then took him out of the cage again to clean him off and it was one more trip BACK to the outside potty place where once again he just cries and wants back in my arms.

At the moment, he's in his crate in a bedroom by himself with the lights out. He's crying pretty loudly and my heart is about broken, but I have no idea what to do. I hate this feeling.

I take him outside AT LEAST 15 times a day and he almost always pees. I praise him heavily and then I bring him back inside where he proceeds to piss on whatever he's standing over not two minutes later. What's up with this?!?! His poop schedule is completely random. Sometimes he has to go about an hour after he eats and other times he won't go for hours. Rest assured though, when I put him in his crate for the night, he's pooped somewhere. I'm so frustrated that I'm beginning to wonder if I shouldn't switch to pad training, but hell, I don't know how to do either properly apparently.

I know he's only 7 weeks and accidents happen, but he absolutely will NOT poop outside and it's getting worse now that he's started peeing inside. I've always heard if you don't train them properly early on, then it will be infinitely harder down the road. I also hate putting him in that damned crate, but that's supposedly how you do it, right?

Please help me be a good dad. His crying in the next room is breaking my heart...

12-30-2005, 04:46 PM	#1
Bimmer Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Kentucky Posts: 59	First time owner needs help... My wife and I are the first time owners of a very small Yorkie (less than 1 pund, 7 weeks old). He's essentially a "teacup" Yorkie, but I won't say that since I know some are sensitive to that word. Anyways, he's lived with us for about a week and I now know how a first time parent feels. Here's the reason I'm posting... Just now, we came home after being gone four hours signing papers on our new house. We keep Bimmer in a crate with a divider set that gives him about 1 square foot of area to "live" in. At first, we put a dog pad in their along with a soft towel, teddy bear, and a few pieces of food should he get hungry. First thing I did when I got home was take him out of his cage and to the same spot outside he's been using for a bathroom. He does a pretty good sized pee and then starts crying and wants back in. I bring him back inside and sit down on the couch and he's playing on my chest. He walks off my chest and pees again on one of my chef books. I tell him "NO!" and take him outside to the same spot and he does nothing. Aggravated, I put him in his cage where he immediately poops and then crawls around in it for good measure. I then took him out of the cage again to clean him off and it was one more trip BACK to the outside potty place where once again he just cries and wants back in my arms. At the moment, he's in his crate in a bedroom by himself with the lights out. He's crying pretty loudly and my heart is about broken, but I have no idea what to do. I hate this feeling. I take him outside AT LEAST 15 times a day and he almost always pees. I praise him heavily and then I bring him back inside where he proceeds to piss on whatever he's standing over not two minutes later. What's up with this?!?! His poop schedule is completely random. Sometimes he has to go about an hour after he eats and other times he won't go for hours. Rest assured though, when I put him in his crate for the night, he's pooped somewhere. I'm so frustrated that I'm beginning to wonder if I shouldn't switch to pad training, but hell, I don't know how to do either properly apparently. I know he's only 7 weeks and accidents happen, but he absolutely will NOT poop outside and it's getting worse now that he's started peeing inside. I've always heard if you don't train them properly early on, then it will be infinitely harder down the road. I also hate putting him in that damned crate, but that's supposedly how you do it, right? Please help me be a good dad. His crying in the next room is breaking my heart...