Hi and thank you everyone for your congrats and input. I wasn't withholding water before bedtime, but wasn't sure if I should as some of the books I've read say to. But, all those books, I'm sure, are for larger breeds. I never heard the idea about the relation from age to being able to hold their urine. Cool!
Actually, I was never a fan of crates, until now. You see, we loved our dear Truffles, BUT, she had us trained almost immediately because we had never had a dog before her. So, we were always interrupted during meals, etc. And, if we gated her, she'd bark. That's why, we're doing things differently this time with Coco. She doesn't stay in the crate as much as we've been told she should, but, it's working out OK. We have a larger ex-pen for her, so she has plenty of room to play when we're not holding her.
Even though I've already 'raised' one Yorkie, this is like a new experience and I'm so grateful for the help and advice all of you have to give.
I tried to post a pic of her, but, apparently my file JPEG files is too large for this forum. Does anyone know how I can do it? FYI, my file is over 3 MB and it says they only allow 200KB. I'm not overly computer savvy, so help would be appreciated.
Thanks again, Pam |