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Originally Posted by Nick777  Thanks everyone, this is a great start for me. I did some more investigating regarding the male dog wanting to hump the arm. He has been 'done', so this is not a sexual thing, but more a dominance thing. He wants to show his dominance by getting her to do this. Makes sense.
Regarding the crates, you are saying that the dogs must be put into crates for a couple of hours each day? Are the supposed to be able to get out, or are they supposed to be trapped in there? What does this achieve? I know that the female dog will be frantic and will bark incessantly while in the crate, and my gf will take the dog out after a few minutes.
Also, no answers as to why the weeing stopped and then started again.
and please, I don't hit the dogs with the newspaper anymore. It was never a hard smack, and I know now that method will not work. I'm not cruel to animals.
Again, thanks to all for your valuable feedback. |
I can answer the crate question for you, dogs regard their crate like a safe den to sleep in and spend time in. When you crate train a dog you put it in the crate to sleep at night and any other times you are not watching your dog 100%. Eventually the dog will look to go into it's crate, I leave the doors open and find them napping in the crates often. The way the crate works for house training is that the dog will not soil where it sleeps. This won't happen the first few times..put something down you can wash. The crate should be just big enough for the dog to lay down and spin around. Not much bigger or they will soil in a corner of it. What is nice about the crate is if you have company or need the dog confined for some reason the crate works nicely. Mine are crated when I am at work or nobody is at home. It is for the dogs safety as well. They can't get into things if they don't have free run of the house.
I would like to add that I am happy you gave up on the newspaper. Yorkies are very smart, mine can tell in an instant if I am not pleased with them. You always want to form a positive bond with them, not a fearful one.