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Originally Posted by Crystal28 Hello,
I have a 9 week old yorkie and at night she sleeps in her create. Well lastnight she started crying and I didn't go get her and she did stop after 20 mins or so. Anyway when I got her out this morning I noticed that she went to the bathroom in her create. Should I have taken her out lastnight when she was crying? When she is done she usally doesn't want to go back in the create, cause she wants to play. If I do take her out at night should I just out her right back in her create  I don't know what to do, I don't want her to keep going to the bathroom in the create, but I also don't want to start taking her out every night in the middle of the night. Can anyone give me on advice on what I should do. 
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Crystal |
OK. First she is so tiny you can't expect much from her, so these things may not work, BUT... She probably needs to go out at least every 2-3 hours at night. You might just want to set an alarm for this. Slowly she will learn to let you know when she needs to go, but she can't right now. She was probably trying BECAUSE she went in her crate. My husband would jokingly refer to this at the "after the fact warning indicator." So, by letting her out every few hours you avoid her soiling her crate. We did this and still had many late night baths.
Second, you don't want to encourage her crying. So, when she does cry you can let her out but you need to wait until she quiets down even for 2 seconds. She will learn that when she is in her crate she needs to be quiet. Eventually you will learn the difference between a "let me out!" cry and an "I need to potty!" cry, but it will take a while.
Third, Loki was about 8 months old before he slept through the night, and I'd say 2-3 times week he still stands on my chest at 2:30am (always?) and needs to go out. (He's a year old now) I do NOT play with him - we go right outside and right back in. I did give him a treat though, until he got the potty training down. We had so many problems that him peeing outside was a big deal, even at night. When he was little he'd go back in the crate. Now I just go back upstairs to bed and he's free to follow whenever he's ready - he usually follows me back up.