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Originally Posted by Kenneth62  I have been cage training for three months and have my yorkie ringing a bell on the door to got potty. He is 6 months old and does not pee or poop in his cage anymore as he use to do. He can hold everything for 5 hrs or more when he is caged and I happen to be out usually the middle of the day.
In the morning and evening when I am at home he rings the bell about every 10-20 minutes to go out. I try to promptly take him out when he rings as I am so glad that he is finally telling me and now generally doesn't go in the house if I take him out every time immediately, however he is wearing me out and occasionally after I have taken him out three times in the last hour I will temporairly roll the bell up or if I am eating just tell him to wait and if I don't take him out he will just pee in the floor. Every time I take him out he pees or acts like he is. I can't continue taking him out 3-4 times every hour until he settles down at night on my lap to snooze. |
Being the servant of one of these little manipulating creatures myself, I feel your pain. Yours might have a UTI, but he could just be wielding the power that he has found that he has.
My little manipulator will ask to go outside just to look around the neighborhood and make sure he isnt missing anything. When he knows I am watching, he will also pee (or pretend to pee) because he knows he will get a treat for making potty outside. He will also do this multiple times an hour in order to get more treats. If I know he has been out multiple times and has emptied his bladder, I will tell him NO, especially if he is going out and barking at cats and squirrels. Hopefully, your little one will learn not to manipulate. You could try a belly band. Let him out to pee and when he keeps repeating the request, put a belly band on him and tell him no. That way, if he then pees defiantly in the house, he wont actually get any urine on anything. Of course, I would definitely have him checked for a UTI first. Once you know that isn't the problem, you can try the belly band.