Buddybear will be 4 months this Fri. I just got him last Thurs. and he has been trained to go out with his parents.
The stairs up and down multiple times a day is playing havoc with my body. Our younger son lives in CO and has 2 flights of stairs, so using the pee pad would be ideal.
I would like to teach him to go on the puppy pads. He has only peed on one once [by mistake?]
He will do his business outside, in his time frame, but has begun eating rocks and sticks!
I've seen too many vet shows where rocks were the cause of surgery, and I don't want that.
I love him dearly already and he sleeps from 10 to 7ish with no peeps except an occasional whine when first put in his cage. I have a play area where his cage and pee pads are. DH brought home a spray that goes on the pad for him . . . .don't know if it just takes time for this scent thing to work or not.
When we get trained a little better, going pee/poo outside would be fine, but right now he doesn't know any commands except 'come' and "peepee buddy. "
His first trip ever to a groomer is this Friday. How many new situations can you do with him before he's on overload. I'm taking him out to socialize with people several times a week, but he is frightened of bigger dogs [anything that is over his 4#]
I've wanted a Yorkie for over 35 years, and don't want to mess up this little man.
TIA, Jennifer, Buddy and Tigger the cat mom [btw, Tigger is 13 and plays really well with this new puppy. ]