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Originally Posted by bevpeter Hello, this is my first time ever posting a message on any type of forums so i'm very new to this all..
I just got a new Yorkie.. she will be 8 weeks old very soon, so is very cute and very small I am having a very difficult time cage training her, i wanted to start early as she will have to be left alone for a few hours. I don't know what to do. when i put her in there (with a hot water bottle and a clock for ticking) and i leave she cries, and cries, and cries...she doesn't stop..she can cry for an hour straight. She even howls, nothing seems to work, she's ok in there when she's sleeping but not when she's awake, during the night she cries also becuase she never pees in the cage, i've brought her into my bed and she's great during the night she doesn't cries in my bed and wakes me when she wants to go pee, she has never gone to the bathroom in my bed.
I don't know what to do about the crying in the cage tho...i need help... i can't stand to hear her cry i just want to run to her and let her out but i know i shouldn't but she never stops crying when she's in there. I am a new mommy and really need some help. She was not bought from a pet store and lived with her other 4 siblings and mom up untill the day i brought her home (this past friday).
Can someone please help me and give me any suggestions?
Also how long does it usually take for them to stop crying in the night and when left alone? |
First of all whoever sold you that Yorkie before 8 weeks of age should be shot. Large breed dogs shouldn't be sold before 8 weeks of age and toy dogs shouldn't be sold till 12 weeks age. Your yorkie puppy will be going through a fear period during her 7th week of age and again around 15-16 weeks of age. At 15-16 weeks they handle that one a lot better, as long as nothing traumatic happens to them. The 7th week fear period they should be with their MOM and siblings, if there are any, to work through this in an environment they are familiar with. Not a New Home!
That being said - crate training takes a little more time with some then others, just like learning to use a wee wee pad or going to the bathroom outside only. Everything take repeating over and over, being consistent, patient, and persistant - those are the most crucial tools you have to work with.
Don't worry about the crying or howling now - it will stop. Give your little one a treat when you put her in her crate and verbal praise and then leave. If she is crated in the living area of your home I highly recommend you leave the crate open on the floor for her to go sleep in when she wants to. You can feed her a meal or two in their also. Do things with her like throw a toy in and let her get it and come out again. Don't always put her in the crate and close the door behind her. You will make her feel (which she is already), that the only time she goes in the crate the door closes her in.
Feed her with the door closed and opened - put a treat in her cage in the morning and check once in a while to see if she has taken it. All my Yorkies (5) will run into their crates anytime they are put on the floor opened. I have a few areas of the house where the crates are accessable for them and you will always find someone in their. Once I am going out and I am taking one or all of them with me they enjoy being in their crate for the trip. The only time one will complain is if one of the others threw up - they want out of their, but who can blame them.
I hope some of this helps you. It is hard sometimes to put down in writing what I teach every week to my Obedience Classes.