[yorkieowner12]

Hello everyone,

My wife has been really stressed with our yorkie over the last few months.

She told me this morning that she doesn't want to be her mom anymore. We moved into a new apartment last August, and things were great for the first 2-3 months. In the last few months, several things have been happening that have wanted her to give up our dog.

1. She wakes up 4-5 time every night. She scratches at the door each time. The first few times we wake up and put her back on the bed, then about the 4th time she pees/poops on the floor. We take turns putting her back on the bed, but my wife is a light sleeper and wakes up every time.

2. She started going to the bathroom during the day. Like around 12:00 or 1:00. I have a lunch break, and come home somedays, but sometimes she goes before I get home.

3. Over the last few months, our dog has become extremely agressive to other dogs when we take her on walks. She will bark and go at them on her leash at full throttle. She wasn't always doing this. She goes beserk and makes my wife uncomfortable to walk her around other people walking their dogs.

We have a 1 year old son, and live in a 2BR apartment. I feel like we have enough space for the dog. But it is frustrating our wife that our dog is now peeing all over our bedroom and the living room. 2 places that our son plays every night. She is good with our son though. She is a larger yorkie at 10lbs, so they play well together.

Things that we do/don't do for our dog.
1. I take her for a jog every night, about 15-20 minutes
2. Feed her twice a day, 7:00am and 6:00pm
3. Keep her water up after 6:00pm for the night.
4. we're gone for a maximum 8 hours each day.
5. we do not keep our dog in a crate.

I am not ready to give up on our dog. Do you have any suggestions for training that we could try, or things we could do to make our dog