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Originally Posted by whenypoo  That's great advice thank you. Her last feeding is at 7 then I take her out around 7:15 and she does her business, poo & piddle. Once I put her in her cage, within 15min she does both in her cage. By morning she is covered in poo and its everywhere. I feel like im failing as a dog owner:'(I can only hope it gets better. |
At 16 weeks and being small, she needs more frequent potty breaks as Rachael was indicating.
I used the xpen and piddle pad with Max. He peed at around 11 pm, and had to pee again around 3 - 4 am. By 5 - 6 am, he needed to poop.
The peeing and pooping 15 minutes after going into the crate is probably nervousness, separation anxiety. My Teddy, who had the xpen and pad, did that when he was younger. He would poop because he knew that meant I would have to take care of the pad right away, and he would get some more attention.
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Originally Posted by whenypoo Thank you Lovetodream88 and Jkpal. No more big kennel, for now, until she is trained. So today I have put an old covered pillow in her crate so she has just enough room to stand, sit, lay down and turn around. Sounds like a song lol. She is not happy. She sleeps on the OTHER side of the house due to her barking. Earplugs do not work while she is in the bedroom. Thank you. I definitely have my hands full |
The barking would likely stop if she could be near you and see you from her crate. Yorkies like to be with their humans. I put my boys' xpens next to my bed when they were pups and I hung my hand down close to them. That was reassuring to them when they were pups.