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Originally Posted by Kavya  Hi all, Hope you are all doing good.
I am new here and i am glad i found this website, its so helpful.
I am new mom of my Yorkshire Bruno. I just love him so muchhhhhh  we had him when he was 8 weeks old, now he is 20 weeks.  .
Now coming to my question.! From past one month i am noticing some minor changes in him and having doubt is he pure Yorkshire or not, although it doesn't matter for us still I wanna make sure to care him @my best. [please check picture]
My second question is, I am finding it really difficult to house train him. He is just not ready to get trained, but he is very smart and learns tricks very quickly. I am training him from past one and half month, I live in apartment on 4th floor and I take him out daily 5 to 6 times to do his business, still he wants to do it on the floor. cant leave him unattended even for 5 min.  Please help me here.
I look forward to hear from you all.
[I only use positive methods and tried crate training, still no luck]  |
Welcome to YT. Bruno is a total sweetie.
He's still a puppy. We have a little one about the same age as yours. Lil Dutch still spends most of her time in an x-pen. We use a washable waterproof "floor." The X-pen is pretty big (72 inches by 36 inches). Her play area covers the front 2/3rds and we have a pee-pad on the back 1/3.
She sleeps on our bed, where there is a pee pad at the foot.
She has a long walk in the morning sometimes at night. As it cools off, we'll walk more and more. In the a.m. she also gets to run, unleashed, in a safe play area. She does pee-pee on the walk, but hasn't figured out that she can do "big" business outside too.
She is praised and rewarded each time she uses the pee pads. Likewise, if she uses the grass while on our walk.
In a couple of weeks, I plan to set up a pee pad outside of the x-pen. I'll start to put her several times a day, a little after she's had a good drink. Will keep on that until she starts to use that consistently.
While it might not seem so now, consistency, praise and rewards all pay off.
Hope this helps a little. Bruno is such a sweetie. --KatysMom