Hi everyone. Just joined here. This site looks great!! I have a question, I was wondering how many of you have trained your yorkies to just go outside--no pee pads--no litter boxes? And for those of you that have trained them to just go outside, do you work outside the home? How long are they able to hold it? Did you start by training them just outside from the start or did you use pee pads to begin with?
My story: I got Mandi about 1 month ago. She is about 18 weeks old now. I started training her just to go outside when I first got her. (I have 2 other small dogs--trained just for outside and are in their dens (crates) when I'm gone. They hold it and are good). Mandi was doing pretty good in the beginning with going outside except she couldn't hold it for 4 hours which is when I was able to come home for lunch to let her out--actually sometimes she could hold it and sometimes she couldn't. She would pee in her crate. I know the crate is small enough for her--she just couldn't hold it that long. It got frustrating because I was giving her baths everyday because she stunk like pee. So, I have been trying pee pads and the latest a litter box. I really would rather have her just go outside and not use the pads etc. I am afraid that allowing her to go potty inside now will result in her never being 100% potty trained. (It is not ok with me to just be 90% trained). I guess, I'm just wondering if I should just be training her outside and if it is reasonable for a yorkie to be able to hold it 8 hours while I'm at work eventually. While she is young I could arrange to come home at lunch to let her out.
Thanks so much for this site--it looks great.
