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alonsdale · 06-25-2006, 06:44 AM

Hi there - Millie is 9 weeks old. I'd like to use a crate to train her but I think it's early days for this ?

I've just tried today to use the technique shown in this link - http://www.darnfar.com/Dog%20Trainin...ng_a_puppy.htm - ie. feed her in her crate then take her out straight after she's finished. I left the room for literarally 5 mins whilst she ate and came back to find she'd pooed instantly in her crate! She's been for a wee outside only 5 mins before going in the crate. I took her out anyway but she just wanted to play. I've now placed her back in her crate for a sleep (i've cleaned up don't worry) and she goes berserk for a while before settling down.

She seems to love having the crate door open and having a roam around the kitchen with just access to water and her pee pad, she also clambers into her open crate for a sleep when the set up is like this. If she's in the kitchen she will go on her pad 95% of the time. This is the set up we have adopted for her overnight as it's the only time she's doesn't howl the house down.

I've put a used pad outside where I'd like her to go outside she sniffs it a lot but hasn't shown signs of doing it there - go toilet 20 times over doesn't seem to do the job.

I know she's so young at the moment so wanted all you Yorkie lovers advice on what has worked for you - i know they are all different and have their ways. I'm going back to work tomorrow so will probably crate her in the morning and come home at lunch, feed her and let her out to play/pee, then leave her to roam in the kitchen with a pad in the afternoon - do you think that's getting her into a bad habit or gradually getting her used to the crate ?

06-25-2006, 06:44 AM	#1
alonsdale Yorkie Talker Join Date: May 2006 Location: Milton Keynes, England Posts: 13	Advice on crate training do's and dont's Hi there - Millie is 9 weeks old. I'd like to use a crate to train her but I think it's early days for this ? I've just tried today to use the technique shown in this link - http://www.darnfar.com/Dog%20Trainin...ng_a_puppy.htm - ie. feed her in her crate then take her out straight after she's finished. I left the room for literarally 5 mins whilst she ate and came back to find she'd pooed instantly in her crate! She's been for a wee outside only 5 mins before going in the crate. I took her out anyway but she just wanted to play. I've now placed her back in her crate for a sleep (i've cleaned up don't worry) and she goes berserk for a while before settling down. She seems to love having the crate door open and having a roam around the kitchen with just access to water and her pee pad, she also clambers into her open crate for a sleep when the set up is like this. If she's in the kitchen she will go on her pad 95% of the time. This is the set up we have adopted for her overnight as it's the only time she's doesn't howl the house down. I've put a used pad outside where I'd like her to go outside she sniffs it a lot but hasn't shown signs of doing it there - go toilet 20 times over doesn't seem to do the job. I know she's so young at the moment so wanted all you Yorkie lovers advice on what has worked for you - i know they are all different and have their ways. I'm going back to work tomorrow so will probably crate her in the morning and come home at lunch, feed her and let her out to play/pee, then leave her to roam in the kitchen with a pad in the afternoon - do you think that's getting her into a bad habit or gradually getting her used to the crate ?