Hi everyone!
I'm new to the Yorkie community and just brought my 14 week old baby home last Tuesday, May 3rd. I will post pics soon
. I want to teach him how to use a litter box. it's hard for me to get him outside because I live in an apartment complex, I don't have a balcony, and I'm also a student and will be in class during the day. It's impossible to use a baby gate to section off an area of my aparment for him because my aparment is small and the floor plan makes it impossible (I tried it in the bathroom but the gate wouldn't stay up well and my baby knocked it down). So I bought a huge kennel/crate made for a large dog (I think it's 3'x3'), put it in a part of the living room so he doesn't feel alone. I put bedding, toys, and food & water at one end and put a litter box at the other end with a wee wee pad inside the litter box.
I'm really worried b/c I've heard some say not to put the litter box in the kennel and I've heard some say that you should. But there is no other way for me because of my apartment's design. Sectioning off my apartment is impossible and I also can't watch him around the clock. Is it possible that with time, my baby will learn (even when I eventually trust him to be loose in the house) that his "potty area" is in the litter box at the back of the crate?? He HAS used it when confined to the kennel, but I want to eventually be able to leave the kennel door open and have him to go in there to potty in the litter box when he's free in the house.
My baby is depending on me to teach him, but I don't really know what else to do!! Does anybody have any suggestions for me??? I feel really discouraged and would love some advice. Thanks in advance!!
~Jennifer~
