Our yorkie is 1 yr old, and we actually started letting him have free reign of the apartment when he was 5-6 months old (he's been 100% potty trained since he was 4 months). We puppy proofed our whole house. We have 3 baskets FULL of toys, 1 in the dining room, 1 in the living room, and 1 in the bedroom so that he stays really busy while we're gone. He also has two beds...1 in the living room by the couch and 1 in the bedroom, plus his crate(but we took the door off). We only close off the guest bedroom. Also, we leave the radio on for him so that it's not dead quiet in the house. And our yorkie is pee pad trained so we leave pee pads for him out all the time even when we're home. That way, he won't have any accidents in the house. |