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Originally Posted by yorkiemomwannaB

I don't have a Yorkie yet, but I do have Chihuahua's and we tried to crate them when they were young, NEVER worked. We started Juliet in her crate for one hour at a time because she hated it so much. I'd put her in her crate and just go outside, she would scream and cry the entire time she was in the crate, she would also potty in the crate and roll around in it It would break my heart to see her so upset, so now the crates are in our basement and I don't use them at all. I don't work though so I am home most of the time. I did worry about the dogs running all over the house while we go out, they don't fight and I don't worry about them ripping the house to shreds but I was worried about them getting hurt. I no longer have a diningroom, but I do have a "dog safe" room, we pulled up the carpet and filled the room with toys and beds. If we leave for several hours I just put the dogs in their room and put up the gate, when we are home they have the run of the house. Now here is the bad side of the dog room, Juliet who is well over one year old has "accidents" all day, we have pee pads down and she usually does her business right beside the pad then rolls her "poo" on to the pad with her nose or uses her teeth to pull the pad over her "pee" accidents, she knows she is doing a bad thing because she'll look at me then cover the head with her paws...if I had stuck to the crate training I probably wouldn't spend half my day carrying paper towels and Lysol around.

I KNOW that has to be frustrating but I think that is SO freakin cute with that rolling her business on the pad or trying to cover it up - that is WAY too smart and very funny !