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RLC12345678 · 01-11-2007, 07:27 AM

I agree that you need to spend more time with them. I work all day, too, but when I get home at 5:00 in the evenings, my whole evening is devoted to my yorkies and my whole morning before work is devoted to them, too. They need to be taken on a walk EVERYDAY, at least once a day but more than once a day is ideal! This will help establish dominance (i.e. that YOU are the dominant one, not them) and it will also help to get some of their energy out which will in turn help with the training. I wake up 30 minutes early every morning so that I can take my babies on a nice walk before I go to work. And the first thing I do when I get home at 5 in the evenings is take them on a good walk.

Taking the puppies out at night to use the bathroom...welcome to the world of yorkies. My yorkies are 15 months old and 8 months old and they get up every single night in the middle of the night to potty. Yorkies are a teeny tiny breed; thus, they have teeny tiny bladders. It is simply unrealistic to expect them to hold it all night. If they are content sleeping in their crate in your room with you and they don't whine and bark, please just come to terms with the fact that they'll need to be let out in the middle of the night to potty. Another solution is to let them sleep in bed with you. One of the reasons they may be getting up in the middle of the night is to see their mommy...they miss you! Maybe if they were in the bed with you, they would be less likely to get up in the middle of the night to potty.

There are lots of people who work full-time that own yorkies. But you have got to realize that this breed is very needy. They need lots of attention and affection from their owners. If you do not have the time to devote a substantial part of your evenings AND mornings before and after work with your little babies, then it is probably best to find them a new home. They will never be potty trained unless you devote enough time and attention to training them.

01-11-2007, 07:27 AM	#8
RLC12345678 I heart Hootie & Hobbs Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: USA Posts: 7,149	I agree that you need to spend more time with them. I work all day, too, but when I get home at 5:00 in the evenings, my whole evening is devoted to my yorkies and my whole morning before work is devoted to them, too. They need to be taken on a walk EVERYDAY, at least once a day but more than once a day is ideal! This will help establish dominance (i.e. that YOU are the dominant one, not them) and it will also help to get some of their energy out which will in turn help with the training. I wake up 30 minutes early every morning so that I can take my babies on a nice walk before I go to work. And the first thing I do when I get home at 5 in the evenings is take them on a good walk. Taking the puppies out at night to use the bathroom...welcome to the world of yorkies. My yorkies are 15 months old and 8 months old and they get up every single night in the middle of the night to potty. Yorkies are a teeny tiny breed; thus, they have teeny tiny bladders. It is simply unrealistic to expect them to hold it all night. If they are content sleeping in their crate in your room with you and they don't whine and bark, please just come to terms with the fact that they'll need to be let out in the middle of the night to potty. Another solution is to let them sleep in bed with you. One of the reasons they may be getting up in the middle of the night is to see their mommy...they miss you! Maybe if they were in the bed with you, they would be less likely to get up in the middle of the night to potty. There are lots of people who work full-time that own yorkies. But you have got to realize that this breed is very needy. They need lots of attention and affection from their owners. If you do not have the time to devote a substantial part of your evenings AND mornings before and after work with your little babies, then it is probably best to find them a new home. They will never be potty trained unless you devote enough time and attention to training them.