| pstinard | 05-23-2013 06:13 PM |
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Originally Posted by yorkies_my_life
(Post 4222243)
I have been potty training my 16 week old yorkie for a month and no success. I have been crate training her but its not working. I have limited her space and everything and she still uses the bathroom. I take her out every hour. I thought about puppy pads. Need help! I am also new to this site.
| Is she pottying where she sleeps? Maybe the crate is too large. For my Bella, I used the smallest pet carrier available as her sleeping crate and made it very comfortable for her with a towel, t-shirt, and her favorite small stuffed animal. At the beginning, I took her out every hour to potty, eat, drink, and play (15 minutes total outside the cage each hour). If I had her out for longer periods, I tethered her to me with a 6 foot leash. I trained her to potty on a potty pad that I placed inside a pen that was exactly the same size as the pad, and praised and treated her when she used it. She learned very quickly, and now she will go to the potty pad on her own and I no longer need to keep the pad in a pen. At night I keep her sleeping crate on my night stand and take her to the potty pad in the middle of the night (at first it was at 2 AM, but now she can hold it until 3:30 AM). I suppose I sound like a little bit of a control freak, but it worked for Bella... | 