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09-22-2018, 10:55 AM | #1 |
YorkieTalk Newbie! Join Date: Sep 2018 Location: Hamilton ON
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| Tiny Bladders Hello this is my 1st day here, 1st post. Our yorkie, Milo, is 8 weeks old. I know they have little tiny bladders and at this point in time he can hold his bladder for roughly 2hrs. So my question is.. what do you do at night time? Or for work? I cannot leave him in the crate for 6+ hrs. And if I leave him out, it just encourages him to pee all over. I eventually would like to have him puppy pad trained and then when he is able to do stairs, I was hoping to bell train him. Has anything been successful with that? Thank you and look forward to hearing back |
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09-23-2018, 06:56 AM | #2 |
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| Hi there, Welcome to YorkieTalk. Milo is quite young. I bet he's a total sweetie. Have you considered using a good sized X-pen for him? At 5 months, my little one spends most of her time either in the X-pen or on the bed. She has a pee-pad in both places. She just doesn't have much opportunity to make a mistake. If we haven't spotted her good deeds right away, she'll let us know and gets a verbal reward and a treat. My yorkie experience has been with two pups 12 weeks +, both of whom grew to or will grow to weigh say 5-1/2 pounds +/-. They were/are both old enough so that, within short order, I was able to schedule their feedings--which becomes a pretty good indicator of when they need to use the bathroom. Both of my yorkies were/are being trained to use a pee pad for potty. My late sweetie usually needed to poop once a day, and she did that while she was walking in the morning. My current baby poops twice a day--once about 5 am--an hour or so after she wakes up and again between 5 and 6 in the evening. She's still doing her big business on the pee pad, but as our weather evens out a bit here, I hope she takes to doing that business outside. A few links WebMD, "House training your puppy." PetMD, "How to potty train your dog." AKC, "How to potty train a puppy: A comprehensive guide for success." |
09-23-2018, 07:31 PM | #3 |
YorkieTalk Newbie! Join Date: Sep 2018 Location: Hamilton ON
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| Thank you for your response. We are doing pretty good with pad training right now. Some accidents but Im sure he will get better, we've only had him 4 days I will look into the xpen and check out those links. |
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