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02-28-2006, 09:40 AM | #1 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Toronto, Ont
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| New mommy need help Hello, this is my first time ever posting a message on any type of forums so i'm very new to this all.. I just got a new Yorkie.. she will be 8 weeks old very soon, so is very cute and very small I am having a very difficult time cage training her, i wanted to start early as she will have to be left alone for a few hours. I don't know what to do. when i put her in there (with a hot water bottle and a clock for ticking) and i leave she cries, and cries, and cries...she doesn't stop..she can cry for an hour straight. She even howls, nothing seems to work, she's ok in there when she's sleeping but not when she's awake, during the night she cries also becuase she never pees in the cage, i've brought her into my bed and she's great during the night she doesn't cries in my bed and wakes me when she wants to go pee, she has never gone to the bathroom in my bed. I don't know what to do about the crying in the cage tho...i need help... i can't stand to hear her cry i just want to run to her and let her out but i know i shouldn't but she never stops crying when she's in there. I am a new mommy and really need some help. She was not bought from a pet store and lived with her other 4 siblings and mom up untill the day i brought her home (this past friday). Can someone please help me and give me any suggestions? Also how long does it usually take for them to stop crying in the night and when left alone? |
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02-28-2006, 11:05 AM | #2 |
YT 2000 Club Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: scotland
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| Lottie also did this at first but she soon stopped and to day I thought it would be time to let her stay out with alfie when I went to work this afternoon . When I came in where was she sleeping in her crate! LOL! She must feel that its her own little secure place now.It does take time for them to settle at first but persevere with the crate.
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02-28-2006, 12:11 PM | #3 |
Donating Senior YorkieTalker Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Sevierville, Tennessee
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| Eight weeks old is still so young. She probably misses her mom and littler mates. When I was weaning a solo pup from him mom, I gave him a stuffed yorkie. He slept against it and it helped him. Try any floppy stuffed animal that he won't be able to chew the eyes off. It's such a hard time for you and the puppy at this age. Also try leaving the television or radio on for your pup when you are gone. |
02-28-2006, 12:54 PM | #4 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Maryland
Posts: 83
| I agree with LuvMy5Yorkies. She is very young and no doubt homesick for her litter mates and momma. When you are home, try to have her out with you as much as possible so that she can start bonding with you. I would not recommend crate training her when you are home and she can see you, cuz she doesn't understand why she is crated up. And yes, keep the television or radio on when you are gone so that she doesn't feel so alone. Helen and her furbabies.
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