How long did it take? I'm curious as to how long it took for your yorkies to be able to hold their bladder for a couple hours? I'm doing crate training right now and my dog is unable to hold his bladder for even 30 minutes and I've been doing crate training for a month and a half and from what I'm reading in books I should be seeing fast results. I'm not saying he should hold his bladder bor hours on end but he can't even hold it for a full hour so I'm getting a little frustrated... |
Does he hold it when he is sleeping, or does he always get up. I know Cosmo pees a lot but he is 9 weeks old. How old is your little one? |
I really think it depends on their age...Gracie at 11 weeks held it for 6 hours!!! (It was NOT the plan for her to be in there....!!!! :() But when I got home she had not gone in her crate and she was definitley anxious to go outside...) He should get better as he gets older!! Hopefully for your sanity!!! GOOD LUCK!!! :) |
I dont really have a problem with my dog at all either..she's pretty good about not going in her crate. I dont feed her water about a couple hours before bedtime..and before i leave to run errands or go to work, i let her go potty to clear her bladder until i get home. So maybe you could try those methods..they work well for me. :D |
i think it varies from dog to dog...... toby is really good about it, but i have watched other yorkies that cant hold it for an hour :confused: (and yes age is a factor) toby is . . . geeze, hes almost 8 months :eek: .... anyways, he only goes in the morning, when i get home from work/school, and when we go to bed....... |
Crate Training Made Easy!!1 Okay! I can help! Books are so confusing and they contradict each other so much that it leaves you and your dog confused and frustrated! That's why I paid $3000 in dog training for my Yorkies to learn puppy management; I sell Yorkie pups, so I teach this to my pups and their new parents every day! * Your first problem is that your Yorkie has too much room in his crate! I know those crate are deep, but here is what I do; 1) You need to shorten the amount of room your pup has to sleep in. The easiest way to do this is to buy a Precision pen or other "wire" pen (They are the ones that you can see through, like a rabbit cage). The Precion crate (and others like it) come with a Divider. You must put that divider in the crate at 1/3 of the crate's size. This may seem cruel to you, but your puppy should only have enough room that if you put him in sideways and closed the door, he'sd only have enough room to lay down (and room to turn around if he squishes himself up a bit). It should resemble a triangle, NOT A SQUARE! * The reason for this is your pup has a small bladder and won't hold it unless he HAS to. The only way he HAS to is if you give him NO other choice!! A dog won't potty where they sleep and eat; UNLESS there is enough room (and your pup's interpretation of enough and yours will be VERY different!!) for him to sleep and eat in one corner and potty in the other! So you must make this space very tight for him. Also, you must remove the cushion-y bedding (he can EARN this back once he stops peeing in it). This may also sound mean to you, but if the bedding is highly absorbant, he won't mind it being a bit damp if most of the urine is absorbed (that is a choice for him and he's rather lie on something a bit damp than learn to hold it!).. Replace his cushy bedding with something disposable, like a paper bag, paper, newspaper, etc. Seriously, it won't hurt him a bit!!Now, if you cannot afford or don't want to by a Precision pen, use his crate, but get two shoe boxes that are small enough to stand up in the back of his crate. You will push both shoe boxes all the way to the back of the crate and put his bedding up front, with no gaps (he won't want to pee on his bedding if that is all of the room he has, but he will pee on any open floor space, if he thinks it won't soak his bed. He should have very little room and the shoe boxes need to be wide and tall enough that he cannot get on top of them or reach the top, nor get on the side of them and knock them down. Once you have shortened his bedding, he will have no choice but to hold it. make sure that you take him out after every nap, first hting in the morning, 30 minutes after he eats, and after hard playing/running, etc.. Make sure you feed him and give him water in his crate! When he is done eating and drinking (give him only 10-15 mintues with food and water 3-4 times per day, then take it away and take him potty 30 minutes later, but leave him in his crate until it is potty time!) You have to know when he has to 'go and the only way is to control what goes in his body. He will be fine; that is enough food and water for him. 24-hour-water gives him no restraint in filling up his bladder!! Leave the food/water dish in his crate without the food/water!! This will confirm to him that he is: 1) sleeping in that area and 2) eating in that area ONLY!! This system will help!! Even my most difficult potty-training pups have caught on to this. It also shows him that you are his master, because you control when he gets to eat, potty, and drink, and how long he may take to do all of these things (that will help as he gets about 6 months old and starts wondering if he is the master, which leads to many more issues, like leg lifting, yapping/barking excessively, etc!). If I have not been clear enough, feel free to email me! I have professsional dog trainers that coach us on caring for our dogs and we've spent thousands learning this. It works!! Email me if you have any questions or need clarity: info@YorkieCouture.com |
During the night he can hold his pee 85% of the time. Just this morning he peed in his crate again. He is 12 weeks old and I was hoping to see SOME sort of improvement in his training but so far nothing. I'm going to use the advice on removing that pad in the crate because I think it does absorb the pee and he just keeps on sleeping. |
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