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Just got our first yorkie Hello We just got out first Yorkie. He is 9 weeks old and a hand full. My wife and I both work and we have to leave him at home by himself. He is sooooo excited when we get back and he hates to be alone. Everytime we put him back in the bathroom for the day he knows whats happening and fights it tooth and nail. At night he cry's and moans because we put him back in the bathroom for the night and it's very hard for us to hear him cry. Should we continue to ignore the cry's so he gets used to it or what? It seems the Yorkie's love attention and people and we just want him to be happy. At the same time we don't want him to think he's got us wrapped around his paw and can do whatever he wants. So what do we do? Any help would be appreciated. |
Welcome to YT., and congrats on getting your new yorkie.. I am sure you will love it on this forum.. it is great. |
welcome to yorkie talk:) you'll love it here:) |
Hi and welcome to YT! Hubby and I put Little Man in the bathroom at night too when we first got him. We put a clock in there with him. The ticking of the clock helps soothes them. Also, put a piece of clothing that has your smell on it in there with your baby. Any and all toys do help while he's in there. That's all I got for ya. I'm sure some of the others can tell ya what else to do that will help ya out. Good luck and enjoy your new baby! |
Congrats on your new little guy. He will bring such joy to you both. He will get use to being in there, just takes time. Good luck. |
Welcome to YT! :) :wavey: This is what we did, and it worked for us. It might not work for you or anyone else. We put Gizmo in a playpen right beside our bed. I could reach over and comfort him in the night if I needed to, and I could easily tell if he needed out during the night. We also left a scanner radio on low as background noise. I loved waking up and seeing his sweet little face every morning. :) And what's wrong with being wrapped around a yorkie's paw? Aren't we all to some extent? LOL! :p |
This is what I do , I also work 8 hrs a day. I have him in a crate m the xs size. This also helps with potty training as he doesnt want to lay in his own, you know what. When i get home hes so excited and we go out back and go to the bathroom. I also put him in his crate when i go to bed, im lucky he whined for the first night and that was it. I also had to wake up a few times in the first couple of weeks to let him out to potty. Was pretty tired that week or 2. |
Congrats on the new puppy. |
You are right, they love attention and being with their family. You must leave him alone while you're at work but why not try putting him in the room with you at night? He wants to be near you. Giving in on this won't spoil him. Like Judy, I love seeing Gus' face pop up from his xpen every morning. :) |
I sometimes let Ziggy sleep in the bed, sometimes hes too wound up. I tried putting the crate where he can see me, he just cried more. I havent tried it since. So many things are different with puppys , all trial and error my friend ! |
When I got Max for the first night I put the play pen right next to the bed. Then he got put across the room. After I get home from work he gets to play and then we go to bed, after potty. After the third or forth night he was great about waking me to go potty. Then he gets to spend the last few hours in bed with me. (and the other hounds!) |
Welcome to YT and congrats on the new baby! When I first got Lola, I put her in her crate at night and put the crate on the bed next to me. She hardly ever whined because she could see me. This method also worked with my mom's Yorkie, Rebel. Just as long as they could see me, they were ok. But if they ever whined, I just put my fingers in the crate, and they were ok again. If you can't put the crate on the bed, you could put it on a table next to the bed or probably even a chair. But he will get used to being alone in the bathroom, it will just take time. Good luck! |
Welcome to YT!!! Congratulations on your new baby!! :) |
Thanks everybody for your comments and advice. I think we will try putting the crate on a table next to our bed and see how he does.;) |
hi and welcome and congrats ! with lacey we put her kennel on a table next to our bed and she never woke up at night and when she first went in the kennel if she cried i just put my fingers in there and she would lick them and go right to sleep. thats what worked for us:thumbup: |
Congrats on the new furbaby. Welcome to YT. |
9 weeks old is so young for him to be left alone all day. My suggestion is to get another puppy. I would get either another Yorkie or some other toy breed. I also don't like the idea of a dog being locked in the bathroom. I would rather get a large expen and put a smaller crate inside it. He'll go in there and sleep and come out to do his business and play. But please consider getting him a playmate. He will be much happier than being alone all day. It's really sad for him to be alone like that for so much of his life. |
congrats on your new baby and welcome to YT :D i am so glad to hear you are going to bring the puppy into your room at night! i am sure he will be much happier being in the same room as you ;) |
welcome to the crazy world of yorkie parenthood! all 4 of ours sleep in bed w/us every night. we have 4 beds in the kitchen and 4 beds upstairs. during the day they will go from bed to bed but at night they want to be snuggled w/us. i did try the crate on the floor next to the bed - that lasted about an hour -- the crying/whining/whimpering was just too much for us so we gave in and 8 years later have 4 5-7 lb pups sleeping in a queen size bed w/me and my husband who is 6' 225 lbs. no one has ever gotten hurt either! |
:wavey: Welcome to YT!! You've gotten a lot of advice - so I'll just say let us know how the bedside crate works. By the way, what's your little guy's name? |
NO PICKTCHA:mad: |
Congratulations on your new baby and welcome to YT! |
Congrats on your new furbaby!!! What I did when I got Odie he was only 6 weeks old ( we didn't realize he was so young) I got a crate put some soft blankies in there with a clock wrapped in a hand towel and he slept with the sound of the ticking of the clock. He did get up during the night and what I did was took him out of the crate and let him go pee I fed him and then he would cuddle for a little bit then fell asleep in my arms. I put him back into the crate and he went to sleep for another couple hours. He doesn't sleep with us because we have a high bed and I didn't want him to fall out of our bed. He is now 10 weeks old and is doing very well. He now knows that about 11:30ish is bed time and he will go into his *little house* and go to sleep. He is a wonderful little companion and I couldn't imagine our lives without him there. Good luck with your new baby. All the best and welcome to the wonderful world of Yorkies :aimeeyork |
i'm just wondering why in the bathroom? doesn't he tear everything up and dig through the garbage? anyyyway congrats on the new addition to your family!! =D |
Welcome to YT. I can understand why you put him in the bathroom during the day when you work but at night too? Its too long of a time for him to be alone.I can understand people need to work but maybe he can sleep in his own playpen and crate in your bedroom at night so that at least he can see you? Maybe you can try one of those playpen/xpen with a crate in it and you can move it to the bedroom/living room etc wherever you want it to be. It will be better than in the bathroom. 9 weeks is very young. He is not going to be spoilt just because he doesn't sleep in the bathroom. Yorkies are very intelligent and they do thrive on having human attention. |
We put him in our bathroom because it is tiled. The room itself has a jacuzzi tub, a separate shower, double sinks, so it is quite big and plenty of room to run around in. Plus it has a huge window made out of those glass cubes PLENTY of sunlight. About 90% of the time I come home for lunch and let him out to go potty and play with him a little. Last night we tried to let him sleep with us but all he wanted to do was play and bite, it was already midnight so we had to put him up so we could sleep. Tonight we will try putting him on our night stand in his kennel of course;) so he can see us and HOPEFULLY all will be well.:confused: I'll report back tomorrow. |
When we first got Ranger we put him in his little tiny soft-sided crate, right on the bed next to my pillow. I can't tell you guys how good it was to hear that other people do this!! I thought I might just be a little crazy!!! :p |
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similar situations my bf and i got Kash at 9 weeks (he's 13 weeks now), and we both work during the day. we leave him in the kitchen with a baby gate, so he can't get out. we keep his crate in there and water, food, toys and a pee pad for when he can't hold it. he hates when we leave him in the morning, but i come home everyday at lunch to let him out and have a quick visit. he gets super excited, then he freaks out again when i have to go back to work. he uses the pee pad sometimes, but he also has accidents on the floor (but it's never #2). however, it's an easy clean up since it's linolium and not carpet. since he's locked in the kitchen ALL day, i don't like to do it all night as well. i just think that's too much time for him to be alone without people contact, so he sleeps in our bed at night. he's really good. he sleeps through the whole night. i feel like it makes him feel like part of the family. it's up to you what you do. i'm not implying anyone else's methods are wrong in any way... i just feel like the puppy becomes less sociable when they're left alone for more than 16 hours a day, 5 days a week. good luck! :) |
Congrats on your Yorkie!!! At night Isabella sleeps in her crate but when she wakes up we take her to relieve herself and then let her sleep on the bed. I do this so the cats n Tobey have a opportunity to sleep with us without her trying to harass them. |
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