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The "tiny bladder" theory We write off a lot of bad yorkie behavior due to their size. One person has told me my dog's head is too small to have any brains in it. :rolleyes: Many of us chalk up a yorkie's potty accidents to its tiny bladder. But here's the thing: isn't the ENTIRE dog tiny? Meaning, isn't it drinking proportionately less water than say, a Great Dane? My yorkie can hold it ten hours overnight if he needs to. Yet somehow, in the afternoon, he seems to think that two hours is entirely too long. I think he can do better than that. |
I know that small dogs tend to have more issues with potty training and holding it than big dogs do. But, I don't know how much I really believe that it is because of a smaller bladder. I know that if I leave mine alone for several hours I will come home to a mess on the floor for sure, but I can also let them out before I leave and come back 20 minutes later and my boy will have peed on the carpet. So it seems like when he gets mad at me for leaving thats what he does. |
Maybe you can do better then that ..... :confused: You see ... we have to potty train them and I hear all the time from others ..... ohhh Yorkies are sooo hard to train .... there is no issue if you take the time to train them ...... my two year old goes outside at leat 4 times a day .... and yes she can hold it up to 10 hr. at night too ... now my new Yorkie Puppy makes a mess and I have to train her and she too can sleep through the night without haveing to go ..... When they have to go they have to go ..... :D |
It's funny you bring that up, actually. I was just watching... I think it was "It's Me Or The Dog" and Victoria said that when dogs have separation anxiety, they freak out the minute you leave - that's why you can duck out for fifteen minutes, and find what looks like hours worth of damage. My guess is your dog is anxious, not mad, but who knows. |
I don't know if it's true or not but I've read that it is because small dogs have a faster metabolism (that is true) than big dogs. Fast metabolism, small bladder, more frequent urination. While your yorkie might be able to do better than two hours, you can't compare day to night bladder control. At night everything slows down and the brain releases a hormone that makes the kidneys produce less urine. Same reasons why we make it through the night without going. |
My guess is they pee because there is less of it...and they think that they won't get caught. Also, I do think that brains has something to do with it. When Izze used to have accidents---it was because she was nervous...and now that she is calm--we don't have as much (hasn't had one this month). Keep in mind that we've only "owned"her since July and she came to us with lots of emotional issues. Molly--my poodle---is my smartest dog and she would not think of peeing in the house. She knows that it is not acceptable. Chachi-- he is very well trained and is the same way. Suzie---my youngest baby poodle and she is dumb as a box of rocks. Very stupid. I mean... she stares blankly at me when I'm trying to teach her something. So the best that I can do is take her out often...I don't think that she'll ever be potty trained.... she usually has pooing problems. She rarely pees in the house. She's beautiful, but really dumb...I've been trying to teach her tricks and she doesn't seem to get it... I love her though :D |
My 2 pounder is a year old. I have trained her to go on pee pee pads in addition to outside. I have noticed that after she drinks, she goes RIGHT to her papers and pees! I don't think it takes very long to fill up their bladders... |
The brain thing kinda bugs me because Callie is extremly smart and some of the storys I have heard just wow me with how smart these little things are. With Callie you can actualy see her "thinking" what to do. When it is raining Callie will hold it all day I actualy have push her out the doggy door (not hard or anything) if I think shes been holding it way to long. |
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Baxter and Cooper know the appropriate places to potty (in the box, or outdoors), but if I am not home, and Baxter has already pooped in the box, he will pick a place close to it to pee--on the floor. I don't get upset over this...it would be like asking us to use an un-flushed toliet. Cooper never liked the litter box, and re-trained himself to go outdoors only once Darcy came, and we were opening doors for her constantly. If we are not home, he will potty right in front of the door, just like Darcy will. For this reason, we just gate them all in the kitchen when we have to be gone for more than an hour, and plan on mopping when we get home. They are the most stubborn little animals I have ever dealt with :rolleyes: But so cute they somehow get away with it! |
Took about 6 months. She is a year old now and completely reliable! I never feel bad when I got out, because if she needs to go, she will! And as for the thing about Yorkie's and their brains - clearly whomever said that has no brain! LOL!! |
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During the day all your healthy puppies can at least hold it 1 hour for every month they are. Some will be able to hold it longer. But this means that your little yorkies might not be able to hold it 8 hours until they are 8 months old. By 6 months they should be able to hold it 8 hours at night. I think yorkies are harder to train because A. the house is a much bigger place to them than to a Lab. B. it is harder to tell if they are going potty, and they do it quickly! My big dogs sniffed every were, turned in circles and peed for 20 seconds so they were alot easier to catch! My Yorkie would walk to the other side of the couch and come right back out and would have magically gone on the floor in that time. It was mind boggling!! I think putting him on a leash is the only way to watch them closely enough. And creating them [when they are old enough] when you are not watching them. That is what I did and both my Yorkie and Crested are completely potty trained! |
my experiences with potty training dogs has been entirely different. My 2 bigger dogs, were harder to train than my 2 little dogs. My sheltie and my beagle will still pee in the house if left out all night and not crated. My beagle was not fully house trained untill she was well over 8 months old. My 4 pound poodle was completely house trained at 4 months old and was going to the door when she had to go. My 10 week old yorkie mix is pee pad trained and will go to his pee pad no matter where it is in the house. In the 3 weeks Ive had him he has only had 5 accidents in the house. So honestly, I think it just depends of the personality and the stubborness of the dog not the size or breed. |
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Speaking from the vantage point of my OWN "hyperactive kidneys/low-capacity bladder": I can go to bed at night and not wake up until morning (well, I *used* to :rolleyes:), but during the day I can't pass a potty without having the urge to use it. At night, when it's quiet, and I'M quiet, there is no "urge". But during the day, when I'm up and moving around, there are different pressures put on my bladder. Moving around uses different muscles which then exert their influence. There is also gravity to factor into equation. I would imagine that it's the same for a dog ... Think about it: how many times a DAY do you need to use the bathroom versus how many times at NIGHT? |
See, this is why I love YT. I post a completely random question, and boom, all this new information comes back at me. The thing that blows my mind is that my yorkie will pee indoors in front of me. He gives me this look out of the corner of his eye, like, okay, I can't pee in the hallway, the bedroom, the kitchen, or the living room, but what about HERE? At the moment, I just take him out every couple hours, but I would love to figure out what his pee logic is. He definitely won't dirty places where he sleeps, and he does most of his business outside... but he seems to distinguish between "indoors where I don't potty" and "indoors where it's fine to potty." He might have a tiny brain, but something is going on in there! |
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my 7 year old yorkie holds his bladder all day (im home with him) he rarely goes outside all day he perfers to wait for my husband or son. but at night when we go to bed he wets the floor as well as when we leave. and for him being put in a crate don't help. he has no shame and will do it there to. someone please help. and yes he is netured. has been for years. |
When I talk about the tiny bladder I'm referring to the age of the puppy not the actual size of the yorkie. Puppies can only hold their urine for 1 hour per month of age. A one-month-old dog can hold their urine for 1 hour. As they get older, if given adequate water, their bladder gradually stretches, and they can hold more urine. This is one of the reasons why withholding water is not a good way to potty train them. You are trying to get them accustomed to holding it for increasing amount of time. Also remember, bodily functions slow down at night, and the bladder doesn't feel up as rapidly. |
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