3 Month old Teddy (HELP)
 

Hello my name is Jomaris and I just got my first puppy ever. I have a 3 year old girl named Angelina and a 2 year old boy named Adrian. A month ago my sister got a Yorkie named tami and once my kids seen tami they fell in love with her so of course i went and got them a puppie. we got him on black friday and we r in love with him but we are having some troble with him.
1st teddy pipi's in his wee-wee pad with no problem but he pupi's all over the house and i really dont know how to train him to go on the wee-wee pad.
2nd we all wake up at at 6am and drive to my mothers house and we are there until 6pm from monday to friday and when we are there we would like for tami and teddy to get along but they are always fighting with each other and they drive us crazy to we keep them apart. because tami always ends up crying and i am scared that teddy will hurt her.
3rd teddy is always humping tami and i am not sure if i should let them or if i should separte them because he even does it in front of my kids I know my kids dont know what that is but it still fells weird seeing it
4th since the kids never had a puppy when they play with him they are rough and teddy always ends up crying. I really dont want them to hurt the puppy by mistake.
5th we sometimes dont see teddy and we are always steping on him by mistake

HELP, HELP

Oh and tami and teddy are brother and sister and they are the same age. 3 months old

Congratulations on your puppy. :)

I would say on number 4 and 5, this is part of having a Yorkie.
You'll have to watch every step you take or he could easily get hurt.
Your kids are quite young to have a dog of this size.
So he doesn't get hurt, I wouldn't leave them alone together.
Supervision will be needed at all times and rough play just can't be allowed for the pup's safety.

How about only letting the kids hold the pup while they are sitting on the floor with you right there and no running by him either?

One thing you must know is that Yorkie's are very delicate dogs and it can be dangerous to have them when you have small children. Leaving them home for 12 hrs. a day is a long time for them with no supervision and they will eventually destroy your house with accidents if they are not crated. It also isn't fair for them to be crated for such long periods of time. They need to be taken out to walk and get exercise and this will help regulate their bathroom use. Have you considered hiring someone to walk them?

one thing about puppies especially Yorkies is that they cant be an impulse purchase. the idea of kids and a puppy is great, but as you can see there are alot of things that arent so sweet.
I would say crating will help you with the potty training. I would recomment the books "How to House break your dog in 7 days" it does take more..lol.. but beingon a schedule is important for puppies. the other book is Yorkies for dummies.. you should really know everything about your dog.
As for humping, my boy got neutured at 10 weeks so he has totally skipped the humping phase. so you might want to get that done asap.

I suggest lots of reading and a schedule that works for himand the family... and you have to understand he is a pup! it will take time..LOTS AND LOTS OF TIME!!!

oh an put a bell on TEddy you can hear him when he moves.. i had the same problem!

Let me see if I have this right, you're gone 5 days a week for 12 hours, does Teddy go with you, or do you leave him at home(sounded like you take him with you). If not, I wouldn't suggest a crate, as you don't want to leave a puppy in a tiny crate for 12 hours straight, I would suggest an xpen. If you're taking Teddy with you and Tami is there, humping is trying to show dominance. Are they pretty close to the same size? If so, I wouldn't worry about one hurting the other. I had a brother and sister(I was holding on to the boy for my son until his xpen came) and they fought all the time. I think it was more playing than actually fighting. After a few mos. my son and his fiance begged me for my little girl so the brother and sister could be together, and its worked out fantastic, they never fight anymore. You have to catch him when he's pooping and tell him No, then tell him you poop on the pad, then take him to the pad, if he finishes up on it, praise the heck out of him. I never put my dogs noses in the poop, but, I always did put it down by it, but, only when I would catch them pooping in places other than the pee pad. Kids need to be taught at a very young age to respect puppies, my g-kids were around my dogs from day one, and never once have ever been mean to them, even at a year old my g-daughter would sit and let the dogs lick her mouth. As far as stepping on them, I have a 6 mo old that is not even 2 lbs and hubby and I are always watching where we walk, as one accidental kick across the room could kill her, you have to learn to watch every step you take, as they're usually always under foot

Thanks for everyone that answer my post, it was very helpful to read your post I will try everything that was told for me to do.

and sorry if i didn't explained myself well, but teddy comes with me when i go to my mothers house so i am with teddy all day long and i don't own a crate but if ya say it's the best way to potty train him then i will go and buy him a crate. The reason i dont take him out to walk him is because teddy hasn't gotten his shot yet. I am going to take him next week to get his 1st shots. But thanks and i will go try everything ....... :rolleyes:

At his age he should never be in a crate more than 3-4 hours. I'm totally against crates, always have been, but, do believe in the xpens. If you want, you could get a crate and leave the door open on it and put it in an xpen, but, I feel a puppy has so much energy, they need to be able to move around and play, and that's why I've always used xpens. You can put a bed, pee pad, water, food and toys in there, and it's so much nicer than keeping them in a little crate.

I would just like to stress the importance of Teddy having his shots, THIS IS A MUST and at 12 weeks he "should" already be about done, but you say he hasn't even had 1?? WOW that is crazy, he needs it asap as he can get Parvo and other diseases and being a Yorkie is a disadvantage when battling such serious illnesses as they are VERY TINY.

Your children SHOULD NEVER be left alone with Teddy Nor allowed to play with him in any ROUGH manner or without supervision. My youngest daughter is 10 AND SHE IS NEVER ALLOWED TO HAVE OUR GUCCI UNSUPERVISED Nor would rough play EVER be tolerated as his bones are so very tiny he can easily be broken or even killed by accident :eek:

We know someone who's 3 year old daughter killed their chi by holding it under harm while trying to do something else... she choked it and broke it's neck and then took it to her "daddy" crying ... NO ONE WAS WATCHING HER WITH IT... Please understand the importance of Supervision and what is and is not allowed.

As far as his humping he can be neutered.

Good Luck with Everything

I just got Gucci and X-pen and I TOTALLY AGREE WITH YOUR STATEMENT!! Best thing I could have ever bought for him!

Mine only humps my one female out of the 3 in here with him, and it's because he's being dominant, he's been neutered, never does hump anything else, never has. Now my female shih tzu used to hump, she quit, now my 2 females outside that are both spayed, well, I catch the retriever going to town on my shepherd...:(