Newish Yorkie, loved to death, need some advice... Me and my girlfriend recently adopted Apollo (9 months, 10lb, male) and he's great!! He is very well behaved, loves other dogs, people and children. He doesn't bark at night when we put him in the crate and is very well behaved through out the day. We have only ran into one problem. He is doing very well with his potty training (even with our strange hours since I'm in the Army and my girlfriend is a college student) but when my girlfriend leaves and puts him in his crate he poops and rolls around in it. I'd rather just use a baby gate in the kitchen than to crate him, but he can jump over the baby gate and then he pees on the carpet. Any ideas on how we can get him to stop pooping in his crate? |
It could be the crate is too large for him. Have you tried using a divider? |
Aw what a cute little tea pot you have. Hope you get your little boy trained, sorry i cant be of any help x |
He has just enough room in his crate to turn around and stand up. I'm pretty sure his crate is the right side. In his crate he has a rawhide bone and a dog blanket (he had a small stuffed animal until he pooped all over it, it was free so I threw it away). |
Ok- if you are sure the crate is the right sized, then is he pooping just at a certain time of day? (mornings- evening...) Could you adjust his feeding times so that he has eliminated before he gets put in the crate? Do you know what type of situation he came from before you had him? Was he caged all the time so he had no choice but to poo in the crate? If so, it's going to be a harder thing to retrain, but it can be done. There is some good information in the library on rehoming puppy mill dogs and potty training them. Also- as an FYI, rawhides are really bad for small dogs (all dogs, really). They can break off and swallow pieces that later swell and cause intestinal blockages. Oh, and I forgot to say welcome to YT! :welcome4: |
First, never leave your dog with rawhide unattended. My dogs have chewed on things like bones and sticks over the years, and I've had enough scary close call incidents that I always make sure anything chew-worthy is put away when I leave the house. They can choke on them or just get them stuck in the roof of their mouth, which causes panic in some dogs. I would actually try not crating and confining your dog to a small area like the kitchen. If he can jump over a regular baby gate, shop around and try to find a baby gate that is higher. Or put another obstacle in front of the gate to prevent him from getting too close. |
I'll make sure to take the bone away and use it as a special treat for when he doesn't struggle while being groomed. He doesn't really have a set time that he does his business. But we haven't had him long at all, so I think he may be trying to figure out our routine while we figure out his. Thank you everybody for all the great advice. Me and my girlfriend are looking for taller baby gates today. He was also a puppy mill rescue but lived in a foster home for 3 or 4 months before we got him. The lady who adopted him to us told us that he had a habit of peeing on the carpet and he was good at sleeping in his crate during the night, but I don't know how he was kept during the day. Are there any other Yorkie tips or tricks you guys can share with me? Regarding anything? I've read the "Yorkshire Terriers for Dummies" and it has been a huge help. Thank you all again!! |
Being a puppy mill rescue might be part of the problem. Perhaps he's used to going in his crate; its probably what he's been doing all along. I don't have any suggestions unfortunately. Good luck and welcome to YT. |
Here is the link to the Rehabbing a puppymill dog thread. There is some really great advice in it. http://www.yorkietalk.com/forums/yor...ll-rescue.html |
Just an idea, but you could actually stack 2 baby gates one on top of the other to make a tall gate. :) |
I have had no trouble with my yorkies climbing over my gates but my boxer was another story. I fixed the problem by getting gates with rails that go up and down, no diamond or square mesh for toes to use as a ladder. |
Hello and welcome to YT! When my Maddie was a young puppy, she could jump the baby gates too, so I bought another one and just stacked them on top of each other. That did the trick for her! Another possibility would be an X-pen which would give him more room and you could put a pee pad in there. |
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Boy do I remember those days. Brandi was a rescue too and she used to poop in her crate everyday. She was use to it as she was used for breeding and kept in her crate most of the time. It took some time (about a year) but I am happy to say she has not pooped in her expen for more than 6 months. I think several things happened on their own (as I was obviously not at home to discourage it). I think she got used to my schedule and adjusted her poop schedule as well. She begin to associate getting a bath everytime she pooped in her expen and she has gotten used to a clean environment and hates for her area to be even a little bit of dirty. I wish I could say I trained her very well but this was done all her own. I guess the only thing I was able to do was stick to a schedule deviating from it as little as possible. The only time she poops in her exoen now is if I am not home from work by a certain time in which you can't really blame her. If no one is at home to discourage it, there's not much you can do. Just try and establish a potty schedule and stick too it. |
Ivy used to go in the cage too. But after she learned that she is no longer a puppymill girl she stopped. I'm sure the behavior will stop just give it some time. And welcome to YT:D:aimeeyork |
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