Yorkie discouragement

[Nancy1999]

Originally Posted by Taryn0405

He's doing good. With all fairness, we got him on Wednesday. So, I know it's taking alot of adjustment for all three of us. He goes potty outside, so he's actually a really good boy. It's just the night time that we need to work on a little bit.

Good news though, we took a little short trip this afternoon for about two hours and he did wonderful in the crate.



But like you said, it takes time and he's still very young. I'm sure a week from now I'll look back and shake my head laughing. That little face staring up at you seems to be worth more then sleep anyway!

P.s. We moved the crate into the family room so it's a little more familiar for him, and it seems to help.

Thanks!
Gizmo's Mommy

Oh he sounds like he's doing wonderfully, Joey's breeder said ignore the accidents and praise the success, and I think this works best for "long term" success.

[Taryn0405]

Originally Posted by Nancy1999

Oh he sounds like he's doing wonderfully, Joey's breeder said ignore the accidents and praise the success, and I think this works best for "long term" success.

Thank you so much. That's really encouraging. I'll have to get some picture of the little guy on here.

Thanks again!

Gizmo's Mommy

[lexi43]

I think getting an x pen is the best idea. I never crate trained any of our dogs. They don't like to sleep where they pee and poop. With an x pen you can put a bed inside with a pee pad and at least he's not lying in it. As he gets older he will be able to hold it for a longer time.

[Mom to Hot Rod]

sounds like you are on your way to getting your little guy trained. When we first got out little one I had a baby monitor on so I could hear when he started to stir. I would let him out on the pad then and give him a little bit of lovins and put him back in the crate. This was only til we got our expen.

Once we got the expen, I had his crate, pad, water bowl and food in it. While he didn't know what he was supposed to do with the pad, we worked with him when we were awake and eventually he "got it". He's been in his expen ever since and now all we have to say is,"nite, nite" and they both go off to bed. I've since taken their crate down.

Best of luck and keep up the good job!

[Taryn0405]

Good news!!!
Maybe too good too quickly! Last night there were no accidents, I also went to work today, and there were no messes both when I came home from lunch and when my fiancée came home from work. Little guy is finally getting in a groove.

On that note, thank you all for your words of encouragement. I forgot how training a puppy can seriously make you want to pull your hair out.

Love you all!
Gizmo's Mommy

[Nancy1999]

Originally Posted by Taryn0405

Good news!!!
Maybe too good too quickly! Last night there were no accidents, I also went to work today, and there were no messes both when I came home from lunch and when my fiancée came home from work. Little guy is finally getting in a groove.

On that note, thank you all for your words of encouragement. I forgot how training a puppy can seriously make you want to pull your hair out.

Love you all!
Gizmo's Mommy

Wow, that's great, Joey was around 80% around 5 months, but he wasn't 100% until around a year, and it was really more like 98%. They have set backs when they are teething, and after neutering. Just keep some enzyme cleaner handy, it keeps them from feeling compelled to remark the spot. If they can smell the slightest bit of protein from the urine, they will feel compelled to go on the same spot again and again. That’s why you need an enzyme that gets rid of the protein, not just a deodorant that gets rid of the smell because their noses are 1000 times better than ours.

[concretegurl]

Yippy! So glad it was just a basic training issue for you and that you are seeing progress in it already...before going bald

Originally Posted by Taryn0405

Hi everyone-
I just adopted a 3 month (4 months old on the 21) boy Yorkie. He's adorable as all get out. And loves to cuddle. But, I'm getting very discouraged with crate training. He howls randomly in the middle of the night, eliminates in his crate (both ways) and is just simply panic stricken it seems. I'm not getting any sleep and I feel terrible that I don't go out there to comfort him, but I know that'll just basically undo everything I've done.
I feel like a failure, I have never had this much trouble crate training a dog. Any tips and or tricks would be useful. I went out a bought him an actual cage as opposed to one of those little travel crates. Maybe that'll help. But please, any suggestions. I feel like my fiancée and I are losing our minds.


HELP!!
Gizmo's Mommy

Originally Posted by Taryn0405

Good news!!!
Maybe too good too quickly! Last night there were no accidents, I also went to work today, and there were no messes both when I came home from lunch and when my fiancée came home from work. Little guy is finally getting in a groove.

On that note, thank you all for your words of encouragement. I forgot how training a puppy can seriously make you want to pull your hair out.

Love you all!
Gizmo's Mommy