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[yorkiefan_]

And the crying stopped after a couple of minutes. Either she tired herself out or she is starting to learn I'm not giving her attention for that kind of negative behavior at night. Guess I'll have to start crate training in earnest when I get up in a few hours.

[yorkiefan_]

So far no more indoor poops/pees since those first three; not even sleeping in the night! Lots of outdoor poops and pees though.

[yorkiefan_]

HAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!! Cookie and I were watching some of Alana's Dexter's Ruff Life videos on youtube and Cookie started growling at Dexter!

If Dogs Could Talk: Sh*t Dogs Say - YouTube

[Teddysmom76]

She is so cute! I can't believe I just saw the pictures! You are doing such a great job of house training her. Every dog I ever had cried and cried at first on the crate, but wound up loving it so much later. Well, every one except for teddy. He was the one exception to my rule. I can't wait to see more pictures of her!

[gracielove]

Crate training at this age takes constant vigilance. She is going to have to go very often and if you are not right there to take her out she has no ability to hold it so you can't be even a couple of seconds off.

She is adorable. I hope all goes well for you but it is going to take a while for her to be totally trained.

[yorkiefan_]

Originally Posted by gracielove

Crate training at this age takes constant vigilance. She is going to have to go very often and if you are not right there to take her out she has no ability to hold it so you can't be even a couple of seconds off.

She is adorable. I hope all goes well for you but it is going to take a while for her to be totally trained.

She has been doing so well this last day and a half. Hopefully it won't be too long before we can start taking her out once an hour when awake and once every three when sleeping.

[yorkiefan_]

Originally Posted by pstinard

Cute story! I potty trained my Bella indoors on potty pads (using the "crate training" approach) because it was later winter here and too cold for her to go outdoors when I first got her. You may find that an easier option if you continue to have issues with outdoors potty training. Also, when taking Cookie outdoors, exercise caution until a couple of weeks after her last puppy shots because unless your outdoors area is completely animal-free and has been so for months, it's possible for her to contract parvo, which can live in the soil for a very long time.

Just checked, and Cook had her parvo shots at 7, 10, and 13 weeks. She just turned 14 weeks yesterday.

[Teddysmom76]

How is little Cookie today?

[yorkiefan_]

Originally Posted by Teddysmom76

How is little Cookie today?

She peed twice inside, but all poops have been outside and most pees.

[yorkiefan_]

Originally Posted by Teddysmom76

How is little Cookie today?

And I got her a tennis ball and a doggy pacifier chew toy today, but as soon as I gave them to her she decided to go right for my socks instead. LOL

[Teddysmom76]

Still pretty amazing! After all she is a tiny baby. My adult yorkie peed inside today so she's still almost doing better than he is actually she is totally doing better than he is!

[yorkiefan_]

It was kind of funny this morning. We have been feeding her canned Pedigree puppy formulation the past two days, so when I switched to Royal Canin 29 this morning Cookie looked up at me as if to say "Where's the Beef?" I eventually mixed a bit of the Pedigree back with her Royal Canin, and now she likes the Royal Canin again.

Her favorite snack so far is Honeycomb cereal. D'oh, I bought her a can of unsalted green beans the day before I got her and completely forgot to give her any; Deb told me she loves green beans and baby carrots. I know all yorkie seem to dearly love carrots (Minnie did for sure), and Cook is also a big fan.

[yorkiefan_]

Originally Posted by Teddysmom76

Still pretty amazing! After all she is a tiny baby. My adult yorkie peed inside today so she's still almost doing better than he is actually she is totally doing better than he is!

Cookie's actually pretty big though. She's at least 3.5 pounds and just turned 14 weeks 2 days ago. So that's probably a lot of the reason potty training is going pretty well. I imagine it has to be really tough with smaller yorkies since their bladders are so small. Well, not that it's easy potty training Cookie, but, could definitely be worse.

[yorkiefan_]

Got her a little tennis ball that she loves to chase outside when I throw it. Funny thing is she always wants to take the tennis ball inside instead of bringing it back to me. So then when we go inside she grabs her tennis ball and immediately heads for the door and starts crying. So I took her out again to throw the ball, and she still fetched it and tried to take it back inside. Finally I convinced her to come bring it back when she was sitting at the back door outside with the ball, and now when she brings the ball back to me she runs past me, turns around, and comes up behind me to give the ball back, lol.

[Teddysmom76]

Originally Posted by yorkiefan_

Cookie's actually pretty big though. She's at least 3.5 pounds and just turned 14 weeks 2 days ago. So that's probably a lot of the reason potty training is going pretty well. I imagine it has to be really tough with smaller yorkies since their bladders are so small. Well, not that it's easy potty training Cookie, but, could definitely be worse.

She's a great size! I meant tiny just in the sense that mentally she is a baby, no matter how many pounds, they are learning everything fresh! I think you have a very smart girl on your hands, Deb raises such nice puppies. I love the story of the tennis ball too, it's so cute! She is such a little smartie!