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LuvMyDivaGirls · 11-07-2005, 07:01 AM

When you are doing this and they go potty when thy are suppose to outside, how much free time do you allow them out of their crate? Does it suppose to increase with time or do I just leave her out til I can't watch her one-on-one every move anymore?

She's been dong really good but Im enforcing this as we've had a few accidents--but mostly on my part but I also want to make sure she gets the point across, kwim?

FirstYorkie · 11-07-2005, 09:23 AM

I didn't use this method, but from what I've read the idea is to start with about 20 minutes free time followed by 20 minutes crate time, then out to potty. You gradually extend both the free time and the crate time so that they learn to hold it for longer and longer. Hopefully, your pup is one will be reluctant to "mess up" her crate. You want to try very hard to avoid accidents in the crate.

grchristens · 11-10-2005, 09:05 PM

I have only had Abbie for 1/2 week and she has been going potty really well. No accidents that were her fault, just one that she had to stay in her crate a little longer than expected. The key to it all is consistancy. I take her out as soon as I see her sniffing around. In addition, we have a routine "potty walk". Hope this helps.

YorkieShadow · 11-10-2005, 09:29 PM

I have never crated mine so im not sure how they do it with crates.

flyorkies · 11-11-2005, 03:10 AM

i used the crate method but only kind of. see i used the crate only when we arent home or when my husband and i go to bed. i did this because when i first got my yorkies i was told they were fragile i had never had a small dog before. i was worried that they would get hurt. now im also a stay at home slave so im home most of the time.lol as far as training them i just stayed consistant and my large dog casey helped alot too cause she has been trained for a very long time. see i do know you want them to use there crate as a bed. they will poop in there bed unlike other dogs but if your crate is big enough then the pup should stay clean. they are supposed to think of the crate as a safty spot. so they should be able to go in and out as they please when you are home.a crate should not be used as punishment for soiling the floor most dogs arent fully trained until you pass the 1 year mark. oh and put the crate in a room with someone or a spot that the family always gathers. not int he garage or laundry room they have to be comfortable and feel like there not being seperated from the ones they love.

Ladylavender · 11-11-2005, 05:40 AM

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Originally Posted by FirstYorkie

I didn't use this method, but from what I've read the idea is to start with about 20 minutes free time followed by 20 minutes crate time, then out to potty. You gradually extend both the free time and the crate time so that they learn to hold it for longer and longer. Hopefully, your pup is one will be reluctant to "mess up" her crate. You want to try very hard to avoid accidents in the crate.

I crate trained and this is the correct method. It helped me to have the crate inside of an x-pen. I would use the x-pen area as an extension of the crate. If I was going to be out of her site more than 15 minutes, she went inside the crate. If I was going to be busy but not for longer than 10-15 minutes; take a shower, go to the bathroom, that sort of thing( and After she had just gone potty) I would put her in her x-pen with the crate door open. So at some point her x-pen became an extension of her crate and she would not/does not go potty in the x-pen, now no matter how long I have her in there (just like the crate).

Diego · 11-11-2005, 05:47 AM

I never crated my girls and do not intend to crate train Baby Nathan .

skingstone · 11-15-2005, 02:30 PM

I was told from the breeder to get a larger wire crate so you can use it in the short term as a place for the yorkie to sleep but also a place for her to pee at the other end on a pee pad during the night.

The question remains....Has anyone taken this approach? Do they understand later when they are old enough to hold it? I was hoping to eventually use the divider to make the cage/crate smaller. We are getting our Yorkie at 12 weeks.

Tx

ladyt · 11-15-2005, 07:07 PM

What I've found in my experience is that crate training helps them to hold it because they usually do not like to soil their sleeping area. I have always crate trained my dogs and it has worked very well in the past and is working well with Kiki now. I only crate while I'm at work. The great thing is my husband work afternoons and I work mornings and the longest Kiki is in the crate is 4 hours.

Ladyt & Kiki

Roxie21 · 11-16-2005, 09:24 AM

Crate training worked great for me because my Roxie is trained to go outside only! Never in the house. It didn't take long and was well worth the effort. My husband did not want to smell anything when he came home or in the house. I was OK with that because he is a country boy and this is the first time he had a house pet. Indoor dog that is! He always thought if the dog wasn't guarding the chicken coop/ herding the cattle etc... why have one. We had to work on changing that attitude. Well, Roxie sure turned that idea around! He loves her too. Just not her poop!

skingstone · 11-16-2005, 09:48 AM

yes but the create i have can start out as a combination-- bed and pee pad....when he gets older to hold it -- i can divide it so she can't use the pee pad. thoughts?

11-07-2005, 07:01 AM	#1
LuvMyDivaGirls YT Addict Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Virginia Posts: 303	Crate training When you are doing this and they go potty when thy are suppose to outside, how much free time do you allow them out of their crate? Does it suppose to increase with time or do I just leave her out til I can't watch her one-on-one every move anymore? She's been dong really good but Im enforcing this as we've had a few accidents--but mostly on my part but I also want to make sure she gets the point across, kwim? __________________ ~Daphne & Taylah's Mama~ ~The Girls Photo Albums~ Daphne's Dogster Taylah's Dogster

11-10-2005, 09:05 PM	#3
grchristens YorkieTalk Newbie! Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Texas Posts: 8	I have only had Abbie for 1/2 week and she has been going potty really well. No accidents that were her fault, just one that she had to stay in her crate a little longer than expected. The key to it all is consistancy. I take her out as soon as I see her sniffing around. In addition, we have a routine "potty walk". Hope this helps. __________________ Gina-Abbie Gayle's Momma

11-11-2005, 03:10 AM	#5
flyorkies Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: florida Posts: 177	i used the crate method but only kind of. see i used the crate only when we arent home or when my husband and i go to bed. i did this because when i first got my yorkies i was told they were fragile i had never had a small dog before. i was worried that they would get hurt. now im also a stay at home slave so im home most of the time.lol as far as training them i just stayed consistant and my large dog casey helped alot too cause she has been trained for a very long time. see i do know you want them to use there crate as a bed. they will poop in there bed unlike other dogs but if your crate is big enough then the pup should stay clean. they are supposed to think of the crate as a safty spot. so they should be able to go in and out as they please when you are home.a crate should not be used as punishment for soiling the floor most dogs arent fully trained until you pass the 1 year mark. oh and put the crate in a room with someone or a spot that the family always gathers. not int he garage or laundry room they have to be comfortable and feel like there not being seperated from the ones they love. Last edited by flyorkies; 11-11-2005 at 03:13 AM.

11-15-2005, 02:30 PM	#8
skingstone Donating Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 210	confused about crate training and dividers I was told from the breeder to get a larger wire crate so you can use it in the short term as a place for the yorkie to sleep but also a place for her to pee at the other end on a pee pad during the night. The question remains....Has anyone taken this approach? Do they understand later when they are old enough to hold it? I was hoping to eventually use the divider to make the cage/crate smaller. We are getting our Yorkie at 12 weeks. Tx

11-16-2005, 09:24 AM	#10
Roxie21 YT Addict Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: San Diego, CA Posts: 253	Crate training worked great for me because my Roxie is trained to go outside only! Never in the house. It didn't take long and was well worth the effort. My husband did not want to smell anything when he came home or in the house. I was OK with that because he is a country boy and this is the first time he had a house pet. Indoor dog that is! He always thought if the dog wasn't guarding the chicken coop/ herding the cattle etc... why have one. We had to work on changing that attitude. Well, Roxie sure turned that idea around! He loves her too. Just not her poop! __________________ Che'-Lees & Roxie

11-07-2005, 09:23 AM	#2
FirstYorkie YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: American in London Posts: 1,739	I didn't use this method, but from what I've read the idea is to start with about 20 minutes free time followed by 20 minutes crate time, then out to potty. You gradually extend both the free time and the crate time so that they learn to hold it for longer and longer. Hopefully, your pup is one will be reluctant to "mess up" her crate. You want to try very hard to avoid accidents in the crate.

11-10-2005, 09:29 PM	#4
YorkieShadow BANNED! Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: USA Posts: 9,999	I have never crated mine so im not sure how they do it with crates.

11-11-2005, 05:47 AM	#7
Diego Donating YT 3000 Club Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Canada Posts: 3,617	I never crated my girls and do not intend to crate train Baby Nathan .

11-15-2005, 07:07 PM	#9
ladyt YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Illinois Posts: 837	What I've found in my experience is that crate training helps them to hold it because they usually do not like to soil their sleeping area. I have always crate trained my dogs and it has worked very well in the past and is working well with Kiki now. I only crate while I'm at work. The great thing is my husband work afternoons and I work mornings and the longest Kiki is in the crate is 4 hours. Ladyt & Kiki

11-16-2005, 09:48 AM	#11
skingstone Donating Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 210	yes but the create i have can start out as a combination-- bed and pee pad....when he gets older to hold it -- i can divide it so she can't use the pee pad. thoughts?