Hi all, I am a newbie here.

[Kavya]

Hi all, Hope you are all doing good.
I am new here and i am glad i found this website, its so helpful.
I am new mom of my Yorkshire Bruno. I just love him so muchhhhhh we had him when he was 8 weeks old, now he is 20 weeks. .
Now coming to my question.! From past one month i am noticing some minor changes in him and having doubt is he pure Yorkshire or not, although it doesn't matter for us still I wanna make sure to care him @my best. [please check picture]
My second question is, I am finding it really difficult to house train him. He is just not ready to get trained, but he is very smart and learns tricks very quickly. I am training him from past one and half month, I live in apartment on 4th floor and I take him out daily 5 to 6 times to do his business, still he wants to do it on the floor. cant leave him unattended even for 5 min. Please help me here.
I look forward to hear from you all.
[I only use positive methods and tried crate training, still no luck]

[KatysMom]

Originally Posted by Kavya

Hi all, Hope you are all doing good.
I am new here and i am glad i found this website, its so helpful.
I am new mom of my Yorkshire Bruno. I just love him so muchhhhhh we had him when he was 8 weeks old, now he is 20 weeks. .
Now coming to my question.! From past one month i am noticing some minor changes in him and having doubt is he pure Yorkshire or not, although it doesn't matter for us still I wanna make sure to care him @my best. [please check picture]
My second question is, I am finding it really difficult to house train him. He is just not ready to get trained, but he is very smart and learns tricks very quickly. I am training him from past one and half month, I live in apartment on 4th floor and I take him out daily 5 to 6 times to do his business, still he wants to do it on the floor. cant leave him unattended even for 5 min. Please help me here.
I look forward to hear from you all.
[I only use positive methods and tried crate training, still no luck]

Welcome to YT. Bruno is a total sweetie.

He's still a puppy. We have a little one about the same age as yours. Lil Dutch still spends most of her time in an x-pen. We use a washable waterproof "floor." The X-pen is pretty big (72 inches by 36 inches). Her play area covers the front 2/3rds and we have a pee-pad on the back 1/3.

She sleeps on our bed, where there is a pee pad at the foot.

She has a long walk in the morning sometimes at night. As it cools off, we'll walk more and more. In the a.m. she also gets to run, unleashed, in a safe play area. She does pee-pee on the walk, but hasn't figured out that she can do "big" business outside too.

She is praised and rewarded each time she uses the pee pads. Likewise, if she uses the grass while on our walk.

In a couple of weeks, I plan to set up a pee pad outside of the x-pen. I'll start to put her several times a day, a little after she's had a good drink. Will keep on that until she starts to use that consistently.

While it might not seem so now, consistency, praise and rewards all pay off.

Hope this helps a little. Bruno is such a sweetie. --KatysMom

[Kavya]

Hi KatysMom,

Thank you so much for the suggestion.
Right now i am doing same thing, lots of praise n rewards.
I will try taking him outside several times.

Convey my love to little Dutch. These cuties are little bundle of joy.

[loveforpaws]

What a cutie! Like the other poster said, light exercise or play, gentle reinforcement of good behaviour and lots of love make for good puppies! You'll do just fine!

[horsnaround]

Welcome

[maxdog]

[Lovetodream88]

He is a cutie! Yorkies can be stubborn. You need to keep his space limited whether you keep him in one room with a baby gate or buy a dog exercise pen. He needs to go to the bathroom every hour and when he wakes up from sleeping. You just have to stay consistent.

[Kavya]

Originally Posted by Lovetodream88

He is a cutie! Yorkies can be stubborn. You need to keep his space limited whether you keep him in one room with a baby gate or buy a dog exercise pen. He needs to go to the bathroom every hour and when he wakes up from sleeping. You just have to stay consistent.

Thank you so much for suggestion. I am keeping him in small play pen, and on full routine and maintaining consistent. now he s going pee pee on pad with no accident from past one week,, Yayyyy. i am training his "big" business now.

[Kavya]

Originally Posted by loveforpaws

What a cutie! Like the other poster said, light exercise or play, gentle reinforcement of good behaviour and lots of love make for good puppies! You'll do just fine!

Thank you so much.

[Kavya]

Originally Posted by maxdog

thank you

[alaskayorkie]

Yeah, I would agree with those who say get an exercise pen and limit their freedom when you're not directly supervising. A crate and comfy bed on one side and a pee pad on the other. Since dogs don't like to soil where they sleep if they have a choice, they will go as far away from their bed as possible and pee on the pee pad. Continue to take them out at regular times (mornings, immediately after meals), and leave them in the Xpen at all times you're not directly supervising. Do this until they earn your trust to freely move about house.

The below link offers a little more detail (and pictures) on the technique called Errorless housetraining.

https://www.dogstardaily.com/trainin...-housetraining

[Kavya]

Hi, Thank you so much for the advice. I am doing same thing from past one month, may be it will take more time for him to train.

[KatysMom]

Originally Posted by alaskayorkie

Yeah, I would agree with those who say get an exercise pen and limit their freedom when you're not directly supervising. A crate and comfy bed on one side and a pee pad on the other. Since dogs don't like to soil where they sleep if they have a choice, they will go as far away from their bed as possible and pee on the pee pad. Continue to take them out at regular times (mornings, immediately after meals), and leave them in the Xpen at all times you're not directly supervising. Do this until they earn your trust to freely move about house.

The below link offers a little more detail (and pictures) on the technique called Errorless housetraining.

https://www.dogstardaily.com/trainin...-housetraining

Very good link. Thank you.--KatysMom

[KatysMom]

Originally Posted by Kavya

Hi, Thank you so much for the advice. I am doing same thing from past one month, may be it will take more time for him to train.

It does take time and reinforcement.

Another week and Lil Dutch has still not figured out that it's okay to do her big business outside.

Along the lines of the insights from Mike's link, my sweetie does do her first big business of the day within 15 minutes of waking up in the am.

Believe I'm going to have to put on the slippers and head outside directly when we wake up in order for her to learn big business outside on the grass will earn her the same praise and reward as on the pee-pad.

[yorkiemini]

Great article Mike!