Yea!! Success!! I took her on a long walk and she finally went. Now Im wondering if I should just do that instead of taking her for a seperate potty time where I was taking her before.
In my opinion whatever works is good at this point, as long as it is outside.
Don't forget have a party with her when she went potty with treats and lots of happy praise? (I act like a total fool with pups learning to go outside, I want it to be the best thing ever)
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A 5 month old yorkie unless it's a micro yorkie is unlikely to have the hypoglycemia problem that a 8 week old puppy has. I'm thinking that the shaking is just stress. Quite a bit has happened to this little critter in the past 5 days.
Probably the most important thing about housebreaking small dogs is making sure you create a pattern of them getting to the lawn under their own power and spending as much time as you need in the beginning to give the dog a chance to give you the behavior you want.
As far as leash fear, was the dog walked prior to this on a harness or a collar? Also be very mindful of any tugging you do on the leash especially if you're using a collar. What would be a minor tug to a larger dog that they'd barely notice is a brain rattler to a little guy.
5 months -- she *should* be able to hold it at least a couple of hours if she's gone pee/poop outside. You have to be actively watching her though to prevent mistakes. As in, don't be watching TV, talking on the phone, texting, fixing dinner, etc. Or use the tethering system or tie her leash to a knob in the kitchen or by the desk, etc.
IF she's been potty-pad trained, she's probably really confused! Couple that with a new house, new owners, new routine -- WOW! Glad she's finally going outside, but it will take a little while for it to 'sink in' that NOW the weird green stuff is where she goes, not that funny blue square of paper. LOL.
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