[tnkoehler]

Hey everyone I have a few questions about crate training and my puppy. My husband and I just got a 6 week old min pin and last night was her first night at our home and we put her in her crate and at every hour she would cry for 35 minutes then stop then do it all over again. And she peed in the crate too and its small like everyone told me and she still peed.

What should I do? I have read to put some toys in there and move the crate into our bedroom but my husband has to be up at 4am every morning and I don't want her to cry all night and wake him.

Any help will be so wonderful! She already knows to pee and poop outside but every time I put her in the crate for naptime or anything she hates it... someone please help!:confused:

[McDina]

That's the hardest part but yet easy if you can separate emotions if she cries let her ignore her if she pees let her be she will eventually realize that its your rules not hers

[tnkoehler]

Thanks so much!

She's starting to learn quickly.. since my last post she cries for 10 minutes when I initially put her in there and after that she only cries to go out when she needs to relieve herself... she has been very good...

But sometimes when I take her out to pee I give her 5 minutes and if she doesn't I bring her back inside but then she justs pees/poops on the carpet... what can I do to reduce her doing this?

[fixius_ae]

If she hasn't gone out in a while, you should know that she needs to go potty. Most puppys need to at least go pee every hour and they need to go poo a little while after they eat. Sometimes it seems like forever for my puppy to go potty outside but I know he needs to. One time I was out there for about 15 minutes just waiting and walking around but he finally went (yeah)! The bad luck of the situation is that if I wouldn't have waited he probably would have came back in and went in the house. They are still learning to be potty trained so it will take them a little while to go outside. The best thing to do is to just be patient with them, especially while it is still warm, so she can get the hang of it before winter.

Good Luck and she sounds like a smart puppy so I'm sure she will catch on quick!

[McDina]

If you have her outside for 5mins increase the time to 20 minutes if and only if she does not relieves her self within the time frame given quikly crate her...

[tnkoehler]

Thanks so much for the responses they have been helping so much. But now I have another question (sigh) for the past 2-3 nights when she has to go to the bathroom she whines I wake up come get her and take her outside well last night for some reason she never whined and I woke up at 5am in a panic and she peed all in her crate and pooped. :( she was doing so good what happened?:confused:

[fixius_ae]

She is just a puppy, she will have accidents. Just make sure your consistent and you praise the good stuff. And maybe tonight check what time it is when she whines and needs to go out and set yourself an alarm. That way the next time she doesn't wake you up the alarm will and you can take her out any way. Also as she gets older she won't need to go out as often, but you have a little while before that happens.

[tnkoehler]

yea I did that last night I woke up when she usually whines waited and she didn't, so I went down there and took her out. I always praise her for going outside and give her treats. I am just worried why she doesn't wake me up anymore. I made her kennel smaller so she wouldn't eliminate in there and she didn't last night even when I thought I didn't wake up in time. I'm just worried why she's not crying to let me know? And is it bad I take her out when she doesn't whine for me? Is that making her think I will already know? Haha sorry so many questions I just want to do this the right way! =]

thank you for all your help! =]

[dogpoundbrenda]

Patience and persistence is the key... and bear in mind that Min.Pins can be harder to train and they have a stubborn streak a mile long.. I know I have one... I got her when she was 9 years old and had to potty train her and it took me nearly a month.I had another one and he was easy to train,and him being a boy really surprised me and he was a little over a year old when I got him.Hang in there you'll get it.