I have crate trained all my chis. However, they do not spend more than 4 hours in there, ever. The best thing is to keep a schedule. Feed them and take them out at the same time everyday, not matter what. They will get used to going outside at that time everyday. The biggest part of housetraining a dog is consistency. If you plan on leaving them in a crate for more than 4 hours, then don't, I suggest leaving them in a small room (like a laundry room or bathroom and leave out pee pads or a litter box. It would be unrealistic to expect them to hold their bladders for that long and would lead to frustrating you and the chis. I hope this helps. - em :-)
_____ From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of xerxes_23909 Sent: Friday, December 28, 2007 5:24 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [Chihuahuas] Hello and help Hello fellow owners, I am new to the group and glad I found you. A friend gave me a male and female from the same litter and they are now 14 months old. I received them in February paper trained. I decided to crate train them to house break them and right now it is Tippy and Babs, 10 Owner 0. They do fairly well in their crates but if I let them roam the kitchen (they are gated in the kitchen when I am home) there will be accidents. I had two terriers (bro and sis) that died this past winter at 16 and they were crate trained in a month and could hold it for up to 13 hours without an accident. Does any one have a possible solution to help me finish crate training/house breaking 14 month old Babs and Tippy? Thanks, Frank
