I've had Yorkies on/off most of my life. I've also had Great Danes. I currently share my life with a large Yorkie boy, a new Biewer 5mo old pup, and an 11yr old Golden. My Golden was a breeze to house train, my Yorkie started out litterbox trained and did fantastic until he decided he was done with that (literally) and from that point on has always gone outside. He's had maybe 2 accidents in the past 2yrs and that was my fault. My biewer is housetrained now to the extent that I take him out. He is crated when I am at work but when I am home he has run of the house with my eye on him yet. I wouldn't trust my Bentley(biewer) to have run of the house quite yet, but we are very close. I also have a tiled kitchen and hardwood floors which helps incase. I think training a Yorkie is hard because they are tiny (this is not unusual for small dogs) but it can be done with persistence, patience, and a schedule. If you ever look at petfinder most of the little rescue Yorkies are not housetrained and I think thats why many of them end up in rescue as owners get frustrated and give up. You can do it. Check out the threads under "training" theres alot there as well about housetraining methods etc.
Kathy |