Hi! I'm a college student who just got her first Yorkie. He's actually my first dog that I've been solely responsible for. Bailey is a super sweetie, and generally as good as gold. I adore him. But I have no idea if I'm on the right track for housebreaking him. He's only 10 weeks old, and I've only had him a week, so I know it's ludicrous to expect him to be housebroken already, but I don't know if what I'm doing is getting through at all. This morning he had more accidents than he has the whole time I've had him! I take him out frequently, and he's learned the command "Go potty" really quickly, and I always praise him when he goes. And when I catch him having an accident, I scoop him up and say "Bad dog" and give him a light tap on his rear. If I find a new one, I just clean it up, because I know puppies can't put two and two together about that, and he just won't understand. Am I doing this right? And tricks/tips that might help? I'm home for a lot of the day, so I'm trying to be consistent, but I'm afraid I'm consistently wrong!
Thanks so much!