Sounds like your Yorkie is as stubborn as them all! What worked with me was if you notice that she goes in the morning, or evening, around certain times, try to take her out as often around that time as you can until she goes. For puppies, and even my year and half yr old, they almost always need to go after playing, sleeping or eating. Almost as soon as she's done with any of these, take her outside and use key words to "go." With mine, I say "go potty."
When she goes potty outside, give her a treat right away. If she does not go when you take her outside, when you do come back in, DO NOT let her out of your sight. With my Yorkie, I would crate her when we came back in, would wait about 10 minutes and then take her out again. If she still didn't go when I took her out again, I would crate her again when we came back in. Continue this until she finally goes outside. If you don't crate her, maybe try tying her leash to your belt loop so that she cant go out of your sight.
The point is to force her to go outside and praise her like crazy when she does. I used to really inflect my voice and give her treats and make a really big deal out of it when she went outside. I used this technique, and took my Yorkie out every four hours for a week and she got it. She's been great ever since (minus when she got spayed). And, now, even when we're at the park, she tries to get my attention before going potty so she knows she will get a treat. lol.
Good luck! Hope this helps. |