sorry jen,
i feel your pain. they say some yorkies are easy to train and some are very hard. sounds like your baby is going to take lots of patience. i didnt have the poo in crate problem but lucky was very difficult to train ( at least i thought til i heard your story )
......i only know routines work. they learn to adapt to what they see you do day end and day out. maybe you should work out a tight schedule.
also once you start your routine stick to it dont change it .......b/c it doesnt seem to be working in a few days it may take weeks for her to finally get it. i gave lucky 1 month to show improvement and after about 2 weeks he kind of new the routine. so maybe the 1st week he had 6 or 7 accidents by the 2nd weeks maybe 5 and so on...they will learn..... but changing up alot confusing them and frustrates you too.
i had to learn that we
both have to be trained.. he has to know where to poo and when...... and i have to be consistent all the time even when its inconvinent....i get up every morning at 615am to get ready for work so it was easy to get up a little earlier to take him out every morning to potty...well lately ive been sick and not going to work but he doesnt care he knows hes suppose to go out. so i have to get up every morning at 545am to take him out even on the weekends when i use to sleep til 10 or 11...now everyday (sat and sun's included) i have to train myself to get my behind out of bed and take him out to potty. its hard b/c sometimes im very tired but again consistency is the key to learning...
so this was all to say find a routine that works and stick to it..she will adapt gradually and you'll see that now
your training her...if you make lots of changes now its her who is training you
. good luck