thanks for your response, i originally was going to crate train (for the rare times he will be home alone) and train exclusively outside, I'm pretty sure this is what I'm going to go with. I totally agree with your con's with the pee pads. plus we have another dog and cat and kids so the pee pads seem kinda gross to me anyway
plus i 'forgot' he is a boy, and when/if he starts lifting his leg i dont think it would work out. so i'm going to stick with my plan to train outside.
so i have also read of course that yorkies can be hard to housetrain. and of course read horror stories. Does anyone have any advice that worked, and any stories of pups that were trained nice and easy for some encouragement??