[PiePiper]

I crate trained my first yorkie (male) and pottied outside. I got him in April and he trained so easily. After a few weeks he was completely trained. I had him for 13 years and he never had accidents. Although Connecticut winters aren't as bad as Buffalo's it does get pretty cold. Chip would make a point to go outside and do his business very quickly. I got Piper this summer (13 years since I had a puppy) and thought I would try the piddle pads and save myself having to go out in bad weather. I hated them. She would shred them even though they were in a tray. She would miss the tray or not bothering even using it. Since it was summer I decided to train her outside also. Piper didn't housebreak as quickly as Chip did but eventually she caught on. Like Chip, Piper learned to go out and do her business very quickly when it was cold and snowy.