I wouldn't crate her while you are home. The only time I crated Louie when i was home was after I played with him for a while and he went potty and I knew that he needed to rest (can't play with them for more than 30 min. or their blood sugar level can go down and they could go into hypoglocemia shock) and when I had to do something and couldn't keep a constant watch on him...but if I did, I'd crate him for an hour max! I didn't like to crate him while I was home because they spend basically the whole day in a crate not being able to stretch their muscles or do much of anything-I just felt horrible.
Yorkies are VERY difficult to potty train-you'll read that in just about every yorkie book. It takes time and effort and most of all patience. Like I said, Louie still has his accidents and he's 9 months! I have a neighbor that has a yorkie and she's 2 and every once in a while she has accidents in the house. It happens, it just comes with the breed. They are a lot of work, but so worth it- Louie is still work...he would even pee in his crate and was fine sleeping in it!! Little piglet, but we just keep taking one day at a time, he has some good days and some bad...it'll get better, just remember to be patient with your little girl.
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