I TOTALLY agree with Ladymom. I am training my puppy to do both. While I prefer outside....it is not practical for me to rely only on that since I will be going back to work in the fall. She uses the pads at night and when I'm not at home. And when I am home I take her outside. To me this is also a great solution since we have all kinds of weather where I live. You can limit their food and water intake too after a specific time late in the evenings and that will cut back on the amount of puppy pad deposits that you will have to deal with the next morning. I started out using the Natures Miracle brand puppy pads because they smell like grass and it helped her to associate it with going outside. They were a bit expensive...but once she got the idea, i was able to switch to a cheaper brand that I buy at the Dollar General Store! Worked great!
However, the Dollar Store pads are smaller in size, so if you have a larger sized Yorkie, you may want to look for a bigger pad because by the time they do their "Round and round and down we go" dance...they sometimes miss the pad altogether~!!LOL~ |