Im sorry, but I agree with the others on this. I aquired Tucker when he was 7 weeks old, (breeder pretty much dropped him off at my house after his vet check) and he was a "bigger" pup at 2.5 pounds. There was no way I could of left him at that age for 9 hours at a time, honestly I feel very strongly about leaving any kind of pup under 6 months old alone for that long. He needed constant super vision and feedings. HE would throw up if I was only a few minutes late getting him his food, I was petrified of him having a hypogylecmic episode. It only takes a small pup a little while to die from this and if you are at work and your pup is having an attack you would come home to a dead dog, sorry to be blunt but its true. If you are adamant about getting this puppy then you NEED to make arrangements to check on it through out the day or have someone else do it. Pee pad training for now should the least of your worries.
I also wouldnt expect a puppy that young to "catch on" to using a pee pad for a few weeks. Keep the pup in a xpen with its pads while your at work and take the pup to the pads every so often when your home. He/she will catch on but it will be a few weeks if not months before it is comp. trained. My dog was 7 months before he was completely outside trained, Im home all day and took him out every hour during the day. Yorkies are known to be hard to house train.
Good luck and please reconsider taking this pup so young..
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