[Britster]

I am not really a fan of pee-pads. I think they have their place (if you live in an apartment on a high floor, boating often, are gone for over 8 hours a day...) but other than that, I don't like them. I do find from posts here that most of the yorkies who are pee pad trained are the ones who have the most accidents, and confuse them with rugs, etc. Who could blame them? IMO, I don't like pee/poop in the house, period.

I got Jackson in the cold December weather as a 9 week old pup and I put down pads in his expen for the first week but we immediately began outdoor training. He's been 99.9% potty trained since 5-6 months old. That other .1% is typically when I'm stupid, and KNOW he hasn't pooped for the day but still give him full roam and he will go to the other side of the house and poop.

We live in a separate "suite" part of the house so if I keep the door closed to the other big side, he's 100% trained, he's also 100% trained over at my father's house where we stay often and will bark at the door if he's a strangers/friends house. He's never had an accident in the house when we aren't home, and he has had free reign of the house since 5 months old. I dunno, it's just my personal preference.. yes, sometimes it sucks if it's pouring down rain or when we had the big snow storm... but we deal and we also have a screened in porch I allowed him to use during the snow.