Oh dear, you have lots of reading to do, he's doing exactly what he should be doing for this age. It's good that you can keep him in a play area and not a crate all day. When you take him out of the play area supervise him carefully and never have a pee pad too far from him. Praise the success and ignore the mistakes. We kept Joey in a small crate overnight, and would take him out once or twice during the night to do his business. We placed him directly on a pee pad, and this helped him learn that going on a pad would be rewarded. A Yorkies that young doesn’t have the control of his bowels that larger breeds may have. Concerning the biting, he’s teething and will want to bite everything he can for the next 6 months, so have plenty of chewing sticks and toys. One of the reasons Yorkies are kept with their mother a minimum of 12 weeks is that mama teaches them “inhibition” of the biting reflex. The still bite, but they don’t give it everything they have. You may need special help in training him not to bite so hard, but please don’t get mad at him; he’s doing what comes naturally. |