[yorkietalkjilly]

I took a long time to potty train Tibbe and he's been totally clean in the house for years. I don't count the time just last month when I forgot it was about his potty time due to my rush to ready for a visitor coming, he needed to potty really badly and was whining and spinning around so fast. I thought he was just excited that he knew we were soon to have a visitor! Finally his whining got really high and frustrated as he spun like a top right at my feet and I told him to be quiet and went on dressing in the bedroom. Later, in the den I found a "mistake" by the door and felt such a fool. Let him outside and cleaned it up, just saying "no potty in house" in a regular voice as I looked him in the eye when I saw it so he would know I wasn't thrilled with what he did but wasn't mad at him at all. I let him outside and then praised him and loved him up when he came back inside so he could know the incident was over. That was my fault entirely - just forgot his schedule in the rush to get ready for our visitor and totally misread his pleadings and spinning to be let outside. And it was the excitement of him knowing the visitor was coming that made that incident. When I am gone from home and it is his time but he's just lying around and not all excited, he holds it. Other than the occasional time when that kind of once-a-year excitement episode happens to Yorkies or Poodles or GSD's, I think Yorkies, like other breeds, can be totally clean in the house once they are grown if they are healthy.