I've never heard about the petroleum jelly on a match stick method - if that works for her, please let us know!!!
Maybe you should speak with a trainer who has much experience with small breeds or yorkies. My initial thought is to re-confine her, feed her at a set time and take her out 1/2 hour after she eats. What goes in must come back out.
I have a new puppy. I was going to use the pads for her, but my sister scolded me: "once she poops in the house, she'll think it's OK to poop in the house!" Scared the be-jeebers out of me.
So, I'm up a 6:30 a.m. walking my puppy. She's fed at about 7:45 a.m. If she hasn't eaten by 8:30 a.m., the food is taken up (I leave water.) Then I take her out on regular intervals. I do the same thing in the evening.
It hasn't been easy. My Lucy sometimes won't eat (I sometimes stand with her at the food bowl and sort of feed her dry food from my hand.) We've walked in the rain. We've walked and nothing has happened. But we keep walking to the "spot(s)". The process has taken up a lot of my personal time (and I work too.) I'm not confident that she's near done with training, so we're trudging on.
So far, Lucy hasn't peed or poo'd in the house. She holds her pee a long time though and poos 1x per day.
I think you might need some professional guidance to work again with both YOU and your baby!
Best wishes, Tracey |