[Yorkiemom1]

These endearing little stubborn terriers...they will use any methbd they can to show THEY have the upper hand!! I just LOVE that about them! Of course, I am the very same way, so it is an ongoing challenge with each of my dogs, about exactly WHO runs the show, and I have learned, you have to let them think they have won whatever the battle is, while actually you have successfully trained the behavior in your little soul! (FYI: This theory works just as well with BF's)
FIRST: It takes absolute persistance, consistance, and determination on your part, that this strong willed little mite is going to do what YOU want....of course, you being the thinking, reasoning adult, you are going to have to adjust your desires to make them "fit" the capabilities of the baby! Get your book, read it thoroughly, and then follow the method given. I NEVER let mine run the entire house, unattended. They are allowed to roam around the room I am in, where I watch them constantly. If necessary, I would try the tethering technique. I PERSONALLY never had luck with washable pee pads when I was training dogs...they could NEVER understand how they were to know THAT rectangle piece of quilted material is a pee pad, and THAT rectangle piece of cloth OVER THERE, is my RUG!!! All pee pads around here are disposable! There is no way they can confuse my rug for a disposable pad. You have to know the QUEs you baby gives you, that he is looking for a place to potty. Then you have to WATCH him every second...if you see him in "hunt mode", ie nose down to floor, running all over the room, clearly searching for SOMETHING, you MUST, once again, for the tenth time in the last 5 minutes, take him outside to potty. Or, confine him in his ex-pen which is lined in pee pads.... If at any time, for ANY reason, you can not have your eyes on him so you can interrupt his indoor-on-the-floor potty behavior, you have to confine him or take him with you to another room (the tether method works great). CONSISTANCE!!! PERSISTANCE!!! COMMITTMENT!!! DETERMINATION!!! (and a little suggestion from an old lady that has been where you are in your life stage....I would "train" BF to understand HE can control the yard, the garage, the car, etc, ANYTHING outside the home....but YOU control the inside of the house, and the budget....if you think you need his assistance in those two areas you will ask for help, otherwise BUTT OUT AND DONT BE ISSUING ME ULTIMATUMS!.....you will determine who stays and who goes from the inside of the house, you are the homemaker and the inside of the home is the females domain....the house and the budget are under YOUR control.....he can have all the rest. If you have managed to snare a control freak who wants to rule the entire kingdom, well you best find out about THAT now....it will save you a whole bunch of heartache, money and trouble later down the road!) Good luck with both your precious little Yorkie and that "rule issuing, ultimatum declaring BF"!!!