A friend of mine has her Yorkie house trained only (I actually don't think that he has been outside ever since they brought him home!) She originally had him gated in the kitchen at all times, other than when someone in the family wanted to hold him. It took a few months for him to always potty on his pads (which she had covering the floor in the furnace room at first then was eventually able to have only one down.) Once he was super consistant with getting to the pads for every potty he was able to be free from the kitchen, and other than a week of pooping in front of the front door, he has been great about always getting to his pads. Now he has full run of the entire townhouse and they have no problems with him. He is 9 months old now (I think.)
Good luck!
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