I say go with outdoors (granted I live in Southern Florida where it's always hot). When I got my puppy, she had been pad trained, but I just found the idea of a dog going indoors a bit gross and somewhat unnatural (aren't dogs supposed to enjoy the outdoors?). She always went on the pads, but once in a while she'd miss the target by a bit and there'd be drops outside of the pad.
I read all of these horror stories about how hard yorkies were to potty train, but honesty that was not my experience at all. I crate trained her just as I did my lab. I got her on a schedule, and progressively kept her in her crate for longer periods of time and within a few weeks she was good to go. Also, she's never gone during the night, and a few weeks ago I began leaving her crate unlocked at night as an experiment. She only had a single accident in her crate the first day. She's about seven months now and she has never gone inside, I couldn't imagine her going on my throw rugs.
Finally, every time I let her out she likes to walk around (always with her harness) and it's good exercise for both of us. |