[msaddoris]

Hi, I have a 5 month old female Yorkie. I am an experienced dog owner but new to the Yorkie breed. I have always owned larger dogs in the past. My yorkie is refusing to be potty trained. It is crazy really. I know how to potty train a dog, I have never had a dog take longer than 2 months to be potty trained. I got her at 12 weeks old. She is crate trained and very rarely goes in her crate. She will hold it all night long and wait to be put outside. HOWEVER, during the day she just pees and poops wherever she wants. I put her out a schedule, keep a routine, use treats, use a timer to remind myself to take her out, everything! She will go outside and pee and then not 10 minutes later she will pee on the floor. Our whole house is on lock down. She is confined to either the crate or the kitchen. She has been known to wonder upstairs and poop on piles of clean, folded clothes even. She even followed me down to the basement once while I was doing laundry and pooped on the clothes, I didn't see it and threw it in the wash, it was a total mess! My husband wants her gone. I have been taking her to puppy obedience classes for the last two months and I follow all their instructions but still no change. The instructor can't even get her to sit. She is the only dog in the class that doesn't listen to commands OR is totally unable to sit even with all the tricks that the instructor tries to use. I feel like I just wasted $300 on obedience class and starting to think I wasted $600 on a dog. Is this normal for all small dog breeds or Yorkies? I am at a total loss. It is depressing and sad. I love this dog but I am starting to wish I never bought her.