[JadeD]

Welcome to Yorkie Talk!

Congrats on the new puppy. I am sorry you are feeling overwhelmed. This will pass.

Be patient with her as far as potty training. My 2 Yorkie puppies will be 5 months old in a few days and they are not completely house trained, but we have less accidents than we did 2 months ago, so it is progress. We will go days with no accidents at this point and then all of a sudden it is like they forget they are house trained and pee and poop everywhere and then the next day they are back to going outside or on the pee pad. I am finding that it is easier to try to keep them totally outdoor trained right now and then using the pee pad only in extreme circumstances. Mine hold it all night (they sleep with people).

Take the puppy outside frequently if you can, or set her on the pee pad if you can't and tell her "Go Potty." When she goes praise her like crazy. All my dogs know what go potty means and so that way even if I am in a strange place they know what I want them to do when I tell them that.

Good luck and it will get easier. When I first brought home the 2 puppies (they are brother and sister) when they were 10 weeks old I was overwhelmed a bit, but because I have more experience with puppies, or because I am a mom, I just dealt with it and knew that it was a temporary thing, and it was. It is so much easier now.

Enjoy your new baby!