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Originally Posted by beana2 
Hi Everyone....Here's my problem and I hope someone can help me...  I need help with Housebreaking my yorkie and I am desperately looking for any advice, tips, tricks..anything. I bought my yorkshire February 10th from a pet store..They told me that he was from a family that bred yorkies for over 15 years...Well truth of the matter...the puppy came from a Amish Puppy Mill....I've read that they are hard to train b/c they live in their own waste....not only that Joey (my puppy) was started on shots at only 3 weeks...and was vaccinated around 4-5 times by the time i got him at 9 weeks. With all this said...Joey still potties in the house...everyday...i'll take him outside and wait for him to potty...but often times he wont go potty until I bring him back into the house...
I'm so frustrated...I just want to cry...someone please help....b/f i run away from home...lol
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My mother has a dog that we unfortunately experienced this with. We of course tried to crate train her, but how do you crate train a dog that is used to peeing and pooping in their cage and laying all in it. I will tell you that she did eventually grow out of it. She was 6-7 months before she stopped peeing in her crate. Others wouldn't recommend what we did because you don't want them to pee in their crate but these little puppy mill puppies are different. So we got her a big crate and split it up with half where she could lay down on a blanket and the other half for a pee pad. During the night she eventually learned where to go in her crate to potty and still stay clean. Then when she got older and learned that it was nice to stay clean, then we removed the pad and she learned to hold it. Now she insists on being very clean. She is pee pad trained and won't go on it if it has been peed on more than twice. Oh and when she was a baby she would go lay on her pee pad that she had already used and want to take a nap on it and eat her treats on it. Poor thing was just so confused. Have you thought of trying to pee pad train him first? My mom's dog did better this way, then we introduced going potty outside later on. She does both now and it works out very well. Also remember that yorkies are hard to potty train anyways, so it does take a long time and a lot of repetition. My yorkie is 15 weeks, we have accidents daily. I hope things will get better for you. Hang in there.