I didn't find it any harder to train my yorkie than any other breed. I think you just have to be persistent, use lots of praise (occasionally treats) and try to stay positive.
Ranger was paper trained when we got him at 7/8 wks. The hard part was switching from paper to outside, that's what confused him the most.
We only fed him when we were home, that way 30 min after he ate we'd take him outside until he'd potty then he'd get praised and a treat upon returning inside. Of course the smaller they are the more often you have to take them out since their bladders are so tiny, but after a while you can tell how often they need to go.
Ranger was 99.9% potty trained to go outside by 6 months. Since then if he had any accident in the house it was our fault for not taking him out.
Now at nearly 2 years of age his schedule is very consistent. He wakes my husband up at 6:30 am to be taken outside and then is fed breakfast while we get ready to leave for work. Then my husband sometimes comes home for lunch around noon-ish and again lets him out to potty and feeds him a light lunch.
Now my husband can't go home for lunch everyday, so those days Ranger isn't let out until we get off work and he's fine. I typically get home around 5:15 and that's when we go outside for at least 30-45 minutes to potty and play ball while we wait for hubby to come home. Then we spend our evenings together and after he's eaten dinner we take him out one last time before we head to bed.
When he was a puppy I was in school and mostly took night classes so someone was always home with him to take him out and keep him on a schedule. I've been wanting to get another puppy but probably won't until I start back in school this fall to insure a rigorous schedule can be kept.
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