I'm no pro but I did manage to get my little guy potty trained at about 6 months.. which apparently is pretty good for yorkies. But from literally day one at 8wks old I crate trained and used and x-pen. When he wasn't in my direct sight he was in the x-pen with his pee pad. When he missed I cleaned up the mess with his pee pad and returned it where it was originally and that helped a lot. After a while he started going on the pee pads because that's where his mess was already. He just put two and two together and the rest was history and now we've got our own strict potty schedule. With time he began going potty outdoors under strict supervision and hasn't used or needed a pee pad ever since. I now work from 10-4 daily and Harley is in his x-pen from 9-4:20ish so that's 6 hours where he never goes potty and waits until I get home to take him out but he is now a year & 5 months. I spent nearly every waking moment with Harley until this past january when I started my job which is what I owe his good behavior to. Your baby is way too young to be expected to get the potty training down. If you read about the breed all info will tell you that they need to be atleast 5-6 months to be completely successful at holding their business. It's all about 'following through". You MUST MUST MUST keep a consistant pattern and schedule or your baby will never get it down. Keep your head up, Yorkies want to please and once they learn something it's there for life. Try to explain to your dad that he is only a baby and that he is not capable of learning so quickly. This is only a little step in the huge responsibility of bringing a puppy into your home. Also, you can walk your baby on a leash and if any dogs approach just snatch her up! Make sure to use a harness and not a collar though! Try to never lose your patience, be consistant, praise often, forgive quickly and scrub hard!
Good luck!
