To be honest, it does sound like maybe these dogs are not the best match for you. And that is NO judgment on you...it sounds like you've done the best you can with them, and that they perhaps just aren't fitting into your life or expectations...or you, theirs!
Sorry to say, the potty training issues with yorkies just ARE. You can get all the best advice in the world on that, and do your own personal gosh-darndest best, and it's still not probably going to happen any time soon.
Their other behaviors that bug you seem to me to stem mostly from lack of stimulation, and desire for your company and affection. Yorkies needs LOTS of attention, exercise, play, and LOVE. They are "companion" dogs in the extreme! There is NOTHING that they want more than to be a part of YOUR life!
So how do you resolve this with the housebreaking? They aren't happy being "contained", and you aren't happy with them piddling all over your house! I know, it's a vicious circle! I do feel your pain.
But it sounds like even some of the things that most of us LOVE about our yorkies are not appealing to you! For instance, most of us LOVE it when they go on wild kissing frenzies when we get home! etc.
The very fact that you have to ASK if yorkies are the dog for you, to me, suggests that perhaps they are not. Most of us fall utterly, unretrievably in love with them, faults and all! Again, I'm not judging you. I received my Mazie from a home that had many of the same frustrations with her that you have with yours. I do think that sometimes the KINDEST thing that we can do for our pets is rehome them, if we aren't able to give them the most mutually rewarding relationship possible.
Good luck in whatever you decide to do! |