9 week old
 

I am trying to potty train her but she is still going in the house every twenty to thirty or so minutes. I take her out a ton and she still goes in the house a ton. Is she to young to really start training.:confused:

No she is not, all my pups were gotten at 8 weeks old, they are just wee lil babies at 9 weeks. It is easier IMO to first pad train, when they are 100% pad trained then start training for out doors. My now passed 4 pups were 100% house broken at 7 months.

Ziggy came home to live with us at 10 weeks old. He is now 5 and a half months old. I am a teacher so I was able to stay home with him until school started. I spent a lot of time on house training. I did not try to pad train because I wanted him to go outside.

I crated Ziggy or put him in an ex-pen anytime I could not keep my eyes on him at all times. I did leave a pad in his ex-pen if I was going to be out more than a couple hours since I knew he could not hold it. I also kept him on a leash tethered to me a lot while he was out and limited his access to certain areas in the house.

Puppies go a lot and there were a lot of accidents in the beginning, but I began writing down any time he would potty, outside or accidents, so that I could find some kind of pattern. As his schedule became more regular and he got a little older (12 weeks or so), I realized that he did not know how to let me know he had to go. I bought a set of potty bells and spent some time periodically through the day just getting him to ring them with his nose and rewarding him so that he was used to the sound. After a couple days I hung them on the door I always take him out of and began making him ring them when I would take him out. I would ask, "need to potty?" every single time, make him ring the bell, take him out and always reward when he went. It did not take him long to associate going potty with ringing the bell. I also started increasing the time between potty breaks by a few minutes each time. While there is still the occasional accident, they are few and far in-between and he will ring the bell to let me know he wants to go.

He now stays in an area with a pet gate while I am at work. It has his travel crate to sleep in, toys, food, water, etc. He has had no accidents while I am at work during the day. I was told that yorkies are very hard to house train, but I don't think Ziggy has been hard to train at all. I think the things that has helped the most are confinement, rewards, and consistency.

Good luck!

I agree with Cassie's advice. I believe if your ultimate goal is potty outside only then that is how you should start training and right away. I got one pup at 12 weeks and one at 9 weeks and both were completely potty trained outside by 4 months old. It will take a lot of time and patience, but you have to take them out a lot. Even if you don't think they need to go, take her out. Every time she goes outside his lots of praise and/or treats. If she has an accident pick her up right away (saying NO) and take her outside and say "go potty" even if she already finished inside. Then be sure to clean up the accident really well. Good luck!

PS. I also did the bell thing just as Cassie advised, and it worked wonders!