Originally Posted by Yorkie3

I don't know if this will help you, but this is what I did and it worked for my 3 females, (my boy wears a belly band because I breed and he marks) ranging in age from 6 months to 2 1/2 years old:

In my carpeted computer room I have an x-pen arranged for the least amount of space (square). It sits on a piece of linoleum. You can buy remants at Lowes, Menards, probably just about any place like that. I paid $15.00 for mine, then cut it to fit just a little larger than the x-pen.

I put the smallest crate in the x-pen along with water and food bowl. There is just enough room for 2 pee pads and a very little space for toys (when replacing soiled pads, put fresh ones in the 2 exact same spots). If the crate is small enough, she won't "go" in there, and mine have never gone near the food and water bowls. They have always gone on one of the pee pads. After a few days, remove one pee pad (the one she didn't use as often) and continue to keep pee pad in exact same spot.

When I took them out to play in my family room, I put a pee pad down and placed them on it so they knew it was there. I never ever left the room and gave my total attention for a full 30-60 minutes. If they started to "go" I would say "NO" firmly, but not yelling and then place them on the pee pad. If they didn't "go" I would continue to monitor until I was ready to put them back in the x-pen. Mine all got the hang of it. Once in a great, great while there may be an accident, but hardly ever. Mine are not trained in any way to go outside only on pee pads. If you want to try this and have questions, please PM me. I can't guarantee it will work for you, but it has and continues to work for me. Remember always to be consistant and EVERY time you see her go on the pad, phrase her with all you've got (don't startle her). Before mine were trained, I also carried frosted cheerios around with me in a baggie in my pocket, so not only did they get phrase, they got a treat!! I hope this can work for you, but please be patient, she's still just a baby....

Originally Posted by karmaistrue

Okay some of you may recognize my post from last week dealing with Gia & her potty training. It had gotten so bad that we called in a trainer to help assist with getting her potty trained, Gia is going on 11 wks. old she's healthy but stubborn as a door knob. Anyway the trainer put us on a schedule so that it would be easier to monitor her potty times. She eats at 8AM, 1PM, and last at 6PM.Anyway to make a long long long story short I can basically pinpoint when she needs to go in the morning but after she gets that first meal all hell breaks lose. I want to we wee pad train her so in the winter we don't have to go outside. I have the wee wee pads set up in the bottom of an empty closet I keep the door open constantly & I have the baby gate up so she can't get out. Gia will start going potty in a place where she is not supposed to I will pick her up & bring her to the area where she is supposed to go (this is something the trainer told me to do) and Gia will hold it & won't go. I've kept her in there up to an hour & she won't go she'll wait until I take her out to go to potty where she is not supposed to go (The beds, the carpet, the bathroom floor, the rugs).I hear myself yelling at her & I feel bad (and the trainer told me not to yell at her).What do I need to do????

Originally Posted by BamaFan121s

First off, you need to remember that your girl is VERY young. Many Yorkie pups have not even left the mother and litter at 11 weeks, much less adapted to a new home and taken to house training. Please try to understand that this is not an overnight process and it is one that I'm afraid will be trial and error as far as which method is best. All dogs-Yorkies or otherwise-are different and what may work for one may not work for another. Give her time to be a puppy, be patient and stick with it.