Sissy is about 98% outside trained. Occasionally, I still miss her "signals" and she will go. She does take much longer outside to poop than to pee and sometimes she will come back inside after peeing and poop on the throw rug.

I was getting very frustrated at around 10 months and it was then I started to finally get her very subtle signals that she needed to go. I also made the decision to begin taking her out at least every two hours since I am home most of the time. Between these two things, she very quickly made major progress.

Mine are Trained
 

Both of my boys (Remmy & Chance) are outside trained. There are accidents but they are few and far between. Usually my fault if there is one. But I use the bells on the back door and they go outside. We are on a schedule. And they are both crated when we are not home so there are no accidents to come home to. Remmy is 4 and Chance is 1. Chance turned one in Nov.

Hi Sims,
I have 2 boys, they are brothers, so both are 1 year and 4 months. Its just me and I work during the day so unfortunately their training is not consistant, but I am in the same boat as you! Love them to death, but seriously tired of my smelly house, stepping in pee & poo. I mean I take them out and walk, then we come in and they pee on the floor! They are not reversed trained bc they pee outside too.. pretty much they potty wherever they FEEL like it! My boys are 5lbs & 8lbs. Not huge, but not excessively small either!

I know its my fault too for not being consistant! I am not contimplating giving them up or anything, im just tired of always cleaning up after them!

My Molly was just a few months old when I developed some serious health problems and my daughter had to take her. My daughter had her for over a year and just couldn't get her trained. When I finally got her back permanently, I took her to a trainer for help once a week. After 3 months she is outdoor trained!

What I did was first, controlled her food so it would be worth it to her to obey me. She was fed only twice a day and if she didn't eat within 15 minuters, it was put up until the next meal. Then, I put her in her kennel 1st thing in the a.m. when we woke up. (She sleeps with me and has never messed in my bed or her kennel.) When I was ready, I took her out. A first it took a long time out with her until she realized that she didn't get a treat or go back in until she did both jobs. I think in all those months she had not learned that we wanted her to go outside! When she went, she got some freedom in the house, but if she didn't, back inside the kennel. Tried again a little later.

Soon we got that part, then we had to teach her NOT to go inside! If I wasn't sure she had gone enough, or I was thinking she may have to go soon, I put her on leash and "wore her" so I could catch it when she went. The I said NO! and took the poo or soaked up pee outside with her and showed her where to go. She learned this fast, but we had to go in every rooom before she saw there was No Place Inside that was OK!

Soon, we were going weeks in between accidents and when she missed, it was usually because I was not observant enough. Now I am teacing her to whimper at the door instead of scratching for attention. She would scratch anything and it was hard to tell what she wanted!

Don't give up - Yorkies are smart dogs, but willfull and reluctant to give up control. If you are more stubborn than they are, they'll get trained!
Kathy

My Molly was just a few months old when I developed some serious health problems and my daughter had to take her. My daughter had her for over a year and just couldn't get her trained. When I finally got her back permanently, I took her to a trainer for help once a week. After 3 months she is outdoor trained!

What I did was first, controlled her food so it would be worth it to her to obey me. She was fed only twice a day and if she didn't eat within 15 minuters, it was put up until the next meal. Then, I put her in her kennel 1st thing in the a.m. when we woke up. (She sleeps with me and has never messed in my bed or her kennel.) When I was ready, I took her out. A first it took a long time out with her until she realized that she didn't get a treat or go back in until she did both jobs. I think in all those months she had not learned that we wanted her to go outside! When she went, she got some freedom in the house, but if she didn't, back inside the kennel. Tried again a little later.

Soon we got that part, then we had to teach her NOT to go inside! If I wasn't sure she had gone enough, or I was thinking she may have to go soon, I put her on leash and "wore her" so I could catch it when she went. The I said NO! and took the poo or soaked up pee outside with her and showed her where to go. She learned this fast, but we had to go in every rooom before she saw there was No Place Inside that was OK!

Soon, we were going weeks in between accidents and when she missed, it was usually because I was not observant enough. Now I am teacing her to whimper at the door instead of scratching for attention. She would scratch anything and it was hard to tell what she wanted!

Don't give up - Yorkies are smart dogs, but willfull and reluctant to give up control. If you are more stubborn than they are, they'll get trained!
Kathy

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Kate (18 mos) is 100% trained..such a perfect angel and trained by 6 months...then we have Emee and Becca who are a year and have an accident once in awhile...but I have no carpets.

Hope goes on her pads, she will go and poop outside but not pee...
Tootie on the other hand.. LOL.. he WILL NOT POOP outside.. its almost like he is afraid! He will wait and tinkle outside almost all the time but he will come back in the house to do his "business"...even if the door is open, he will run in, it is kinda funny but a very good thing I dont have carpet!
Tootie is 16 months old, Hope is 9 months....

I have to say out of all the adice I have heard you have been very helpful. Thank you so much. It is not like it is rocket science but maybe it is just the fact that your advice is uplifting. I am going to really try your schedule and see how it goes for me. Thank you so much!