Please help me I really want to keep him...

[deonk1]

Take a look into grid training for the potty training... Puppies chew and this is one way to avoid confetti puppy pads. I like this system because you can use both inside and outside after they figure it out... There are some posts on it in the training section. I listed a huge description of my homemade grid in a post called "WizDog & UGO DOG"

I have the craziest little energizer bunny at home... sometimes we even joke that he's the energizer bunny on steriods. These are some things that help:
-Get potty trained consistently spend a huge amount on it, so that when they are confined you can give them more room.
-Play fetch all the time...
-I like the toy remote car suggestion, by BF just plays chase a few times a day, where he runs around the house and Harley chases and barks... it's so cute too
-WALKS lots of them... Every day, and a few times a day. Destruction occurs because of boredom.
-LOTS of socialization with people and other dogs. Harley has two "big brothers" that we get together at least twice a month, and a huge small dog group that also gets together monthly. It teaches a lot of manners, like not biting, how to play etc. and it allows them time to burn energy. When I get to Dexter & Newton's house and let Harley off leash, he goes nutts for like an hour, and then crashes.

Good luck. Welcome to the energizer bunny club!

[FidoTheYorkie]

I have a yorkie with almost all the same proplems !
When we got him we did'nt raise him anything up at first ,he pee'd inside , barked nonstop, then i started to raise him more up , ban him things that he should be banned, AND when he stopped being naughty I tried to be the best person in the world, said ''Good boy Fido! you're so good boy!'' or something like that, now he's 2 years old and he's almost perfect
I got him when he was turning 6 months old (5 1/2) , then he was used to pee on this litle pee pads.

Take the pee pads from him, put them right up to the door at first, when he gets used to having it there then put it outside up to the door, then he see's that he is suppose to pee outside.
It's really really hard to potty train a yorkie if you still have peeing pads, its almost impossible! so put them firt right up to the door , then outside after some time, then take them at all
Fido was about 3 months getting potty trained but ofcaurse sometimes he did mistakes, most often was it my fault (I forgot to take him outside).
He didnt know how to let me know he needed to go outside , i reccomand you take him outside every 2 hours.
And dont forget to say ''good boy'' and such things, and give him treats when he does right! thats so important!

About the barking, Fido still barks, yorkie's bark, thats really normal cause they were trained to be guard dogs in the begining and chasing rats and mice.
But you can make him bark less.
I ban Fido to bark, but i encourage him when he stops, if i have treats on me i give him one when he stops, he barks less now than he did a year ago.

Fido runs around the house alot and is very energic dog, if he doesnt get his excercise, then he's hell inside! If he gets excersise he just chills inside.
Try excersising him more, Im sure that he will be MUCH easier then, Fido doesnt even bark when he's tired after a good walk or a run.
Beeing so energit grows off him i think, Fido is very calm now inside even if i dont walk for 1-2 days.

[FidoTheYorkie]

One thing else, DON'T give up on him, its a part of getting a DOG to raise them well up and just don't give up if something gets hard, then you should have gotten a cat or something, a dog is responsibility and hard work. but you will be happy in the end when he will be a perfect dog, all the hard work pays of !

How much excersise does he get (i dont know how i spell excercise)?

[FidoTheYorkie]

About the biting when he plays, that is normal, ban him that right away!
What worked best for Fido was to pretend i cry , walk away and don't give him attention for a LONG time, then he thinks ''Oww, i hurt her! i must never do that again!''.
Fido wont dare biting my hands now when he's playing.

You CAN figure something out of this who does not include giving him away, if i could fix this in my dog (nipping the hands, much of the barking and the energy!), then you surely can also! you just have to be patient!

[dwells1959]

Please do yourself a favor and switch to washable pads. Believe me, it is not gross or smelly and they wash up fluffy and clean and he won't shred them. Here is a link that a member turned me on to and I'm soooo thankful she did...http://www.odcmerchandise.com. They are larger, more absorbent and economical than disposable. It's why they use them in hospitals.

I'm blessed with little Harlie as she does as she is told and will sit and stay and "go-side peepee poopoo" when we're available to her. So, I'm not much help on your behavioral issue but like the others have said, consistency is the key to training. Whether it's people or puppies they must understand sites and sounds (your motions and speech) to some extent.

Harlie is very active and has a lot of energy that must be bled off after we all get home. We spend at least 2 hours with her running in the back yard, playing fetch with her ball and frisbee, playing tug-o-war...etc. Every 3 days she gets a good scrubbing and that bleeds off a little energy too. In the evening, I hold a rawhide chew for her and she sits in my lap and will chew for an hour.

Yorkies are people animals, you're all they have and they want your attention to max until they're tired. There's nothing sweeter than when they fall to sleep inyour arms after a good play session. Good luck and keep the faith...he'll be just fine .

Don