Start training @ 12 weeks? Or 16
 

I purchased the "how to housebreak your dog in 7 days. The schedules in
The book start at 16 weeks, 4 months of age. However my puppy will be 12 weeks Saturday and for the nxt 2 weeks I will be here all day with him. By the time he is 16 weeks exact I will be working. Is it best to start the program early while I'm home with him or just wait until end of August and do the schedule for working people? Any people had any success with younger puppy's?

Start now. Your training in all things starts the moment your pups' feet cross your threshold. YOu are now his sole provider, care-giver, trainer, health advocate, for his lifetime.

This is wonderful you are home for two weeks. YOu should be able to housebreak him in this time.

Are you going to pee pad train, or outdoor train?

I'm going housebreak outside. He has a crate now to sleep in and go when I step out during the day. And when I start working ill get a pen or turn my basement bathroom into his area. So start with the schedule like the book says?

When he's in the crate should I have the crate out like in the living room or in the bathroom where he's away from us?

Brilliant advice! :thumbup:

I housetrain puppies by taking them to their toilet area every half hour and staying with them until they pee/poop and then praise them. During the night I set my alarm for 4 hours after I go to bed so I can take them out of their crate, take them to toilet area, praise when they perform then back to bed to sleep for another 4 hours. All my pups have picked it up pretty quick :thumbup:
The thing to remember is to CONSTANTLY be aware of what puppy is doing and if you cannot be there to supervise then put them in their crate so they don't get the chance to have any little accidents. If they do (mine occasionally did because I was distracted by a book or the computer - entirely MY fault!) I never scold them but instead take them to the toilet area and praise them when they DO perform :thumbup:

Puppies WANT to be clean and soon pick up what you want & where you want them to go :p And at least yorkies are lovely and small so a LOT less messy than, say, a Great Dane puppy :eek: :D

I'm sure your baby will soon pick it all up and what work you put in NOW in her early days will reward you tenfold as she grows :wub: