Ladyjane is very experience with rescues. she can give you the best advice. I think it will just take time and lots of love.

Good luck, and bless your heart for giving this poor thing a home.

You've just had her a month. It sounds as though you've already decided to rehome her again. Are you home with her all day?

I am home with her all day and if I have to go somewhere she goes with me. If not, I leave her in the bathroom with her puppy pad. I don't want to get rid of her but my home is not suitable for her. She's scared of everyone and needs a yard to go potty since the puppy pad isn't working out. I have 2 cats, a 6yr old son that are home alot and she runs and hides from them. The only time she comes out is when i'm home alone and i hold her on the couch. but even then she seems depressed. I do like her and have been trying hard but I don't want to make her suffer if she's not happy.

I understand that. Why not ask Ladyjane about giving her up to rescue?

I'll talk to her but i don't want her to keep having to change homes.. who ever i decide to give her to I want to always keep her.

A rescue is better able to make the perfect home selection after they've had her awhile than you would be. They can do many things to ensure that she will be placed with a proper home. A rescue will keep her for awhile and work with her and learn what kind of home would be the right home for her. I am really urging you to surrender her to a rescue and not try to find what you think is the right home. You would have no way of knowing that the circle would go on and on.

A Rescue would match her with the right family. This is what they do. Then she woulod be sure to get with the right family. the also know how to work with them to socialize them and they do not rehome them until they are ready and no longer afraid.

turning her over to a rescue would really be the best for her.

I would defer to Ladyjane on this one because this is a dog with a very hard past and it might be more traumatizing than good for her, but I'd say with a mentally healthy pup to try crate training... I don't know about dogs with a tough past though. Are they afraid of crate/bars/crate like objects?

Have you tried consistently taking her to the potty pads and saying "go potty" when you know she needs to go? Has she gone on the pads at all? If she has, have you been giving her a treat and praising her?

If she is outside trained maybe try putting a pad outside to have her go on and then transitioning inside? I'm not sure how this would work because I've never read up on training them from outside to inside... Maybe someone else could chime in.

I really would like for it to work out for you and Chloe. A rescue would be the best choice if you can't work with her though.

Well i got her from a breeder that told me she was a happy dog and puppy pad trained but seems to be everything opposite but then again she had many dogs and I have none. I do praise her when she goes but it has only been about 5 times in the whole month I have had her.

She was most likely never puppy pad trained, so you're starting from scratch.

You have to watch her like a hawk and look for the signs she has to go (sniffing, circling, etc.) and then immediately take her to the puppy pad and say "go potty" if she gets off keep putting her back on until she sniffs around and goes on it. Then treats and praise praise praise!

If she has an accident, and you catch her in the middle, get her attention (I did it with a loud clap and saying her name) to hopefully stop her mid-action and walk over to her and say firmly no. Then pick her up and take her to the pad and say "go potty." If she fully went in the accident spot and doesn't have to go anymore, that's okay just no treat/praise unless she goes on the pad. Never yell at her or try to take post corrective action. You have to catch her in the middle of doing it wrong or else she will not make a connection. Do not punish her for it, just clean it up and keep working at it. It will be slow going, but she'll get it. She also picked up a lot of habits from her old environment remember she has to unlearn and relearn new better habits, so it's harder for her.

I know it seems like you've had her forever already and that a month is a really really long time, but in the grand scheme it is only a blip on the radar. Hang in there! Look up potty training tips on YT. That's where I got all my info for training Rylie.

Oh I almost forgot to add. Make sure you are using an enzyme cleaner, like Nature's Miracle, to clean up accidents. It breaks down the smell that attracts them to go where they aren't supposed to.

I hope this helps or someone can provide more advice or correct my post if need be.

Make sure you do your own research on here! There are a lot of great threads on this problem. A lot of people with yorkies have potty training issues!

Yes i do all that but it still isn't clicking.

My next suggestion would be crate training then, but I'm not sure if that is okay to do with possibly traumatized/previously ill-treated dogs. Another suggestion would be to figure out how to transition her from outdoor to indoor training, but I haven't done any research on that so I have no advice to give personally.

I have done my research on that too and it basically all says the same thing that you have told me witch is what i do. I have crate training but she just pees on her self. It is a very small kennel so it's not lke she can pee in the back then lay in the front because where she pees she lays.

Better to use a larger crate or an x-pen. That way she can eliminate on the pad that should be placed away from where she eats and sleeps. If you put her in a tiny crate and she has to pee, yes, she is going to do it and lie in it.

yea but i have been told that's how you crate train is with a small one so they have to hold it because they don't want to lay in it. But with her it isn't working.