.... says that because Corona is still tiny not to take her outside for long periods of time. So we've been doing a little of both outside and inside potty training. This is because when I take her out I've noticed she would rather run around and sniff then go potty(even when i have her on a small leash she pulls and yanks to run) . Well once 10 minutes hits I bring her in, and often (not always) she ends up going in the house. So I have taken an old clothes basket and put a puppy pad in and if I see her about to pee I put her in it. When I just have a puppy pad down she pee's next to it not on it. Well my questions are... would this be confusing her? And is the vet right about it being too cold or should i try to keep her out longer? My moms yorkies were so easy.... why cant i get it right lol.... i know patience, but i feel like im not doing this right

Well, I did the potty pad training with Mayfly and when I wanted her to potty outside she WAS confused but others on here have gotten their dogs to successfully do both so I think that depends on the dog.

Question:  can she get into the basket with the pee pad by herself?  Because if you are potty pad training her she needs to be able to get to it.

Another thing you can do is if you take her out and she doesn't go right away then bring her back in and keep her on the lead and right with you....as soon as she starts to move like she wants to potty then take her back out.  Once she goes outside then give her a treat and praise her lots...then she can have her freedom again.  Just an idea.

I never used "potty pads" as I didn't want Spanky to "learn" it was ok to go inside. The 1st thing we did when we got up in the morning was go outside, I would tell him to go potty, when he did I praised him like crazy & gave him a treat. We would come back inside, I would fix his breakfast & we would go back out after he ate..same process. IF I seen him act like he needed to go (sniffing,turning in circles,etc.) I would get up quick & take him outside & tell him "go potty". After he was a little older & he had that process down then I started training him to hurry hurry which was his cue to go #2. I did this mainly for when it's cold or raining. Now I can take him out, tell him hurry hurry, go potty and he will go both. I have also taught him to ring a bell I have attached on the door knob by fishing line when he needs to go out. He will run to the door, ring the bell & bark to be let out. At 11 weeks he is officially house broken..YEAH!!!

Timing & patience are key to training..take a deep breath & if you are consistant everything will start to fall in to place.  Also, limit the water intake after a certain time at night & don't feed late in the evening, this will help too.

I hope this helps.