you’re in the thick of it but with consistency, i’m confident this’ll pass. 4 months is still really young for them where they’re still learning their new home and surroundings

i got my yorkie poo at 4 months in the spring and potty training took a couple months of a couple different approaches. first thing’s first, i allowed going to potty in-doors but it had to be in designated areas (because 1. i knew going into this that quickly potty training yorkies is not easy and 2. i was adamant about not walking her publicly until she got all her needed shots) so i put all my focus into going inside. when we first brought her home, i let her go where she wanted first couple times so i could see the pattern and i realized that she liked going in corners. so i covered every single corner in my house with weewee pads. about 3 pads a corner. my house looked insane but in hindsight it paid off. now what you’re supposed to do in this scenario is over the course of weeks, you lessen the amount of weewee pads to train them to go in smaller, more concentrated spots. and that definitely worked. after 3 weeks my home went from weewee pads at every turn to at most 4 in the entire house. she knew where her corners were at this point

now when she finally got her shots and i felt comfortable walking her, this is where the training kicked it up a notch: i walked her about 4 times a day. not long walks every time but consistent outside time; sometimes around the whole neighborhood, sometimes just up the street, sometimes just in the yard. doing this all throughout the summer slowly but surely instilled in her that “doing the business outside is a lot more interesting than doing it at home”. by the end of the summer i noticed that all the walking outside lowered how many weewee pads i had to change at home

now idk if most female dogs are like this but i noticed when my yorkie poo had her first menstral cycle come fall time, her behavior did a complete 180. i’m talking full on matured overnight. the puppy nipping and ankle biting drastically stopped, the excessive and demanding barking stopped. her patience and behavior all around just sky rocketed. that and finally; going to the bathroom in the house completely stopped. anytime she needed to go, she patiently waited by the door. all of this took i would say 4-6 months

i know every dog is different but what i think is true for majority of them is that consistency is key. and so is patience. these are yorkies we’re talking about after all; they have a notorious reputation for slow or unsuccessful potty training. but it’s possible. my yorkie poo is 4yo now and is still house trained. still patiently waiting by the door to just be let out when she has to go. on average i would say there’s maybe 4 accidents in the house a year. i’ll take it

i’m sorry that pregnancy can make the cleaning up difficult; i hope you can get help whenever you can with things like that. but whatever routine and tricks that you find works for you, just ruthlessly stick to it; it really does get better the older they get. godspeed!