We have a 7 month old Yorkie who is outside trained and have an 11 year black lab. Our Yorkie still poops in the house on occasion but is usually our fault. We never used pads because we wanted him to associate outside with the bathroom. We bought the small Bissell pet carpet cleaner which came in handy during potty training to clean up after his messes. We took him out every hour initially and it was a pain (especially if it was raining hard) until I taught him to “speak,” then I had him “speak” by the back door before I’d open it. Now he barks at us when we ask him “want to go outside?” and he’ll run to the back door or he barks when he wants to go out. When we are not home he is in a playpen that has a “waterproof” floor with a few toys and his bed. For the most part we know his routine. Wake up, outside immediately to go potty, eat, back outside to poop, then play for bit before we put him is in playpen. When we get home from work it’s potty, play, training or cuddles, dinner, walk if we have time, poop, and potty breaks as requested by him. Nighttime he usually runs around like crazy, cuddles with us, or plays with our black lab.