a puppy?!

Don't remember how to do that! So I wrote to the father of a friend who is a Really Big Dog Guy (you know what I mean.)

Dear Really Big Dog Guy:

Help!

To my inestimable joy, I'll be getting a (one) little Yorkie Friday night and suddenly I don't remember how to 'train' a new, young dog.

I want
1) to let him run loose in the house, and
2) sleep in my arms all night, and
3) eat sauteed squab under glass and caviar unless he prefers pate of endangered species.

But...

1) He's only partly house-broken and I hear if males start marking indoors, it can create a problem.

2) I remember somewhere he should be crate-trained at first, but:

a. I have a nice playpen (of the mesh type) that I got for my grandson's visit a few years ago (and brought up from storage when I planned to get the teeny-weeny females), and I was thinking of putting him in that at night. Good idea?

b. Conflict: I want him to be at eye-level at night and that thing is on the floor. Should I bring in a table, put him in a roomy Sherpa bag and only take him out when he cries to go pee (and put him on a wee wee pad in the bathtub)

c. He's paper-trained sort of, so I guess I should find a place for a wee wee pad that he can reach on his own? Or no?

3) He's presently on Science Diet so I'll continue that for a little while but would like to move him to something better, little by little (always remembering that Yorkies are notorious for getting very bad teeth, so crunching on hard stuff is probably good for him)


I know you only have very large creatures, but A. reminded me you got them when they were very small and young, so perhaps you can advise me?

Thanks, pal.

Barbara