1 - I know it is appalling, I was told she was 8 weeks old (on the phone) and travelled 100 miles to pick her up. When I arrived there was only her and two littermates left. One of the littermates had been reserved and another person was coming to see the pups a few hours after I left. The pups were small and kept in a large rabbit run outside. I asked their age (again) for reassurance. This was when I was told that they were 6 weeks old. I suggested leaving her another 2 or 3 weeks with the other two littermates but as said before 1 was already reserved and was being picked up in a few days and the other was sold later the same day. The breeder told me that they had been separated from their Mum from four weeks as she had taken ill and some of the pups had been hand reared. I thought about saying no but then what would the point have been? I also considered asking him to keep the puppy for 1 week until I had moved house, I changed my mind as the poor girl would have ended up even more unsettled being left outside all day and night on her own. If I didn't take her she'd have been left on her own anyway and may not even have gone to a good home. Yes, I spoke with someone about my concerns about the breeder but sadly there is nothing that can be done - I live in Scotland and there are no laws regarding when puppies can be separated from Mum and littermates.

2 - I know there is no real breed standard teacup yorkie, it is an expression we use as she is the runt of the litter and this is why she was kept with her mother until she was 11 weeks. She is now doing very well thank you and the only advice I was asking was on her training as her hyperactivity tends to interfere with this. Yes, her hyperactivity is probably influenced by poor breeding!

3 - Of course the puppy is confused and unsettled, I have had her in the bedroom with me since I got her to help her settle in and will gradually move her into the "dog's living room" where the other dogs sleep calmly in their own beds. Again, I was asking for tips on how I can do this. She is not unsettled throughout the day, we have constant routine with the dogs for walks, playtime, feeding time etc. (of course I'm not walking her as she won't get her final vaccine until 10weeks) and this has helped her immensely. She doesn't cry throughout the day at all, loves to play etc. and is very clever.

4 - I realise this now, I was fooled as she learned her name and the commands "come" "sit" and "paw" in the first week excellently. I now realise that this was my mistake to teach her this quickly and we are now forgetting about everything except reinforcing her name and the come command this week.

5 - You are making us feel like awful owners! Reading back, my post has come across all wrong and chaotic. I'm only looking for some tips on training little Molly. Mum only works 2 nights a week and I work 5 days a week so there is someone with the dogs 99.9% of the time. Mum devotes her life to the dogs and would do anything for them. We make sure we feed and walk/run them appropriately.

We've trained the other dogs excellently but just seemed to have let things slide this time and I was just looking for some tips from personal experience on how to get things back on track.

House training has improved dramatically, no accidents today - must just have been the upset from moving, I should have known this.

I don't seem to have any friendly replies, we are nice caring people, I just come across awful in that first post. Our dog Flynn is a rescue cross we got at just 4-5 weeks from a canine rescue centre. He is now a confident, friendly obedient dog! Whe was 10 weeks old Mum fell in love with Amber - our 2and a half year old cocker. She spotted her while walking the dogs and was told that she was a gunshy working dog and was kennelled all day except for one walk. That was it, she just had to have her! She already knew her basic commands we have just built on these. Gizmo - Shih Tzu was a foster dog we got when she was a year old, we ended up keeping her and she is now well trained although stubborn. We didn't plan on getting any more dogs and then came the advert for poor tiny Maddie - same story all over again had to have her! We then decided to go for Molly as Flynn prefers his own company while Amber and Gizmo have a strong bond and like to be just the two of them. So Molly is Maddie's "buddy".

Sorry this is a huge essay.

Thanks.