My Gucci is 15mts. we have her since she was 8 weeks, she was used to a crate but she did her business in there to. So what I did was to put her in the laundry room along with crate a baby gate near the door. I would keep the crate door open and left her water and wee wee pad outside in the room. While we were away working she had the run of the laundry room. When I left her in the morning I would give her a treat and say good girl and she automatically associates the grate with good girl. Till today when we say good girl she runs into her crate for her treat its the cutest thing and if I am going out I sometimes leave her in the laundry room. She also has full run of house but sometimes she still has accidents with number two, she is trained to go out also. At night she sleeps in her crate and she is ok with it. Its just a matter of what they get used to. I hope this helps you. |