yeah she has been tested for a UTI, she is healthy and i know she can hold it for a while. cuz i have her crated all night, she holds it, i let her out to pee on the pad, she doesnt, not even after an hour or two of waiting...grr..~!
Heres what I do, maybe someone can give me pointers on what I am doing wrong or give me advice on what I can do different...
I crate her at night, she doesnt use her crate to pee in it all night. I let her out and take her to her pee spot, a pee pad. She will sit there FOREVER staring at me on what to do. I will walk her around a tad to get "things moving" and she just sits there and looks at me with this confused look. I have litterally camped out, got reading materials for myself or turned on the tv so I had something to do while waiting for her to go. And I didnt even care if she was to squat outside the pad, at least i would be getting somewhere and i could tell her no and place her on the pee pad. so after an hour or two, i place her back in her crate and to try again 20 min later. I will do this over and over, and she will just be stubborn as ever and when she cant hold it anymore, she will go inside her crate, even if I just let her out a minute ago. When I take her outside, its a different story. If i have her offleash in the back yard where she can run around and go whereever she pleases, she usually finds a spot and goes. Thats great and all, but i want her to learn to use a pee pad since its getting cold out and she doesnt like to be outside when its freezing.
Is putting her back in crate even if she hasnt gone yet bad? I thought that is what you are suppose to do if they dont go. I have tried to be patient, but as with most people I cant sit there they whole day while she sits there and stares at me while i wait for her to go. You would think after being crated all night thats the first thing she would want to do....
shes a weird little girl. other than this shes is the perfect angel and the best little dog, shh dont tell her shes little though!