ahhhh i feel the same way!! i live in an apartment.... in the hallway i have both bedrooms shut but leave my bathroom open since this is where her piddle pad is. i feel so frustrated!!!!! there's gotta be something i'm doing wrong. when she goes anywhere but on her piddle pad i do the sticking her face in her mess in the wrong place and direct her to where she should go. my problem with going outside is that allllll the millions of other dogs go outside so i'm having to worry about what shes eating, what im stepping in, what shes stepping in... and she's already gotten rid of her bad parasites she had when i got her and i don't think she should be out with all the other doogs messes... am i wrong? i've been thinking once it actually starts to get nice out i'd do the outside thing... and try to train her to jingle the bells at the door... am i a crazy owner? i feel like it's never going to end! my other issue is that she absolutely hates her crate... after the first two nights of no sleep i decided to let her stay with me. it's a nuisence* sometimes but it's better than no sleep. she hates the feeling of being contained..... so when i'm at work for 8 hours (come home for lunch to let her out) and school on the other days.... she does her mess right in her crate, she doesn't care...she'll sit in it.
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