Welcome. Roxie is my 6 month old that the first few weeks of having her I felt like you did, I was giving her too much freedom because I felt bad crating her and seperating her from the other 3 dogs. But I started doing it every time I couldn't watch her like a hawk and then put her on the pad and said go potty and after a couple of weeks of doing this she was so much improved. Now she is about 80 % pad trained and I have given her more freedom. They really don't seem to mind being crated for short periods of time. Hang in there it gets better |