haha first off you need to relax and get used to this situation (some pups take a year to be fully house trained!)
Don't fret too much about going in her bed/crate, that will go away once she learns better. Scooter had many crate accidents until he figured out that I am always going to be home in time to let him out!
And I had to do midnight potty breaks until Scooter was 15 weeks old... hopefully you don't have to wait that long tho!
Here's what I did, and it has worked so far.
He is crated overnight, so 6:00 am rolls around - put him on the pee pad, say "go potty" (or whatever you use) and he's not allowed off until he goes, then tons of praise etc. etc.
Watch like a hawk until he has to go poop (he won't do that on command yet) and make sure it happens on the pad, either by bringing him to it as soon as he gives a sign, or if I'm lucky he walks to it on his own!
Before I go to work, back on the pad, and he's not allowed off until he goes.
Come home for lunch - he's stuck on the pad until he goes.
Same after I come home at the end of the day.
Then at night every 2 (or so) hours he's put on the pad.
He might only squeeze a little out sometimes, but better a little on the pad than an accident on the carpet!
He quickly learned to go on command, and now he walks to the pad on his own about 90% of the time! He even goes to the pad JUST to squeeze a little out because he knows he gets a treat then! Little cheater!
And let me say good luck! Some people start with a weekend bootcamp where they aren't allowed out of your sight just to get them started on a proper schedule and habits.
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