Sorry I should have read more carefully about the pad training. If you are having problems like this I would recommend you take her outside to go. I personally don't like the pads, and this is just my opinion, but I have heard too many stories of dogs who mistake the carpet for the pad, or pee/poop CLOSE to the pad. From when Loki decides to poop to him actually doing it he has probably waddled 10 feet from this original location. He would NEVER poop on a pad. Pee? Maybe, probably not. Then you get the dog who will pee on the pad but poop only outside, and that just confuses them. With Loki the rule is you POTTY OUTSIDE. Not in the house. Dogs who learn it's ok to pee in the house don't ALWAYS pee on the pad. They might pee on a newspaper you left on the floor, or the carpet, or a rug. If you must use pads, put them in the garage so the dog still learns that it's NOT in the house. I'm in Chicago and there was still snow on the ground in March when we got Loki and it was no big deal. I just bought him a sweatshirt for this winter. I'll take freezing my butt off standing on my porch holding his leash over him peeing on the carpet by mistake any day. My point is that they should see the crate as their "home" and don't want to get their home dirty. Then slowly they will start to expand that thinking to the whole house. If you put the pad near their crate they might not ever get that concept. (So it's OK to pee on the floor HERE, but not over THERE? To them it's just the floor and they don't know why they are getting in trouble.) And you have to make a HUGE deal WHILE they are going - not after. As soon as she starts to go outside act crazy, give her a treat, jump up and down, play with her, etc. but 20 seconds later she will forget why she was good. That's why repetition is important. Good luck!! |