ok so bella is going to be 7 months this month. Let me back track a bit... We just moved so at our old place bella got the hang of things my going to pee on her bad and we hardly had any accidents, she was even allowed to roam the house. However, while we were training her she was in her little gated off area. Well since we moved i had to move her pad a few times, but finally found a designated spot for her. We don't have any carpet, so that is a plus.
Bella used to sleep in the bed with us and she wouldn't get up at all to go potty during the night. She is not allowed to jump off my bed because it is too high for her. So out of the blue, no routines had changed, i would wake up to hear her playing on the floor with lucky! So this means she jumped off the bed. This happened twice so i started making her sleep in her crate in her gated area and then i would put a blanket over the crate. Well, now i'm washing her bed everyday because she pees and poops in it! I'm frustrated now. I hear her bark in the middle of the night so i run to her crate to catch her before she goes, but it's like she is calling me to come clean it up cuz she doesn't want to sleep in that filth!
I tried leaving the crate open so that she can access her pad but i either wake up to the fact that she's jumped out of her gated area or she completely misses the pad and goes right in front of the gate! Every time!
I would put a pad where she usually goes but since it is right in front of the gate i know she will step all over the poop and pee while she tries to jump the gate. She tries to get out all the time, in fact she actually does get out all the time and when i get home i see her running back to the gate and crawls up it because she knows it upsets me. The reason why it upsets me is because i always find pee and poop somewhere!
I started letting her just roam the house but i would close all the bedroom and bathroom doors possible. I would also remove the gate to her little area to increase any possible chances of her going to her pad to pee.
Sometimes she does really well and pees on her pad, but for the most part nope! She knows where her pad is, so why is it that she always pees or poops 2 paws away from her pad? I need help i don't get it. When i see her messes all i have to do is let out a gasp or sigh and she lowers her head and tries to hide in the corner of her crate with her back towards me. So i know she has to know she is doing something bad. I thought dogs weren't suppossed to mess where they sleep? She has no problem.
One night i tried to wait for her to potty before i put her in her crate, we literally were there for 2 hours! I was told not to give in, but after 2 hours i had to. I was was tired she was falling asleep while sitting on the pad. It was ridiculous!!!
Any ideas please! I need help! I'm to the point of tears now and all i want to do is love her.
