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Originally Posted by eauxbehv  I have a 7 month old female Yorkie I can not house break. She doesn't have any problems holding herself all not, but during the day she pees/poops in the house, in her small kennel. I take her outside she comes back in to do her business. I have a new house and a 5 yr old male who is totally house broken. I have had dogs my whole life and have NEVER had this problem.
I told my husband to find her a home where someone is home all day. I HAVE HAD IT WITH HER. But I feel like bad mom.
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Has something changed in your household? You mention a new house, could that be it? I had finally trained my girl and she was house broken for months. I was so happy and sure she would never do it in the house again. Through pouring rain, hot-mosquito filled days, snow storms and all in between she would wait and do it outside. I was so surprised that even as a baby she would hold it ALLLL night.
Well...I had a great idea one day, a brother for my little girl! Along came my baby boy Nicky. Nini (my girl), DID NOT think my idea was so great and she let me know it by pooping and peeing any where, all over inside the house and IN FRONT OF MY FACE! Yes, while I watched in disbelieve and in total shock.
It took me about 3-4? weeks of letting her know that a new brother does not mean she is not my princess any more. It took patience and retraining. I know how you feel, it's frustrating. I wanted to scream and would get so angry with her and myself. But, what helped me breath normally again was to realize what she means to me, that a carpet can be cleaned and most of all, that she was FEELING too. Feeling scared, confused, unloved?
Remember that they know when you're angry, but can't understand why. Instead of getting angry at Nini when she went in the house, I would not let it get the best of me, clean it up and forget it. Then, I would wait until she did it outside (not because she meant to, but because she happened to be outside when the urge came) and I would celebrate it by kissing, hugging and playing with her until she starting going outside exclusively again.
Is a work in progress (she can relapse) because she's still jealous of her brother, but it's getting better every day.
So, Pleeeease, pretty please, figure out what happened that made your baby so unsure of herself that she's seeking your attention in that way. And be patient
