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I have inherited my sons yr old Yorkie who seems bright but has had very inconsistent training. I love this little girl,but she has lots of issues and I am not willing to keep her if she continues to ruin my house.(though I cant even imagine giving her away either) We have two other older dogs in the home and 3 is way more than I ever wanted anyways. This dog seems to not be able to go more than a couple of hours without urinating somewhere and she poops wherever she feels like it. Today she jumped up on my dining room chair and urinated on it. She has also urinated on my daughters bed. Between all of us in the house right now she probably gets to go outside every 3 hours or more often...and she will usually go if we take her out. Even through the night as dh and ds are working odd hours and even take her out at 3 am or so. What can we do to stabilize her training or is it too late? I do not want the kind of house that smells like dogs and right now my carpet is old and needs replacing but I am afraid to do anything because I would be really upset if she ruined new carpeting. Dont get me wrong...I love my dogs,even my adopted one, but this is ridiculous. I would pay to send this dog somewhere if they could train her for me. Is there any hope? I should also say caging her is not a great option...she seems to have severe separation anxiety (was a puppy store purchase), and yelps incessantly if caged and dh will not put up with it (hes not really a dog lover). Are there any book or reliable ways to train her now that she is this old? Could my vet offer suggestions do you think? Ill take any ideas as I am tired of cleaning up messes but cant bear the thought of getting rid of her either. Thanks for reading so far.
Laura