Your dog was probably never house trained or poorly trained. She may have come from a home with wood floors and carpet more resembles grass.
Since there are already "smells" in the carpet this is not going to be easy, but it can be done.
First, make sure she has a crate that is only big enough where she can turn around in. This is a MUST!! If the crate is too big, she will pee in it.
Second, purchase or build an enclosed play area where you can control the dog. It should be 5-6' in diameter. She will NOT be playing in this area, yet..
Third, completely cover the play area with pee pads. (Make sure the pee pads you use are different in color from your carpet. Dogs are color blind to a point, so this needs to be a completely different color). If you can't find a different color pee pad, you'll have to place some kind of subfloor below. Try a dark color sheet for contrast.
Now, this is important... You must either kennel the dog or watch her 100% of the time when she is out. Mistakes here can be crucial.
About every 3-4 hours put her in the play area and she will go on a pee pad -- she has no choice, as they are all pee pads... LOL
Do this for several days.
On the third day, remove one of the pee pads (actually, you'll be removing other soiled pads once per day). You will now have a play area with an empty spot.
Continue to put her in the area every 3-4 hours to go pee. Continue to either kennel or watch her 100% of the time.
You should notice that the dog will continue to pee on the pads and NOT the area you just pulled up.
A few days later you can remove the second pad. Continue to do this until only one pad remains.
When a single pad remains, open a section of the play area and put water in the opposite corner (not too close to the pad). Your dog will know where to get water and see the pad. She should quickly become accustomed to peeing in the same spot from this point forward.
Hope that helps and good luck! |