[cupcake310]

Hi, I need your advice please. I've had my sweetie Hailey for two months now. She's 5 months old. I've trained her to go outside and she's doing great! She's crate trained and I had a dog walker come in to walk her mid day but had to fire her after one too many mishaps. Unfortunately, my area does not have a lot of dog walkers and the services that are available are $20-30/a day, which is very costly!

So today is her first day home alone. I decided rather than take her out this morning to try to introduce her to the pads. I kept placing her on them a few times saying go pee pee Hailey (which is what I say to her outside). She walked away. I put her back in that area and sectioned her off. When I walked away and came back -- I saw she peed on the carpet. I placed her back on the pad and said pee pee good Hailey and she sat there for 10 minutes shaking like a leaf. I picked her up and gave her lots of love.

So here's my situation: I'm gone from home for 8-10 hours a day. I am trying to transition her to use wee pads during the day. Ultimately, I like to continue to take her outside first thing in the morning and when I get home each evening. But I'd like for her to use a pad during the day and at night time.

I live in a 1-bedroom apartment and sectioned her off in the hallway with half of the carpet covered in pads, the other half has water food and a dog bed. She looked completely horrified and was shaking like a leaf.

I'm wondering what other dog owners that live in apartments do with their dog, if anyone has trained a dog that is used to going outside to transition over to using wee wee pads if they need to go while in the house. I'm wondering if anyone has transitioned their dog from going outside to using another method inside the house?

Any suggestions you can give me would be greatly appreciated. I am a nervous wreck. I cried all the way to work.