[Kaytee1006]

I haven’t posted on here in a while, but I am having some trouble getting my 2 year old Mandie to go outside on her leash. (We moved into an apartment from Florida to S.C in September and got her a playmate)

Back in December when we would take her down to go potty she would start shaking/shivering like she was cold, but she wasn’t, it was like she was scared of something, but I am not sure what of, when we would hook her leash on her harness. And then when we would go downstairs she would hurry and go potty and run and tug on her leash to go back upstairs. She wouldn’t want to be downstairs/outside at all.

And in January, we had our first Snow (8 inches), and she had never seen snow before, so I think that scared her and we had just gotten back from being home from Fl for Christmas so she was “homesick” from seeing my parents. And now ever since the snow which was over 3 weeks ago she has been hiding under our beds, in the bathrooms, and not wanting to be out in the same room with me and my sister during the day. She is now shivering/shaking in the house without me saying I am going to take her outside. She doesn’t want to play very much with our other dog, and would rather lay in another room by herself or under the bed during the day.

I am not sure what to do with her, or how to get her to go outside willingly. This is becoming a problem, because she is housetrained, but because of her not wanting to go outside, she is starting to potty in the house. So any advice is appreciated!!

Sorry this is so long….