[samtantha]

Hello all,

I am new here and know I could spend hours searching and reading on potty training, but I can't focus enough to do that. Here's our story - Bella is almost 6 months old, came from a first time accidental breeder. We are having training issues.

I take her to Puppy class and have one line of thought - she's a puppy and some pups are harder to train than others. My husband, won't attend class with us, thinks he trained one dog to go outside and I'm doing it all wrong.

He wants to "correct" her after tha fact, I don't see the point. He wants her to stay in her crate and not pee all day. I want to hire a local gramma to stop in and let them out in the middle of the day.

We've had Bella since she was 4 months old - husband wanted a yorkie. They said she was pad trained, but that's not proven true. We take her outside and we babygate her in our kitchen when we can't watch her. In the kitchen she has a pee pad, toys, bed and water. It seems she'll drink so much; then won't pee outside. Only to return to the kitchen and pee on the floor.

Now, Bella has become "my dog". My husband has said a couple times she needs a new home. I'm having a really hard time with this. However after typing this maybe he's right. I mean, if he doesn't love her like I do, then she does deserve better.

I have a vet appointment on Saturday - so they can help me collect a sterile pee sample. I want to rule out any medical related issues. Perhaps this post was just to help me, make the choice do what's best in the long term - for her and not for me.

Thanks for listening.