Background: Our oldest, (10) passed away in May. She and Zoe (9)were perfectly trained. Hardly ever had accidents. Then.... we lost Gizmo....and the story begins.
The culprits:
Number 1: 9 year old Zoe: Very Healthy, Always used pee pads or outside before this.
Number 2: 7 month old Sadie. A little harder to train, pees sometimes when she gets excited, goes on pee pads 85% of the time.
Number 3: 8 week old Bella. Very young puppy, should have stayed at breeder longer, but she was unable to keep her. She goes on pee pads 50% of the time. The other times she pees while playing, running etc.
The problem: I think the older 2 are peeing after the youngest to show dominance or to "mark it as THEIRS". Luckily, I am able to be home with them and take them out as much as possible. I have tried crate training the youngest one but she pees all in the crate. AND sounds horrendous crying while being crated.
I am asking for ANY advice that can make this situation better... because we are at our up to our eyeballs in pee pee