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Originally Posted by TeshaQ  I appreciate the responses and the views. Leave it to me to have an extra special dog. I'm wondering if there was an incident at the breeders no one told me about. For now, I've decided to crate her and take her out every 2 hours. I've set my phone to go off at 2,4,6,8 am. I'm prepared to clean up messes for the next few nights. This will hopefully "force" her to go in front of me. I will continue to praise like crazy and give extra treats. |
Shy potty girl! I brought my Teddy home at 8 months and he was 100% outdoor trained, but I needed him to also know how to use pads. He was fine to pee on the pads, but he is a shy pooper and did not want to use the pad.
To convince him that it was okay to use the pad and to go in front of me, I closed off a small back hallway and lined it with pads. When I knew he had to go, I put him in the area and verbally urged him to go potty. This was one of the hardest things I ever had to do because he was desperate to go outside. Finally he couldn't hold it any longer and pooped. I gave him a big party worth of praise and he finally got the message -- it was okay to go in front of me, and that I would take care of it right away.
Keep using keywords and phrases and urge your girl to go, and keep up with the praise and maybe a treat reward.
Also, I have read here that pad holders can lead to many dogs peeing on the side of the holder or near the pad. Try taking the holders away and see if that helps.
Good luck!