[yorkietalkjilly]

Give it all time. Work through each thing as patiently and best you can and in time, she will accommodate to things little by little. Bad timing on the fence but all you can do is maybe buy an outside pen for them to use while the fence is being replaced or buy one of those 25 - 50 foot lines to hook onto between her harness and the end of the leash so she doesn't feel too close to you to relax herself to go.

I'm was too impatient to take Tibbe out and teach him to pee/poo on a leash as he just refused to go with me standing close by and I would have had to stand there too long to wait until nature and gravity took over. The neighbors dogs were both barking through the fence at him on one side and the neighbors kids were out screaming and playing on the other and he was so scared of all things as he'd just spent his whole life in a crate in a shed and was frightened of the entire world it seemed when I got him. He'd just stand there petrified at first! He was just as scared of things in the house!!! We had a hard first 6 months desensitizing him to daily living like a real dog! But now he pees/poos on the leash during walks just fine - he just didn't want to at first due to his immense fear.

But day by day, little by little, we worked it out and he began to relax and see me as his dog-gentler. I was the one constant he could come to trust - though even that took time getting him to come to me. He refused to take treats or food as an incentive at first when he was outside to pee/poo due to his fear so only my watching him like a hawk for signs of needing to go and rushing him out worked but what I quickly went to was just taking him out every 30 minutes - of course that's with a fence in place. He soon learned he'd be going out so he learned to hold it in his crate(where I'd put him if he didn't go pee/potty - whichever it was time for - and I had him on a strict schedule that first two months or so and knew when it was time for each) until the next 30 minute break. He even began accepting a treat when he went and finally, I could gradually lengthen that time between potty sessions out until he could hold himself 4 hours at a time!!! Yahoo!!!

By the time a year had passed, he was spending no time in his crate to avoid accidents, he was holding himself all day long when I was away at work - would refuse to use the potty pads I'd leave down for him. He still had the occasional accident when it would rain and go potty on the fuzzy pad in his airline carrier until he was 2 years old and then he just stopped having accidents - well, unless he's got running diarrhea.

If Summer's sides are really hardened and full and she doesn't poop by tomorrow, you might try asking your vet if you can give her some Milk of Magnesia to help her go before she gets too miserable. But she'll probably poop later tonight or in the morning.

Patience with little Wallee - he's had a big change in his life, too, and likely wonders what happened to his old life. He doesn't yet know Summer will become his best friend. Try those desensitizing exercises where you play with Summer as you toss him treats and treat him anytime she comes into the room. In time, he'll begin to loosen his territorial feelings and accept her as a true pack mate. I think usually within two weeks you begin to see some tiny acceptances by the dog holding himself aloof and by two months time, they are usually fully accepting of one another.