[LucyGoosey]

I don't know what to do. My 8-week old Lucy only occasionally pees outside; after several hours of being in the crate, I'll take her outside (or even first thing in the morning) and all she does is sniff around the grass, play a little and lay down. Then, as soon as we get inside and I don't have my eye on her 100%, she poops and/or pees wherever.

Nothing seems to work. It seems like my ONLY options at this point are to let her eat/drink, crate her for some time(??), go outside, crate her, let her eat, go outside, etc. So she does literally nothing but eat/drink, go outside for her doggie business (if she ever is willing to potty outside), and hang out in the crate.

Perhaps 8 weeks is too young for this and I should just be satisfied if she makes it on the puppy pad?

I just don't know what to do. Almost all my free time while I'm not at work is devoted to her, and I'm fine with that, but I'm getting hardly any sleep and as soon as she pees/poops inside, I feel like I'm back to square one; once she's already gone, I can't punish her, and going outside won't do any good because, well, she's already gone poo (or pee).

So I dunno. I'm open to suggestions, otherwise I may just say F it and cover my apartment with pads and call it a day. After all, I clean up people poo all day at work, so why not continue when I get home, eh?