Maggie won't really go in the yard either, only on walks. I think maybe trying the gate and putting her in the bathroom or somewhere easy to clean is a good idea. Crate training works for MOST dogs because they don't want to mess in their "home". The idea is eventually for your house to be her "crate" and the outdoors to be the place to potty. Maybe seeing she is in the yard all day, she thinks of that as her "home" and the indoors as a place to potty. I got Maggie at 4 also, and couldn't crate her, and she had messes constantly. And its only been in the last month and a half that she has been consistantly going outside and not on the floor. I can't really say what finally made it click for her except we just kept up on the routine and praised the heck out of her when she went in the grass (my neighbors prob think i am nuts, we just moved in feb, lol).
__________________ Corey Anne, mommy to sweet Maggie May.  |