[LWC]

We have moved Mia from her crate into the laundry room with a gate at the door it's right off the kitchen. The only things in there are washer, dryer, her bed,food,a few toys and her potty pad is in the closet also with no door, she has plenty of room to move around. We try leaving her in there until she goes but she refuses to go, (I've never seen such a small puppy hold it for so long) after many hours we start feeling sorry for her and will let her out. Once out she runs to greet Sue and me with lots of kisses then a quick wrestle with the cat we have about a 50% chance she will go pee and poop on the pad, that's out there usually one or the other. We she is out she can go to the kitchen, laundry rm., living rm. and foyer. Once she learns she must use the pad in the laundry rm. and we can trust her she will have run of the house. Can someone give me some suggestions and FYI Mia is 5 months old next week and weighs 4 lbs. Thanks lwc