[barneysmommmy]

She is around 9-12 years old. We really don't know. We got her from a rescue/shelter 3.5 years ago. They said she was around 6. But they didn't know. My vet said she looked to be around 9 or 10. I don't really know why he guessed that age.

She was not potty trained even a little bit. She had been kept in a cage before the shelter got her, terrified of grass for a long time.

After about 6 months of hard work, she would go outside to pee. I keep pads in the house that she uses also. But over the past few months, she's been going all over the place at night. During the day, she's fine.

She usually stands guard at night by sitting on the top of the couch and staring at our living room door. Then, around 4 am she comes to bed.

Hubs and I are very much against putting her in a kennel at night. But we would also like to avoid having to replace the floors in our house.

I have diapers for her, but they fall off.

I have been considering putting her in the laundry room with a baby gate--it's an open doorway to the kitchen. I would only do this during the night. Hubby doesn't like this idea. It has tile floor. But I would cover half of it with pee pads and put her food and bed in the other half.

Any suggestions?