[Trixie160713]

I am new to this forum so hello to you all. My name is Mel and I'm from not so sunny England.

I have a very beautiful four year old Yorkie called Trixie. Trixie has been part of my family since she was eight weeks old.

My problem is that she insists on using my home as a toilet and has done for almost all her life. Think we had about a four month spell when she was a puppy where she cracked it but it didn't last.

Trixie has a doggie door so has unlimited access to the garden and she uses this doggie door happily so I know she isn't afraid of it. She ruined my living room carpet so I invested in wooden flooring but this is now lifting where she has weed. She will wee in my kitchen (on laminate flooring), my living room (on wooden flooring), and in the rest of the house which is carpeted. She is also happy to wee on my leather couch and upholstered dining room chairs!

I have tried everything I can think of to stop this behaviour. I have smacked her after taking her to where she weed, I have tried crate training but she is happy to wee and dirty in her bed, I put her out through the day and before bed and praise her when she goes outside. I have cleaned the areas she wees in with vinegar as I was told this will deter her but all it does is stink up my house.

She is destroying my home and friends and family think my only solution is to get rid of her but she is a beautiful girl and so loving. She is a big part of my family and rehoming is not something I want to do but I don't know whT else to try and the older she gets the harder it becomes.

Please can anyone help?