[Inez]

Hello everyone! Last week we brought Ginger home. She is a Yorkie/Pomeranian and is currently 9 and a half weeks old. We are following all the potty training rules and are still having such a difficult time training Ginger. We were told that she was potty pad trained when we got her. She has not gone once on the pad and prefers our carpet. I tried the training drops as well to no avail. We take her to the pad after meals, nap, awakening, and playing. She can never stay there. She runs away from the pad and it seems like she doesn't like us watching her go. I've tried blocking her in next to the pad, but she holds it until we let her out. We clean the places she goes with a solution that prevents them from coming back, but she just finds a different spot. When we catch her in the act, we pick her up and take her to the pad.

My husband and I both work all day and leave her in the kitchen, which is also where we leave her pad at all times. We put her toys and crate, which she sleeps in at night, in there for her as well. She goes all over the floor and never on the pad. Lately, she has been tearing up her pad. A friend of mine suggested that we leave her in the crate all day long, but I don't know how I feel about that. I feel like we've tried everything and it just doesn't seem to work. Do we just need to be patient and consistent or are we doing something wrong? Could it be because I put her crate in there with her, she is now mistaking the kitchen as her den?

Please help! I feel like I'm doing everything wrong.