I think you will need to go back to basics. Keep them confined to the laundry room untill they learn to go out to the box.
It might be that they don't like the box, but it sounds to me like they just never got the message, so you will need to start like they were puppies and retrain them.
When I got my guys, I put down pee pads where ever i found poop or pee, they were confined to the kitchen. At one point I had half of the floor covered, then I gradually started moving the pads closer together towards the area where I wanted the pad to be.
If they went back to a spot that I had moved a pad from, I put one of their beds or a toybox over the spot.
Gradually I got it down to one pad, and then I put that pad in a shallow under the bed type rubbermaid box. They did real well with that 95% of the time.
Since then I have fenced in my patio and installed a doggie door, and now they use the doggie door and only use the box if it is raining out.
However, I still keep them confined to the kitchen during the day, They are only allowed in the living room in the evening when we are watching TV, and then I put the box in the living room becase I still don't trust them.
I crate them only at night.
Please just give them time. I know it is hard for you right now, but for the time being, confining them to hard surface floor will help.
If you absolutely cannot handle it I would love to have them. And many others on here would also. |