My puppy just turned 10 months old, is 3 pounds and stubborn when it comes to house breaking! I am ready to sell her as this cleaning up is getting the best of me. I have crate trained her, she sleeps in her crate and can hold it all night. During the day while I am working, she has the laundry room to run in with a piddle pad to use, and a food and water bowel. She will use the pad if she is in the room, but will not use it when I put one at other spots in the house. She will only do one thing at a time outside, and then come in the house and slips away from me in a second to leave me a mess. Lately, she will pee or poop within a foot of where I am, or even jump on the couch to pee. Sometimes she will pee in her crate at nap time even though she went out and peed before she went into the crate. I have tried special snacks to reward her, she is always praised for outside potty; she has the run of the house in the evenings and week-end and gets lots of people playtime. She can tell you she wants to go out IF she wants to, but usually won't let you know. I can take her out every hour with her doing nothing for 4-5 hours - she sniffs the air, plays with a leaf, listens and pays attention to any far away sound, just oblivious to the purpose of being outside. If she doesn't go, she gets put in her crate. When she goes in the house, I always catch her, pick her up, take her to the mess, tell her harshly no, bad girl. Then, I put her in her "bad girl" crate. Have tried taking her outside afterwards, but that has not helped either. Yes, the vet has checked her. PLEASE what is the step I am failing to do??
Thanks in advance for your help.