I am totally new to the piddle pad.. but wondering at the moment if that is not the problem I have with a young dog I adopted from the Chi rescue. She is approximately 2 years old... and a Chi/Rat Terrior mix. She constantly finds it appropriate to pee on my carpet. We adopted her in early Feb, and it is now May. At first I thought it was because she was in a new place. That is no longer the case. This is definitely driving me crazy, as I was told she was trained. I have crated her, and had no problems with her peeing in the crate. She has improved greatly as far as not pooping in the house any longer. However, I can take her out 10 times a day, and she will wander around the yard and barely ever pees, beause she has already peed in the house, and I did not find it. My son thinks it is cruel to leave her in the crate. I tried to explain to him that even tho he wants to sleep with her at night, she will get up and pee again. Maybe she is accustomed to having a pee pad, but I am not. I have never felt it is ok for a dog to pee in the house, regardless of whether it is on newspaper or a "pee pad" Who in the world would have invented something like that???? Because they are small dogs and that is to make it ok??? Not ok with me! I am also refusing to purchase them, and believe I can train her to go outside. I live in a 55 and up community and dogs are not allowed outside without the owner, therefore, leaving her outside until she pees is not an option. When I take her out.. we are out there forever, until she finds "just the right place" and this is totally unnerving for me. She then will circle for 5 min until finally peeing. However, when I leave her in the crate, she will run outside and pee immediately. How long should I have to leave her in the crate mode before she is totally trained?? She did great for weeks, and no peeing in the house, so I figured she was good to go as far as letting her sleep in bed with my son. First morning, of course I stepped in a spot on the carpet again. Now what? Is crating her going to be a lifelong thing with her?
Hope not, because my son is 27 and autistic and definitely wants her in bed with him. She is also very aggressive and does not seem to know who she should protect. If she is lying with me and either of my sons come in to kiss me or talk to me.. she will snarl and growl and attempt to bite anyone coming close. Does the same thing if she is in sons' room. Yesterday had a friend over that has a 4 year old. I was playing with the 4 year old and started tickling.. and suddenly my Maya appeared and tried to bite at me... not realizing we were playing. Just not sure what to do with her!!!
Please help!