We got our 6-year-old Minpin Zippy almost a year ago. She's a puppy mill rescue and we knew immediately she was abused. In the past year she's learned some things and has gotten to be more of a normal acting dog, but we don't know how to potty train her.
We've been using puppy pads and we've tried putting her outside on a schedule multiple times a day, but she will still come in and pee on the carpet almost immediately after coming back in. We've been told to not even try a crate from the woman we got her from because she associates it with the fear and abuse she went through her first 6 years before she came to us.
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I would gate her in the kitchen. It is less restrictive than a crate. Take her out at the same time each day. Take food away between meals and feed her the same time each day.
Being that your dog was an abused dog and is now 6 years old it may take a well thought out plan to overcome whatever fear is causing this behavior. I feel sure it will take some time and patience also.
You did mention that she goes potty on the carpet.
Would it be possible to bring her into a smaller area that does not have carpet? Such as a laundry room?
I have had to retrain a puppy and I used a kinda sneaky method.
I let him into a kinda confined area with newspaper on part of the floor. After a while the puppy would go on the newspaper.
I just kept moving the newspaper closer to the door every day or so. I soon had the newspaper at the door and eventually moved it to the outside of the door on the small porch and finally into the yard. He was finally weaned and I was able to stop the newspaper routine but it was a very slow process.
This may not work for you but I hope you can find a solution soon.
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