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The crate suggestion sounds like a great idea but......Sophie is 6 years old and has not been in a crate since the day that I purchased her.....at 3 months old. She has had the freedom of going potty where she prefers to plus I don't think she would put two and two together at this point in her life. She is the big sister of the guys and I know for a fact that Winnie and Bailey would not aprove of her being locked up. They would drive me crazy with their carrying on. Sophie can go outside on the porch by herself as she does not go up down the steps, Bailey will stand watch by the door and wh

Even though she is older, it is never too late to start training 101. She will get the message even at this age.

Do you crate them at all? Maybe crating her until she finally goes in the fenced area. Freya (Sophie's kindred spirit) had a terrible time with transitioning to the covered dog run for winter (it is cement blocks for the floor with a large woodchip area at one end). She would stand and stand and glare and glare....but wouldn't go!!! Even first thing in the morning. But, walk her onto the grass...and tada! instanta-pee! Little #%&*@$!!! So, one Saturday...i waited her out. We woke and went to the covered area, she refused and was put back into her crate. Tried again every 30 m

I finally let Lucey roam for free at 6 months. She has been toilet trained and accident free for 3 weeks before then. I got lucey at 12 weeks and I gave up on the crate training after 1.5 weeks, I really just couldn't get up enough times at night to avoid her peeing inside the crate. Instead, she was playpen trained, I confined her to the playpen after she ate and when I was not home and at night. I put the wee pad and wee pad holder inside the playpen. The playpen is inside my big bathroom. At about 16 weeks, she was then confined to the bathroom. The funny thing is I got her in the summ