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Try walking her to convince her to potty outside.
My female will always pee if she sees/smells my male peeing. Can you use your other dog to model the desired behavior?
Bear in mind some dogs don't like to pee in their yard if that is where they play. If you have a nearby grassy area that's not a neighbor's yard, you might try taking her there too.
I wouldn't use the potty pads either. She has too much freedom in my opinion - she should not be able to sneak off to potty without you noticing. Leash her to your belt loop or keep her in a confined area where you can watch her at all times. If you're busy, put her in her crate or an xpen. If you take her outside and you know she should have to potty but she refuses, bring her back inside and put her in her crate for 20 minutes. Then try again. Repeat.
Here are some past discussions that might help. Have patience, it will happen!
http://www.mycorgi.com/forum/topics/potty-training-7
http://www.mycorgi.com/forum/topics/peeing-on-the-carpet
http://www.mycorgi.com/forum/topics/1150197:Topic:118298
http://www.mycorgi.com/forum/topics/pee-everywhere
http://www.mycorgi.com/forum/topics/puppy-confused-about-potty
http://www.mycorgi.com/forum/topics/1150197:Topic:49796
http://www.mycorgi.com/forum/topics/potty-training-help
I've been in your shoes and have helped many in the same sisuation.
Take the dog out, wait 10 min and if nothing happens return to the house and crate, wait 5 min and try again.
Throw a party when something does happen, jackpot treats...reward, praise and the whole works. Just remember to get the behavior as its happening, not after.
Get a good enzime cleaner and rent steam cleaner for carpets. Remember dogs have the ability to smell 100 times better then we can. That mark you would sware cleaned up and soaked down..ect. Can be easily found by your dog.
Crate dog when not paying attention... Dogs are den dwelling animals and love a crate, if you feed them in a crate, they sleep in it then they will not mess in the crate, dogs like to keep their sleeping area clean.
" Why is this happening, scruffy was potty trained".... well at 6 months of age your dog is about the age of your typical hormonally driven teenager in adult terms. Besides the raging hormone level changes, the wonderment of " how far can I go" and dominance establishment this is about the time where boundries are pushed or broken. Yes your pup is prob. purfectly house broken, no she/he didn't just magically forget it. These are the years when its push as far as I can get away with, and they will remember how far they got. Easy solution is to stand tall and kindly establish rules that are set in stone. "Potty time" is no longer the run around in the yard and play till you go, change your scope and you'll be amazed at how behaviors will change.
If you Corgi is toy driven or attention driven like mine, then you an use that as a reward as well. No potty, no get to play with the ball.
Ok, as for the attention while pottying, I know they say a retractable leash is bad, and it is in some cases. However in this case I reccomend you get one. It will allow your dog the freedom to wander. Also pay some attention to what drives your dog crazy..if its treats, toys or attention, use that as a motivator after he/she has done their business. Rewards go a long way in the establishing good behaviors.
Hope this helps, let me know if I can help out any more.
Well, as it sits right now her crate isn't a den to her.
Ok, its time to play " Lets out smart the Corgi" so turn it in to a game, use high value treats for this one.
get her to go in to the crate and sit, start off with 2 seconds, and then treat.
do it again, this time up the time to 3 seconds, then treat..
so on and so forth until you get to 1 min. Use a key word as well when she is walking in. Mine is " Home"
eventually you should be able to say " Go home" and then jackpot the first time it works...
as for the remainder, no more treats outside the crate, no snacks, no bones, no food, anything of high value goes in the crate, also if she has a bed, that as well goes in there as well.
The idea behind this is take her current " Den" and move it to inside the crate. Also meal time is much like a kid, she doesn't come out until most of her meal is gone. Don't feel bad about doing this, it takes time to get over the kid equivilant of " I'll show her, I just won't eat my dinner"
Water also is provided in the crate, you can find something called a lick-it, think over sized hamster bottle for dogs. they aren't overly expensive and quite useful really.
Once the dog establishes crate with home then most will willingly spend time in it. Also an important note for those whom haven't crate trained your dog. Most states and shelters will not take your pet in event of a major disaster if they are not crate trained. Truthfully they run out of room. As one website said " There is always room for a dog that brings their own house"
Hope this helps, let me know how it goes.
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