Potty training

Crate-training should help if she is not used to peeing where she sleeps. Most dogs don't, but if she ever was in a place (like a puppymill or similar) where she had no other choice crate training isn't going to work. In either case, whenever you are not keeping your eyes directly at her, she should be crated. Keep her on a leash tethered to you so she has to follow you at all times. You cannot let her get any opportunities to go inside the house. Since she's gotten used to doing that so it will take some time to break her out of the habit, but if she gets no other chances to go anywhere but outside (and when she goes outside praise her with treats, food, toys, whatever she likes best) she will eventually catch on. It will just take time and consistency.

it depends on the dog yours is a year which is alittle more difficult,and if you are gone alot makes a difference what i did with mine is after she ate about 20 min. i would take her out and stay out for about 10 min if she didnt do anythin i would take her out in another 10 i had her fixed which i noticed that if you dont take her when she needs to go you take her out or she will pee of course my dont like being in rain snow so she gets done quik

Hi there spongebobs_wife and welcome to myLot!! I hope you will enjoy it here. Also, congratulations on the new addition to your family. I bet she is beautiful! What you are referring to, in wanting to housebreak your dog, is called crate training. It's actually considered a very effective and humane method. It works on the premise that a dog is not inclined to soil its own area or "den." One of the animal rescue agencies close to where I live is a strong advocate for crate training and they ask on their guardian application form if you will be using this practice. Here are some links to some websites that might be of interest to you: http://www.pets.ca/articles/article-cratetrain.htm http://cfhs.ca/athome/housebreaking_your_new_puppy/ Also, this one is just about providing a crate in general for your dog, not just for the purpose of housebreaking: http://www.inch.com/~dogs/cratetraining.html Good luck with your mini dobie :) I hope she has a long, happy lifetime with you!