Wow, I'm feeling a LOT better about my girl all of a sudden.
I felt like such a failure since she wasn't trained till after 5 months (she's now 6 almost 7 months and I can't remember the last accident any more *knocking on wood*).
I had to go on a strict crate training schedule to get her potty trained. I even had to suck up to the Ex. to get him to come take her out while I was at work, not to mention begging my mom to do the same on other days. Even putting her on a strict time controlled scedule, it took about 8 weeks to get her 110% reliable.
She was not allowed play or house roaming time until the 'deed' was done. And I think the occasional accident toward the end was mostly my fault for being distracted.
You have NO idea how guilty I felt since she spent quite some time on some days in her crate. If she wouldn't do her business, she'd have to spend another 15 to 20 in her crate until she finally went. On some days, this seemed to take ALL day (not really but once you go through this for about 2hours, it sure feels like it!!! LOL).
I know it will happen, maybe just changing something, like religiously using a crate for a few weeks? It did work for me and she's a GREAT dog in most respects. Now, if I could get her to stand up for her conformation class and get her to let me clip her nails w/o a struggle, then I'd feel like I accomplished something!
LOL
