We put the extra bathmats out inthe kitchen... its working already! It got so bad yesterday that she FLAT-OUT REFUSED to enter the kitchen. I can't take her out from the front door - it snowed and the ice build-up on the steps was worse than the kitchen. So out of desperation, I threw the bath mats down it it made a super difference immediately... poor thing really had to go otside desperately!

We have a trail of mats snaking through the kitchen and I don't care since it makes my girl happy.

Thanks for your help!