Ahh about her piddling in the house --
When you put her outside, don't just put her out and leave her out there. Put her out and watch her. THE SECOND she goes potty, WHILE she's doing it, get super excited and tell her "GOOD GIRL!!!". Then when she's finished give her lots and lots of belly rubs and praise!!
When she goes inside, if you catch her in the act, say "NO" and immediately take her outside. Don't scold though or try "rubbing her nose in it", this just gives them attention for a bad action and dogs repeat actions that get them the most attention. If she gets a BUNCH of attention for going outside, guess what she's going to keep repeating??
Also lets say you come home and find she's gone inside. Well, you can not scold her for it as #1) you don't know how long ago she did it, and most likely she's forgotten she's done it already, and #2) you didn't catch her in the act.
I know its hard but I PROMISE with persistance and consistancy (but more importantly -- patience!) she WILL learn![]()
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