Need ideas re: Myndi

[Asiel]

Sorry Pom--- just spotted this post now. Freedom had some good advice as others also. Seems nothing is working for you though. Do you think maybe the colder weather is stopping her from going? The house is nice and warm---comparable to us having to use an outhouse right now although our weather is so warm we can wear sweats to go out. Today was one above C , hard to believe, the snow is almost gone.
Do you think if you took a pee pad and when she pees you could dab a bit of it on the pad so "her" smell will attract her to use it? Just an idea, not sure it will work but I remember housebreaking a dog this way...took a paper towel outside after an accident inside and staked it to a spot in the yard and bingo, no more accidents.
I was wondering if maybe her footing is better inside now that the ground is frozen and we have snow? Of course age can have a lot to do with it also. Are you sure she isn't pooling? As for the poop that's a hard one...could just be a preference...just forgive and forget ------she's so worth it

[pomtzu]

And the poop goes on.......not "the beat goes on" like Sonny and Cher sang about. Last night and again this morning. If she can pee outside - then I see no reason why she can't poop outside. I've tried telling her that, but she's not listening - it's like "talk to the paw" which she used to pull when she was younger. If I was scolding her about something, she would turn her head away from me with her nose in the air, and raise one of her paws up so that it was up by her face. It was really hilarious, and I would have to walk away so she wouldn't see me laughing about it - after all - I was supposed to be scolding her!!!

She has her potty spots outside and always uses the same ones - to pee it's by a bush by the back porch, and to poop it's the area between the house and garage, or behind the garage heading out toward a big tree. She hardly ever reverts from these areas. The ground isn't frozen and we haven't had any snow, so there's no problem sniffing out her own territory.

It was nasty and rainy/drizzling last night and again this morning, so I didn't have her out for too long. Later today closer to her supper time, I'm going to make it a nice long outing, since it's clearing off now. Don't know what else I can do.............