Hi everyone! I have a dachshund mix and she is almost 2 years old. We need help finding alternatives for when my partner and I are away from home. We originally crated her, but discovered that she needs to "use the restroom" every 2-3 hours, resulting in messy accidents in the crate. We do take her out to potty before we leave, but she still goes. She does not have any bladder or potty health issues, she just likes to go so often.
We created a cute dog patio for her and she loves to go, but as soon as we leave the house, she gets crazy anxiety and poops in the house and pees on the carpet. So, we can't give her free range.
We put up a doggy gate (4 panel foldable kind) that is closed off only a portion of the home, but has access to the doggy door to go potty in the patio, but she ends up pulling the gate open from one side (despite putting adhesive bolts that prevent it from swaying.
She keeps peeing on our carpet and pooping in the corner of our home. We dont know what to do to keep her enclosed/away from the carpet, without making her an outdoor dog (we do not want to lock her out of a warm home.)
Any ideas?? Thank you so much!!!! <3
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