I really need help — I feel like our potty training has completely regressed.
Last weekend I posted here and followed the advice I got: I removed the pee pads on Sunday night and blocked the areas where she used to pee. Since then, things have gotten worse instead of better and I feel defeated.
Updates this week:
• Monday night: I found pee in a new spot in the apartment.
• Tuesday morning: we went outside and she peed, but when we came back inside she jumped on the bed, started digging, and then peed on the duvet.
• Work days: I leave from 9am–4pm. Some days I come home and there’s pee, some days there isn’t.
• Wednesday: she didn’t want to pee before bed, and I woke up at 2:40am to find she had already peed the bed.
• Thursday night / Friday morning (today): she refused to pee before bed again, and when I woke up there was pee on the bedroom floor.
I always take her out before bed around 10pm.
Poop is another issue I can’t figure out at all — it feels random and I can’t get her on a schedule or get her to consistently go outside.
About her routine:
She’s a 7-month-old dachshund puppy.
• Wake up: ~6–6:30am
• Breakfast: 7–7:30am (she often doesn’t want to eat right away)
• Potty: 8:30am before I leave for work
• Alone: 9am–4pm
• Potty when I return: ~4pm
• Dinner: 7–8pm
• Last potty: ~10pm before bed
I praise and reward when she pees outside. I removed pads because she was still using them even when I was home and taking her out.
Also — in the last few days there were two days where she didn’t pee inside at all and held it until I got home. Is that a sign of progress, or just random?
Right now I feel like everything regressed after removing the pads and I don’t know what I’m doing wrong — especially with poop timing and the accidents.
Any advice on:
1) Whether removing pads was the right move
2) How to stop peeing inside at random places
3) How to build a reliable poop schedule
4) What I might be missing in her routine
Thank you — I’m trying to do this right but feeling stuck.
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