Hi Terry. You just have to make sure that in the short-term, you don’t give her the opportunity to go unsupervised in the house, as each time is a step backwards. Eventually, if she doesn’t go inside, it will just feel too weird to her to go anywhere except outside, even if it’s wet and raining. It takes time.

Hi Karen. There’s a link in the article above to another one that explains how a lot of these puppies are more anxious outside than inside, and how the anxiety blocks their awareness of needing to go to the toilet just like it does for us. It explain some of the things you can do to make them happy to go outside, but it’s very hard with these highly attached puppies. In other words, it’s a lot of time and work and you can’t just leave them to run loose in the house, or they will only reinforce the bad habit in the meantime.

Hi Ally. Read this page on puppies that hold on to toilet inside.

Hi Gianna. Like I go through in the article, your puppy has likely developed a habit of going in the bathroom as they initially felt (& maybe still feel!) safer and more relaxed there than outside. It’s very time consuming to undo existing habits but you will succeed with kindness and diligence.

Hi Robynne. Sometimes the problem is hesitancy about using the doggie door itself. In these cases, it’s best to take the door off so there is just a hole or stick it up so it doesn’t flap. Once they get used to it, you can then let it swing as normal.