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I havn't been on to this one in ages. My Angel was pts, exactly a month after her surgery for the cancerous tumours to be removed. expert vet said he'd never seen such an aggressive cancer in an animal, ever. My old boyfriend and neighbour buried her in the local "graveyard", with all the dogs I'd loved as a child. x
His sister gave the kids a puppy soon after, a jack russell x yorkie cross. My house was broken into monday of last week, the ass stole my laptop, my PUPPY, the keys to my car, then robbed the car and wrapped it into a roundabout a little over an hour from here. he threw my puppy out of a moving car, along with the laptop, and she was missing for 3 days. dog warden picked her up, and we have her back, thank god.
I had been trying to train her to sleep in the utility room, with the wholr crate thing, it wasnt going too well, she was whinging all night. Since she came back, I've been feeling sorry for her, and she's been upstairs, but the little witch toddles out to the landing, which is carpeted, to do her business. I need massive help in sorting it out. We all love her and I have no problem her sleeping in my room, in her crate, but she howls all night to be left into the bed, and if she's in the bed, she jumps down when I'm asleep and does her business. I wish she'd just howl when she needs to go, then I could bring her down outside. Aghhhh, any advice greatly appreciated. xxx
 
Sorry to hear about your girl. What a nightmare to have your pup stolen, I would imagine she is still pretty traumatised by it all. I think you need to go back to very basics with crate training (pm Cayla for her guide), and then you will have to be a bit tough. I hope things improve for you from now on.
 
OK to begin with she's a mix of breeds which are notoriously tricky to toilet train so do bear that in mind, apart from anything she will have a small bladder - try to limit what she eats and drinks before bed time and make the trips outside frequent, give a command for toileting and praise her when she goes, NEVER reprimand or rub her nose in it apart from something like an 'ah-ah'.

Sorry for your Troubles/the robbery but you really do need to stop feeling too sorry for her/indulging her, it just creates confusion and is not good for the dog long term, they like rules and boundaries, not 'I feel sorry for you today, but tomorrow you're not allowed on the bed' - a lot of dogs just don't understand that I'm afraid.
Like MM I would go back to basics and try to get hold of Cayla's crating guide.

I don't actually think her being in the room is a good plan either - every time you move, every time you make a noise, that will rouse her and the drama will begin all over again.

You've got kids, you know the arguments about lifting a baby every time it cries!
 
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