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How best do I housebreak a jack russell who's been trained to use a pee pad in a cage instead of going outside

Our new puppy is 13 weeks old, and came from an older breeder couple who didn't much care if their dogs used their house as a bathroom. Long story short, we put the puppy out, she plays or (maybe 1 out of 10 times) goes potty. Of those 9 other times, she comes right in, goes straight to her cage, and pees. PLEASE HELP! This is getting really, really hard for us.

This is a tough one because you have to retrain her to go outside. Retraining is MUCH more difficult than training. All I can suggest is putting the pee pads toward the outside of the crate and moving them slowly out over a few days, then moving them toward the outside door over several days so she is going closer and closer to the door. Then move it outside and get her to pee on it outside.

The most important part is what happens when she goes outside. Take her outside to potty, stand there still and don't talk to her except to give her a command to use the bathroom (Go potty, hurry up, etc) ONCE then ignore her until she pees or poops. Keep her on a leash in one area, don't walk around and let her sniff everything or play. When she does what you want, praise her, pet her, play with her, give her a tiny super yummy treat and make it seem like she could do nothing better in this world ever! You can play with her outside at this point, in a different area from where you want her to associate with pottying.

Let her back inside and WATCH HER AT ALL TIMES until she is trained to consistently go outside. You don't have to crate her, but keep her near by putting her on a leash and holding it or tying it to your belt. When she starts sniffing or circling like she needs to potty, pick her up and whip her outside, command her to potty, ignore her until she goes then praise her.

When she goes inside and you don't see her, don't stress. Just clean it up and move on. It will take a little longer than normal potty training, but she'll get it eventually.

Also, keep in mind that she is only 3 months old, so she can only hold it for about 3 to 4 hours (her age in months plus one) before she really has to go so try to anticipate this need and take her outside before she decides to go inside. She will also need to go when she wakes up, eats a meal, drinks a lot of water and sometimes in between.

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