Now, I know bassets are stubborn. I also know they have selective hearing and can give the impression of being downright stupid at times. Ladybug, however, is really becoming a problem! She is one year and three months old. We crate-trained her as we did Dexter and she learned reasonably well that potty and poop belong outside (though she did one day potty right in front of the guest room toilet, I guess in the mistaken idea that that's where one does it). At the time we got her and, indeed, until last month, Big Tex was working nights and was home during the day, so the dogs were let out whenever they wanted.
She holds it all night (except for last night -- don't ask me why). She holds it all day in the crate, where she stays while we're at work. What I want to know is, how do we get it through her basset brain that she needs to hold it all day even when she's not in the crate? We tried putting her in the guest room bathroom one day -- you should have seen the mess that resulted!
I'm really frustrated because I hate keeping her in her crate all day while Dexter has the run of the house. We were able to housebreak him, but, of course, that was 12 years ago -- we were young, had no kids, and really concentrated on him. I think it took 6 hard months to get him trained, and I don't want to give up on Ladybug, but I'm despairing.
ANY IDEAS???? Doggie doors are out, since we live sort of in the country -- I'd worry about what would come IN.
Thanks!
Nina