Hello all
I have a 13 week old bitch and, as the subject title says, I really am at my wits end with house training. I understand that they take time (we are not first time dog owners; we have had three other dogs previously) but we are making absolutely NO progress and I am at the end of my tether. We have had her since she was 8 weeks, so roughly 5 weeks now.
We have had a grand total of two dry nights over the last 5 weeks. Someone suggested to me to reduce the size of the crate so that their bed takes up the whole space, the idea being that they won't want to toilet on their bed. Well, I tried this last night and woke up in the morning to a bed, crate and dog that were caking in diarhrea type poo. She was covered in it, had got it all over the bars of the crate and then trod it all over my floor. She also jumped up at me and got it all over my clothes. I was literally in tears. I would be more forgiving if this was an occasional occurence but it happens almost daily. I dread going down in the mornings to know that I have to bath the dog, wash the beds, wash all my clothing, hose down the crate and wash the floors numerous times to get rid of the smell. This whole routine takes a good hour out of my morning.
We have tried various things to get her clean over night. I have tried staying up late (until 1am) and getting up at 6am. If I was lucky she would just wee when in there, but almost always I would wake up to a poo and the same situation as above. I have also tried going to bed at my regular time (11pm) and getting up at 2-3am to let her out. Often she would wee and poo in that space of time and I would have to carry out the same routine as above at 3am, as obviously I could not leave her in a crate full of poo. On the times I got up at 2-3am and she did NOT poo in there, I would take her own only for her fall back asleep outside on the ground. She would then poo again in the crate between 3am and 6am.
I take water up at 7pm and her last meal is at 5pm. I moved it forward as I thought it would help, but it has not helped the situation at all. I don't want to move it forward any more as I think 12 hours is a long time for a puppy to not have any food. She is fed 3 cup fulls of James Wellbeloved at 6am, 12pm and 5pm. No treats, just the dried food.
She also still poos and wees in the house if you take your eye off her for a few seconds. Even when I praise her for going outside and scold her for doing it indoors, she still doesn't 'get' it. She also jumps up repeated and barks constantly for attention. The neighbours have complained and the barking is extremely disruptive.
Due to this, I am not enjoying her at all and unfortunately am being to resent her. I know puppies are hard work but so far I have not felt at any point that I have enjoyed her company. With my previous dogs, I bonded to them straight away. I do not feel any type of connection with her.
Help, as I really feel like giving up and have considered giving her back to her breeder.

I have a 13 week old bitch and, as the subject title says, I really am at my wits end with house training. I understand that they take time (we are not first time dog owners; we have had three other dogs previously) but we are making absolutely NO progress and I am at the end of my tether. We have had her since she was 8 weeks, so roughly 5 weeks now.
We have had a grand total of two dry nights over the last 5 weeks. Someone suggested to me to reduce the size of the crate so that their bed takes up the whole space, the idea being that they won't want to toilet on their bed. Well, I tried this last night and woke up in the morning to a bed, crate and dog that were caking in diarhrea type poo. She was covered in it, had got it all over the bars of the crate and then trod it all over my floor. She also jumped up at me and got it all over my clothes. I was literally in tears. I would be more forgiving if this was an occasional occurence but it happens almost daily. I dread going down in the mornings to know that I have to bath the dog, wash the beds, wash all my clothing, hose down the crate and wash the floors numerous times to get rid of the smell. This whole routine takes a good hour out of my morning.
We have tried various things to get her clean over night. I have tried staying up late (until 1am) and getting up at 6am. If I was lucky she would just wee when in there, but almost always I would wake up to a poo and the same situation as above. I have also tried going to bed at my regular time (11pm) and getting up at 2-3am to let her out. Often she would wee and poo in that space of time and I would have to carry out the same routine as above at 3am, as obviously I could not leave her in a crate full of poo. On the times I got up at 2-3am and she did NOT poo in there, I would take her own only for her fall back asleep outside on the ground. She would then poo again in the crate between 3am and 6am.
I take water up at 7pm and her last meal is at 5pm. I moved it forward as I thought it would help, but it has not helped the situation at all. I don't want to move it forward any more as I think 12 hours is a long time for a puppy to not have any food. She is fed 3 cup fulls of James Wellbeloved at 6am, 12pm and 5pm. No treats, just the dried food.
She also still poos and wees in the house if you take your eye off her for a few seconds. Even when I praise her for going outside and scold her for doing it indoors, she still doesn't 'get' it. She also jumps up repeated and barks constantly for attention. The neighbours have complained and the barking is extremely disruptive.
Due to this, I am not enjoying her at all and unfortunately am being to resent her. I know puppies are hard work but so far I have not felt at any point that I have enjoyed her company. With my previous dogs, I bonded to them straight away. I do not feel any type of connection with her.
Help, as I really feel like giving up and have considered giving her back to her breeder.