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I feel like a failure as a dog owner?

Im on this forum where ive been told im making things worse for my dog because she isnt housetrained yet.

We took her in when an old owner couldnt properly care for her and she was locked in a crate all day. She wasn't properly housetrained and was allowed to pee and poo in the house without any guidance. Over the last 9 months weve had her (she is now a year and a half) and ive been trying to house train her.

Shes my first dog and we live with my dad and sister. Im only 19 and i feel im the only one dedicating time to this. We managed to get her to stop going in her crate all together and in the day she occasionally will go to pee and poo on newspaper that i leave out.

Ive been told on the forum that this isnt house training and that it must be horrible for my dog.

I just feel so rubbish now, Really upset. I dont know, you guys all might agree but what do you think?

Going on newspaper isn't really housetraining (housetraining means they go outside) but for a dog like this it's a good first step. You can later move the newspaper outside to transition the dog to going outside. Have you tried the puppy pads, which are specially scented to attract the dog?

Also, a good method to housetrain an adult dog is to put the dog on a leash and take it around the house with you. That way you can monitor it the whole time and figure out when it needs to go, and take it out right away.

The thing that people have a problem with is when people start paper training 8-week-old puppies. Some people do this in the winter because it's "too cold" to take the dog outside.... then they act surprised and blame the dog when they have trouble retraining it to go outside in the spring.

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