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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We rescued a year old terrier just over two years ago. She was at a backyard breeders and just kept in a cage, with no socialization. Thankfully she was rescued before being bred.

She spent the first 6 months of life with us simply hiding under the couch or bed. We mostly let her be, hoping we'd gradually win her over. She wasn't housebroken whatsoever, so we gently wored on that. Did not crate train her since she was so shy and really, kind of picked under the bed as her den. I I think that was our initial mistake.

She turned out to have a pretty severe worm issue, so many cycles of treatment.  We were patient through it all and simply cleaned up messes.

At close to a year, I finally lost it after a bad week of lots of poop in the house, and yelled and punished her. That actually seemed more than anything to get her to understand no poop/pee in the house.

Now, two years in, she's pee trained fine. But we cannot get her poop trained at all. Took her to the vet for  every test imaginable and there appears to be nothing physical. We walk her three ties a day, and she does not poop on every walk (previous dogs have all been regular poopers - you walk them, they'd poop).  She might be ok for a week or so, but then there will be several accidents right in a row.

We're at the end of our patience.  Tried going to a crate but she would just mess in the crate, which was worse for clean up.  Seriously we have reached the point where she's more of a burden than a pleasure. There is no pleasure.

What's our next step here?  I'm at a loss.  [/quote]

Honestly, I know you meant well and had the best intentions, but rescuing a dog often results in stories like yours. People romanticize it, but a lot of these dogs have problems and they never fully adapt. You can't teach an old dog new tricks, and a 1 yo terrier is kind of past the housebreaking stage. You will eventually give the dog back, so I recommend you look into it sooner rather than prolong your agony.[/quote]

Time for the rainbow bridge.[/quote]

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