I’m finding life with my dog (1 of them) increasingly difficult. She hates rain and has stopped toileting outside unless it’s perfectly dry. This includes walks.
She’s 4, spayed, the vet has given her a thorough check over and says it’s a behavioural issue, but hasn’t suggested anything new I can try.
I've gone back to basics with house training, going out with her, rewarding when she does anything outside, taking her outside when she’s eaten or played, watching for signs that she needs a wee or poo, the usual things, but to no avail.
If it’s at all wet outside, in the garden or on a walk, she holds everything in to do it in the house. I seem to spend my whole life at the moment trying to sort this out. I’m an experienced dog owner, I know how to house train dogs and puppies, but she is beating me and it’s really getting me down.
Carpets are cleaned every time with enzymatic cleaner.
This is really affecting my previously robust mental health and most days I fantasise about rehoming her (which i don’t think I could ever do).
She seems happy in general, loves her dog brother. She’s never liked rain but has put up with it until the beginning of summer, and since the weather has been wetter every wee and poo has been inside. Even if I stand outside for hours (and I have) she holds it in.
Help!