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Location: Scottish Borders
Joined: Nov 2006
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Hi there,
well I think if you have sorted all the other problems you are doing well and hopefully she will get there with this last thing.
For the time being I'd use the crate when you have to go out to work and overnight because the more times she goes in the house the more she will think it is the natural thing to do.
I'd then build up very slowly on the time I left her alone out of the crate - start off with just a couple of minutes (but do whatever routine you would normally do for leaving her longer - except for shutting her in the crate).
Two of mine were not house trained as pups and they will never tell me they need to go out (which they couldn't do anyway if I wasn't there!) I therefore always make sure that I know their poo 'regime' and that they've had one outside before I leave them. From this point of view, routine can be quite good as they get used to going at the same time every day and you know whether or not they've been...but if your own life isn't very routine and you chop and change walk times etc. it can be a drawback.
As you say, going back to treating her like a pup and rewarding for doing it outside is a good step.
Good luck, I'm sure she will get there in the end.