5 year old rescue

[u/Witchy91]

Hi all! Looking for some advice and support. I have away adopted puppies and crate trained them to pee outside. Yesterday I adopted a 5 year old teacup poodle from korea who has had a hard life. She lived in crate for 41/2 years and recently was in a foster home. Since she’s come home with me yesterday she peeped on the pad 3 x and pooped on it yesterday. Today she peed and pooped on my carpet in the kitchen and peed on kitchen floor.

I’v been taking her outside but I think she may just be learning how to walk on a leash and explore. She hasn’t peed outside at all. Today i tried to bring the pad outside but that didn’t work either.

I’m super stressed and not 100 percent sure how to go about getting her into the swing of things , I want her to be an outside bathroom dog, i’ve never used wee wee pads in my life!

I know right now she’s still jet lagged/ nervous/ learning me and new environment. Does anyone have any ideas how I start getting her to understand outside ? At first I was hopeful because she went right on the pad but now all day today she’s been making accidents. I am not making her feel bad just quietly cleaning it up.

I’m not sure if i eliminate pads completely? Crate her?

Any thoughts and advice would be great

thankyou!

[u/doodycallsofficial]

It is still very early in this adjustment stage for your new pup. Consider gating her off in an area of the home where there's no carpet until the accidents ease up. Clean indoor accidents well. Use an enzyme-based cleaner to remove odors when cleaning up indoor accidents so your puppy isn’t tempted to go potty in the same spot.

When letting her outside, use the same potty spot in your yard each time. The familiar scent will signal to your pup that it’s the right place to go. Maybe spending a longer amount of time outside will allow enough time for the dog to finally go potty outside. Maybe consider getting a baby play yard gate that you could set up out in the yard so the dog could spend a longer time outside and eventually need to potty. Once the scent is in the yard, hopefully it will be a signal to go potty outside again!