I am so frustrated with my puppy!?

She doesn't understand that the porch is not the yard yet. You've been training her to go potty outside and in her mind she is. You need to walk her out into the yard to go potty not just let her outside. Put her on the leash and praise a ton when she goes in the grass. If you catch her going on the porch just say "No" pick her up immediately and take her in the grass. Once she finishes (if she has to) praise and be happy. Put her inside and clean the porch. This is going to take more time and effort to train her but she will learn.

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Dogs will usually try to poop away from where they eat. See if feeding her on the porch works. Keep an eye on her. As soon as she finishes eating, take her into the yard on leash and stay out with her until she has peed and pooped. Lots of praise (like she just saved your life) and little bits of special treats for each successful yard poop or pee.

You aren't keeping her outside 24/7 are you? I hope not because the dog si a social animal that needs to be with its family.

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Since what you're doing isn't working, why not try something that does work? All you need to do is to read the small, easy to understand book and to follow the simple instructions. This is the best housebreaking book ever written. I love it and you will, too.

Maybe you are not teaching her the right way. Maybe you don't know the right way to potty train a pup.

This like many things, all depends on the training or lack of proper training.

Put up a barrier so she can't get to the porch. & google 'potty training a puppy' & 'housebreaking a puppy'.

There are all kinds of ways to go about this training but you need to know what options you have & possibly another way of going about it.

You need to cage train her. That helps because she will be confined, and she won't want to go where she is sleeping, and in a small area where she cannot get away from it. This is a bit like a den the mother dog would keep the puppies in. The dogs get used to their cages, and will even take naps in their cage. You can't really remove the scent. She needs to develop a HABIT, instead, by repetition. Additionally, the cage needs to be in the main area of the house such as kitchen, family room, etc. Dogs are pack animals and need to be with their people. A cage helps her become a part of her family without ruining your belongings. It can take a day or two for her to get used to the cage. Cover if necessary. The little bit of whining from a pup who is not used to a cage is much better than years of a dog who won't be house trained. But, if she is quiet on the porch, she ought to adjust to a cage, around her family. You can also keep one in the bedroom for night time sleep.

Do this (then you won't need to keep your dog outside) (Him/her used in broad sense of "the puppy"):

1. Put puppy in cage.

2. Take puppy out, in the morning ON A LEASH. Stand with the puppy watching and encouraging him with key words such as, "Out, go out". This little time you will be spending with the puppy, outside, will save you much frustration and ruined carpeting. Don't cheat and put him out on his own. It won't work.

3. Upon success, praise the puppy as though he just laid a golden egg. Much jubilation must be involved in this.

4. Bring puppy inside and give him a treat, repeating the key words such as, "Good dog went OUT"..

5. Feed the puppy.

6. Repeat numbers 2, 3, 4.

7. Now, you can play with the puppy on a tiled surface for about 10 minutes, but NO LONGER than the puppy can hold it without any accidents. (As the puppy ages, its bladder capacity grows and it can be trusted longer, and longer). They have small bladders at a young age, and can't hold it very long.

8. Put back in the cage.

9. Take out each hour or two.

If the pup has an accident, soak it up, place in the grass and show the pup. Gently say, "Good dogs go out". Don't make any more of it. DO NOT scold the dog. This does absolutely no good and more harm since it often scares a dog and causes it to think pooping and peeing are bad things. But, of course the dog will poop and pee its entire life. You don't want it to think it is doing a bad thing each and every day, and that is all the scolding will equate to.

Buy the "Puppies for Dummies" book, which will give you lots of suggestions for your puppy and training. I am sure you could get this through used online sites for very little money. This will all (cage included) save you a lot of money in keeping your possessions safe, your puppy trained, and much easier for you when you see you are succeeding with your puppy. In using the dog cage, you won't need to take your puppy to the shelter, because she "could not learn" to be house trained. This makes success much easier, you will be happy, and your puppy will be happy, inside your house, with its family as it should be. Once they learn and develop the habit of going outside and NOT on the floor, in the porch, etc, they become house trained. This is a basic element in puppy and dog training, and you will end up with a happy, well-adjusted dog. We trained four dogs using this method. One lived to be 17 and was a great dog. The others are older now, too.

This is a simple process. It works. Then, the pup can't chew on things, either, until it is old enough to be out of the chewing stage. When you come home to a nice home with pup confined, everyone is in a great mood. Yay, people are home!! Yay, pup is in one piece in the cage and nothing is ruined. Puppy learns, becomes an adult, and can be trusted without you yelling, scolding or reprimanding.

You need to watch her closely and catch her just getting ready to go there. You could keep her in longer than usual and then put her out and watch her closely. Interrupt her peeing or poo-ing and the move her to the yard and then praise her when she goes.

Don't just send her outside. *Go with her*. Put the dog on the grass or wherever you want her to go, wait until she finishes going potty, then praise her.

We did that with our dog when he was a puppy and he caught on very quickly.

You are doing a good job by praising your dog when she goes in the yard but also you need to punish her when she goes inside your house. Just to be clear, punishment does NOT mean hitting her. You can either use a small spray used by barbers to spray water at them. This will make them remember what is right and what is wrong, simultaneously make them realize what happens when they do something wrong. It will take a lot of patience for your dog to get it but whenever you punish her, you need to show her what she has done wrong by pointing at it.

Best of Luck!!

Just keep training it :) Good luck :D