I am having a horrible time with the twins tody. It has been raining off and on and the dogs refuse to go out to do their business.

I had to throw them out the door today and they just stood there and did not go. When I opened the door to go out with them they ran in and hid. I called and called for them to come to me and they would not. I finally found one-Franny and had to drag her out of her cage to go, she was so upset she ran away. Their is a small portion of the fence she can get through and she did. Finally Patty came to me on her own and I had to put her out too. Did they do their business? Nope. Lucky for me Fran was out the front yard and she ran inside when I called her.

Since then we had quiet time. I fed them and we played and rested and then I attempted twice more to get them to do their business. I even went out with them. I went out in the rain to try to coax them to go and of course they would not. I was gentle with them and gave them enough time to relax outside on the porch and it did not work.

They came back in and went right to their crate where they have been for the last hour. AHHHHHHHHHHHHH !!

I am in a wheelchair but, I can and do walk short distance like to the porch etc.....so I do not have the mobility to do anymore then I can. I am exhausted.  I am discouraged. I had a shower and then ate some protein and a yogurt and here I sit.

This potty issue is harder then if they were babies. At times I wish I would of gotten babies, this way it might have been easier to start from a clean slate, but, they did win my heart.  I made a committment to them. I just feel like we take one step forward and two steps back with potty training them. 

You know it is funny that you say this because i have only had to take Izzy out once in the rain since we have had her.  She will go out some what reluctant but does.  But then she won't go either.  She just stands there and looks as me!  But i have to go out with her because we don't have  fenced yard so i don't like it much either.  So i guess i can't blame them too much! But that would be hard

They have not had any accidents inside, not yet !!!!  My daughter took them out at 6 am before it rained. I do not know if they went then, but I think they did.

My dogs were not trained to do anything, they are a year old and just learning basic commands and doing good with that. They are not leashed trained yet. I have not had them very long.

OHHHHHHHHHHH that lady who owned these dogs before lied to me these dogs were not house trained or trained to do anything but run loose..

Hey! You are doing the best you can! Don't feel down about it. Most of these pups do not like to go out in the rain. It will just take time a patience to get them potty trained. It took me several weeks to get Savanna used to going out side, rain or not. She used to go outside, play, then come in and potty. She was a stray, so I don't know her history. Good luck, and don't give up!

Apollo HATES the rain.  He won't go out in it either.  I've given up trying. So I let Apollo go in the garage.  I know sounds bad but I'll pick up the solid just as I would outside and then when the weather permits we'll move the cars out and spray the gagrage with PineSol and water.

Emma uses her pee pads 99.9 % of the time I don't worry about her as much.

Mario hates the rain too!  I think this is pretty normal for ratties.. or any dog for that matter.

I have to go out in the rain WITH Mario before he'll 'go'!  He will NOT move beyond the back door if I force him out and shut the door.  He looks at me like I'm killing him... 

I hate it when it rains for that reason only... 

I guess if I was a dog I would not want to go out in the rain either to go potty.

These dogs are not babies anymore. I hope they get their potty training down soon. I think these dogs were crated all the time and left out only to potty. That would say a lot about them not being trained to listen to commands.