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I'm sorta going through the same thing with our pupy right now, so I can sympathize. Mine's only 3 months old but she's starting to show some progress. It stresses me out completely when she has an accident on the carpet, but I just have to keep telling myself to be patient and things will all fall into place. My husband and I have been using Brad's technique when she messes inside and she definitely knows she did something bad. She's bonded more with me so she it really hits home when I reprimand her. Just be consistent and (if they are not too young) teach your kids to be a part of the training process. Right now, if I take my pup over to her accident and talk to her in an even voice, using the words "bad dog" and "no", she gets somewhat depressed over it for a bit and usually goes over to her dog bed and lies down for a few minutes. So I think she understands somewhat. She is not trained yet, but is starting to sort of show us when she needs to go. She will be playing or running around and then stop suddenly, sit down and just look at you. I know then to take her outside. She has also gone to the door a few times by herself so I think she's making progress. Pay close attention to your dog's body language and see if there is anything she does to indicate she has to go. Lead her over to the door and use some sort of phrase that she will pick up on to know she needs to go outside for a pee/poo. Kennel training is not always the solution I don't think because my dog goes to the bathroom in her kennel, even though it is small and doesn't allow her a lot of room. If your dog hit 5 months of age without any house-training whatsoever, she's probably just going to take a little longer to "get" it. I would imagine that she learned some bad habits in her first 5 months so you'll have to retrain her. Good luck though...it'll happen!

Hello, i just want to let you know, dont get discouraged. I know it shows on the movies and you see other friends dogs going to the door to say "let me out, let me out" but some dogs dont. I know a few dogs (probly 4 or 5) that don't go to the door to be let out, they show other signs. Have you noticed anything your dog does just before she releases her bladder.. some things to look for could be pacing, sniffing the floor, walking in cicles, bugging you a bunch.. almost like when a kid has to pee, when they are playing and think.. oooh i gotta go now and stop playing to look around for a bathroom or a mother. you have to really watch your dog for signs that he/she wants to go out as every dog will show it in a different way.

personally with our terri-poo, she doesn't go to the door to be let out. ours will do many different things, like:
-licking our face
-hitting our nose with her paw, or our face
-sticking her nose in our ear (when we are sleeping and when she reaaaally has to go)
- and one more thing i have never seen a dog do, if she does one of these and we dont notice it, she will either grab the tv remote out of our hands or off the table and bite it and drop it right infront of the door.. kind of saying, pay attention to me not the tv because we know if the remote isnt on the table when we want to change the channel, better run cuz jazzy wants out.

dont get discouraged, it will come with time.. it took my aunt 9 months before her dog was mostly housetrained, she is now a little over a year and still has a few occasional accidents if they arent paying enough attention to her

I do sympathize with you! Our dog was 8 months when he finally caught on completely. Like your Daisy, he wouldn't go out unless we went with him, which isn't always practical! So incase this is of any help to you, here's how we got him going out by himself...

Wed start first thing in the morning, when we knew he had to go. We'd take him to the back door, and stand there. If he wouldn't step outside, we'd gently push him out. Then most of the time he'd sit there just outside the door and look at us, or try to sneak back in! One of us just stood there in the door, with a broad posture - didn't look at him much except to hell him 'go pee' and point outside. It took up to 15 mins sometimes, but eventually, he was going to have to pee... so when he did we'd give him loadsa praise and fuss and then step aside and let him in. Repeat throughout the day. I know it's not easy, but just don't give in to those puppy dog eyes asking you to come with her!

Once we got him used to going out by himself, we just used to sneak off and watch through the window. A couple of times he'd notice we were gone and run back without doing his business - so he went back out again... same process. But eventually he stopped bothering about whether we were there or not and now he'll go outside unaccompanied. It takes practice, but even if you're in a rush in the morning, set yourself some extra time to wait her out by the door - i's made things a lot easier for us!

The same things used to happen to us, we'd open the door for him and if he didn't go out we figured he didn't want to go... then he'd go inside. So follow your instinct, if you know what her 'signs' are for needing to go (my dog growls and moans), then watch for them and set her up for success when you see them.

Good luck and keep up posted!
Kathryn

Thank you for all your suggestions. I will try to use all of them as a tool. It just kills me, like the other day. The backdoor was wide open all day and she peed right infront of me after she just came in from outside. I really try to watch for signals with her but have not clued into any. She is always sniffing around the house. I think for crumbs since I have three little ones at home. I follow her whenever she does the sniffing thing to make sure she isn't going to have an accident. Tonight I went to the park with her and the kids for 1 1/2 hours and when i got home with her she peed upstairs in my kids room. I really hope she starts to catch on soon. Or she will be permanately attached to my hip morning noon and night. I will keep you posted if I have a miracle.