HELP New Dog Problems   

oh dear, sounds like this little dog has been miss used!
such a shame for that to happen, especially if ur intentions are to give this dog a new life!

all i can suggest is that u take ur time, if its scared, treat it nice, be patient and understanding, if u were a child and got beat everytime u looked at the grass, later on would u look at it?

although its not fair on ur other two dogs, to drop wot ur doing to attend to ur new dog, but it needs to be done, spend more time with this dog, let it get to know u, and when it feels safe enough, hopefully its distant memories will become a blur!

sorry if its not much help! but this is through personal experience

I really dont know much about dogs. But I always thought that those kind of dogs are scared of everything anyway. I guess I could be wrong about that but that is what I always thought. I wish you great luck with the potty traning though.
GOOD LUCK!

Have you ever tried clicker training with your dogs? I think it is supposed to be very good for skittish dogs because it is based on positive reinforcement. That helps build up their confidence and doesn't make you into a "bad guy" because you punish them. I think Karen Pryor is the name of the author. The book I used was called "Clicker Training for Dogs" and I think she has some othersr, too, it has been out for several years, so you could probably get it at the library or used on Amazon.

Good Luck.

Well I am so glad Honey has found a good home with you! Was she a rescue dog? It really does sound as though she may have been badly treated in the past - I have known other people who have had dogs with similar problems and I think in most cases with a bit of love and patience they settle down! I'm sorry I have no real advice for you as I have never experienced this problem myself but I do hope that you have success with training Honey and making her feel safe and secure! Happy days ahead! xxx

I don't have dogs because they are so hard to train. Having taken an older dog you don't really know what kind of previous training they have had. The only thing I can suggest is maybe give her a separate area to do her business. If she has been mistreated you are going to have a hard time gaining her confidence totally. Dogs have a long memory when it comes to being mistreated.

Just going to take patience, persistance, & preserverance on your part. Take her outside a few times a day. Put her on a leash, and just start out by walking her around the yard for a minute or two at a time, then slowly increasing it. Give her a treat afterwards as well and praise the heck out of her saying good girl you went outside. That should help her know what "outside" is and she gets rewarded for going out there. If you can get her paper trained inside, eventually move that outside for her to potty on. But I'd still keep taking her outside so she gets used to walking on the grass and just being outside. Poor thing, good luck with her!

I know that it is hard, but it will just take some time and some patience I think. We adopted a daschund from the pound and did not know anything about his background. He was very skittish and very defensive when we first brought him home. He still, even after a year, has a big problem with people putting their hands near his neck. I think that he was abused, but do not know for sure. We just let him follow our other daschund around, and it took a while but finally he began eating(he was very thin) and he began to use the bathroom outside. He is a wonderful dog now, and I am glad that I saved him, he was going to be put to sleep the day I adopted him. We still have some control issues, he still seems to think he can go out of the yard and into the street, but we are working on it.

I am afraid you are in for a long hard time of of being patient with her. Try a kitty litter box see if that help she had to go somewhere before and some times small dogs like kitty boxes. Hope this helps.
And just be patient with her she should come around after while hoping for you.

Hmmmmmmmmmm that is a bit strange has she come from a bad home
All I can suggest is that you ease her outside by taking her on the Lead and walk her round
I hope you will get the poor thing sorted

The poor thing. It appears as though she has been abused, as it's the only way I can account for her behaviour.
I really can't think of much to help in this case, except time. tIme & patience. She will beed a lot of confidence building. When she has this confidence she will do her wees & poos in the right place. Is she just scared of being with a new family? It sounds more than that thought.
I once had a very nervous cat, that I ended up taking to an animal specialist, & that helped a bit.
Sometimes, if the problem is extreme, the vet may put a very nervous pet on tranquilisers for a litrtle while. Just enough time to help get her confidence back, & teaching her where to do her business.

When she is confident enough to have her photo taken, I wouldn't mind seeing it.