I went through this with my two boys. I read everything and tried everything. Nothing was working. Finally I decided to try letting them out every 20 min. I gradually lengthened the time to 30 minutes, then to 40, then 50 minutes, then an hour. Each time asking them if they want to go outside. They would get very excited each time. Now they come to me and we never have marking in the house anymore. It was a lot of up and down at first, but, it kept them "empty" and they learned that they were soon going to be going outside. Also I had them sleep with me and I am a light sleeper, so, if one of them jumped of the bed, I would say "let's go outside" and both would go right to the door and wait for me to open it for them. The real struggle was getting them to use the doggy door after having a personal Door Man for so long, but, we worked that out too! Try not to give up, the love is so worth it!
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