Why won't my 7 month old border collie go potty outside?

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We have been trying to potty train her since we got her when she was 8 weeks old. We have tried everything from crate training to rubbing her nose in it but nothing seems to keep her from going inside the house. We goes outside as evident from all the piles in our yard. We can keep her outside for an hour and she goes but then within 30 minutes she has gone inside the house again. She knows she isnt supposed to, as when we find something she immedietly runs to her room and hides out. I will take her to the pile and let her know what she did was wrong. SEVERAL TIMES, but she still goes inside. What can I do?
 
If she's using the house as a toilet, she certainly does not know she's not supposed to do that. The reason she's running from you is because she's reading your body language. She can tell your angry and she doesn't trust you when your angry because you've rubbed her nose in her own waste before. But she does not associate her having gone to the bathroom in the house with your behavior.

You need to go back to crate training. And you need to get her on a schedule. And you need to go outside with her on leash every single time and praise her when she goes in the correct spot. You need to tell her "no" and take her if you catch her IN THE ACT of going in the house. You need to ignore her and simply clean up the mess if she goes in the house.

And most of all - you need to develop some patience a real understanding of what your dog does and why. I suggest obedience training with a trainer that's not afraid to tell you when YOU are being the dogs problem.
 
DO NOT rub there nose in it, i can believe so many people do this its so terrible and can cause emotional damage! if you catch your dog in the act of pooping or peeing grab them and take them out side immediately and let them know that that is where it needs to be done. thats all! if you find a mes in the house after the fact just ignore that she did it and clean it up.
dogs will completely forget what they did like after 5 min of doing it. they get VERY confused when you discipline them after the fact!
 
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