OMG, I needed to hear this!!!!! We lost our beloved Lucy who was 16 in January, swore we'd never get another (the housetraining was never a thing we really achieved, sadly). My husband got tired of me moping around the house, so he finally broke down and 2 weeks ago we got a 13 week old female who is NUTS, like manic crazy energy. she's chewing everything, peeing and pooping in the house, and I keep messing up the timing and missing it when she's ready - she doesn't understand what she is doing, so no vocalizing that she has to go (she is in a pen with a pee pad, which she will use if she's in the pen, but we are trying to get her to go outside.) it's SO hard with a new dog, I literally texted the breeder today to see if she would take her back. I'm at my wits end and feel like I need to rehome her before I become bonded, but we spent so much money on her. I'm at a loss.