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My roommate has had her puppy for 7 months now and it is still not potty trained! I love animals but am not home enough to really help with her dog. This poor thing is stuck outside on our small patio from 11am to 1am (that is not a typo) with only one walk a day. She does not get up before 10:30, so she essentially showers, puts the dog on the patio and leaves. Since the dog does not get out in the morning it pees all over her room. I can actually smell the stench from the living room! Last week, it had gotten into some treats and had diarrhea all over her room....she said she didn't feel like cleaning it!!! Now she has a new boyfriend (which is a whole nother issue) and she is home even less! One day, she was actually gone from 12 in the afternoon and did not return untill 1 in the afternoon the following day!

I have discussed with her about getting the dog training lessons and paying more attention to her dog, however she will decided to shape up for about 2 days and then we are back to square one. She finally decided to get the dog "training lessons" where she hired some guy off of craigs list for a single 2 hour session and then never practices the tactics he taught her.

I am honestly at my wits end! To top it all off, she kills her betta fish because she "forgot" to feed it for two weeks and then leaves it and the bowl on our dining room table for a month! I had to tell her three times that she needed to throw out the fish. So what does she do? She scoops the fish out of the bowl (which is now down to about an inch of bubbly rotty water) and leaves the bowl on the table!

Any help would be appreciated. I am actually trying to get her to move out (like I said, boyfriend is a totally different and terrifying issue) but she refuses. I really don't want to loose our current place since I was the one who found it and it is litterally about a 10 minute walk to my work (where as it is a 30 minute drive to hers) but I just don't know what to do to stop her from abusing her dog anymore. Please Help!