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My puppy has had free roam since we got her 10 days ago. She’s a little over 2 months old. I feel too bad to put her in a crate. She does well at night, mostly sleeping through the night on her bed. I put “wee wee pads” in the places she’s gone to the bathroom in the house and reward her with a treat when she does her business outside. I can’t seem to get her to get on a schedule though. She just goes sometimes every 2 hours in the house during the day. Do I really need to confine her? Can it be done without confinement? Is that all I’ve done wrong? I need to get her trained soon. Thank you in advance.
Thanks for all the answers so far! I wanted to add, I just wrote I need to do it soon because I go back to school in September.

My labrador puppy is only 3 months old, but house training is a real pain, hitting it with a fire poker and rubbing its face in its business isn’t working, any suggestions?
Right, today I gave it a massive belt with the poker, and it seems to have stopped, although its a bit more aggresive now.