I just picked up our new foster, Marvey, today. She is a 7 mo. old GSD mix…my guess is possibly GSD x whippet. Anyway, we had temp fostered her over Memorial Day weekend and discovered that although she was house broken she refused to potty on leash. Since it was only two days we didn’t try super hard to fix this problem but now that she needed a new foster home and will be with us for a longer time, we need to nip this problem in the bud since we live in a townhouse with no backyard. Her old foster mom did mention that she would always go behind a bush in her yard so I guess she really likes her privacy.
We went for a VERY long walk and Gracie must have peed about 20 times but Marvey would not go one drop. I tried to use a flexi-lead and just stayed put in little yard next to our house but she just lays down to rest at my feet within a minute.
So far my plan is to just keep trying this every 15 minutes or so and hope for a miracle. I would like to try to avoid her having any accidents in the house so she does not move backwards in her housetraining. She has had a lot of water since she got here so I know she will need to go soon.
Has anyone had success overcoming a similar problem? I would welcome any suggestions!

We went for a VERY long walk and Gracie must have peed about 20 times but Marvey would not go one drop. I tried to use a flexi-lead and just stayed put in little yard next to our house but she just lays down to rest at my feet within a minute.

Has anyone had success overcoming a similar problem? I would welcome any suggestions!