Now we are trying to train her by giving her liverwurst when she goes outside. My dad says it's working. Slowly, but working. Dogs have favorite places that they like to urinate on. I think that they mark a place and remember that place when they smell it.
Some dogs are harder to train that others.
If you give a dog a reward, like food, when they do a certain activity, after a time they will do that activity out of habit. When I woke this morning, Lady was lying down in the flower garden. When I opened the back door, she started barking. Dogs sleep wherever it is most comfortable to them. The dirt in the garden is soft and warm.