Hello, I'm new here and I'm looking for advice. I have just rehomed by brother's 5mth old Jack Russell Terrier female, Elara (Elly for short). She is extremely sweet natured and very clever. By brother does not have a clue about training dogs and although I have some I'm unsure of this problem. I think that whenever she has had an accident in the house he has yelled and smacked her because she hides when she goes, refuses to go in front of me and will try and hold it for hours. I have been putting her outside every half hour or so. I ignore her when she has an accident inside apart from quietly moving her outside. I need some suggestions as to what else to do. I know she is capable of learning, it only took me a an hour to reach her to sit. She really has been taught nothing from my brother. He asked me to have her but I think he is under the impression that he can get her back when I've trained her but I know that she will revert once she is back with him because he just doesn't know how to communicate with dogs, he thinks she is being naughty deliberately!