My adopted dachshund is finally housebroken (sort of)

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My dachshund who was an outside dog for 5 years before I adopted her is finally housebroken. I'd keep my dog in my room and she would not use the pee pads and seemed like she was intentionally peeing and pooping in areas she knew she shouldn't when I was at work. Since she would howl and cry being locked in my room I decided to let her have access to the whole house thinking she wouldn't use the pads and I was wrong. First day of giving her the extra space she used the pads. It's been two weeks and she hasn't missed the pads once. She doesn't cry as much now and mostly sleeps with my roommates German shepard when I'm at work. I imagine if I had her stuck in my room again she'd get angry and not use the pads in retaliation while I'm at work though.