Yikes, sumi!

I tried a crate. She totally freaked out.

Oh, yeah. My dogs have never been very cratable, and it's difficult. The Beast and TNG both destroyed crates, and damaged their teeth trying to get out.

However: Leave the crate set up, feed her in it if you can, don't force her. It can become a refuge for her if she doesn't get scared by it.

As for the training: she's anxious and terrified in a new environment, which is why she's not taking the treats or eating much. I really recommend getting some fabulous training treat--cooked chicken livers, or raw hot dog, or cheese. Use that to reward her when she goes outside.

You could try moving the pad towards the door, as well, so that when she goes to the pad she's going towards the door, and you can take her outside to do her business, and reward her.

I'm sure you know already, but try to avoid correcting her if you can: she's clearly very anxious and you don't want to make that worse. Whenever she does something right, praise her and treat her.

Oh, and try ignoring her entirely when you feed her: for some dogs, feeding is a vulnerable time and they are uncomfortable doing it with people nearby. TNG usually starts her dinner by picking up kibble, carrying it into the living room, dropping it on the floor, and eating it there. After a few rounds of that, she'll eat the rest in her bowl, but it's very odd.

I'm still not 100% sure that I'm keeping her. She's a foster now, and if it's not working out, then I can bring her back to the shelter and they can find another home for her. I'm just getting really stressed out and anxious here, and it's really not good for me to be anxious like this.

Mr Peabody did the eating the kibble elsewhere much more when I first had him than he does now, but he still does it when he's at someone else's house. He is not motivated by treats at all, which is typical of the Jack Russell side, but is motivated by effusive praise.

Braunschweiger is another good treat, and really good for getting a dog to eat a pill. Dogs are generally enthusiastic about liver in all its forms. The pet stores sell cubes of freeze-dried liver as training treats.

Every other time I've taken care of a dog, it's been my friend's dog, and she was right there or coming home soon if it was getting to be too much for me. Having a dog all on my own, with no one else to help, might just be too much for me.

Well I got the first notice end of January. Tried to talk to them with no luck. Im feeling very discouraged about my ability to get a new place --I think my credit just sucks too much.

Braunschweiger is another good treat

FOR ME, you mean. Man, I might need to run to the grocery store after the gym, because a braunschweiger sandwich sounds goooood.

sumi,

demo? as in DEMOLITION? Are you telling me that they are booting you out because your home will be razed?

Okay, I clearly misunderstood you then. I'm sorry, sumi. Do you think you can be caretaker of a faculty member's home for a semester or summer? At least that will get you a place to live and you might have contacts given where you are.

I tend to eat all the braunschweiger before the dog gets it, myself. It's my second favorite sandwich to a BLT, even though I ate a braunschweiger sandwich every day through high school. My mother made my lunch after I established that the high school cafeteria food was inedible. Having a different sandwich would have required making a decision in the morning.