Deb
Posted : 11/19/2006 9:30:30 PM
Yes, I read that.
Alas, he doesn't understand English, so the only reliable way to communicate to him that he needs to go outside is to make sure he goes outside and make that outside experience super worth his while.
He will go eventually, you have to make sure it's outside and make sure he doesn't get any practice inside. That's the essence of housetraining. No real tricks or shortcuts...
There are lots of ways to accomplish this: confine him in a crate when he's full or potentially full; take him out every fifteeen minutes or so when you think he's full; figure out when he is likely to go.
Here's a great free booklet you can download that goes over this in detail:
http://jamesandkenneth.com/new_puppy.html