I take mine out every 1-2 hours to go potty. It really has worked. Then I have a potty pad inside. Lola (my youngest..she is a Morkie) very rarely potties inside. If she does it is usually a poo poo and always in the same 2 spots. WHen she goes outside I praise her realllly overdramatically to let her know how proud I am. She is now 14 weeks and I would say 80% housetrained. My Yorkie very rarely goes inside off of her potty pad. She goes outside or on her pad 97% of the time. Neither of them are fond of going outside when wet or cold so they usually use the pad then