Yes. I do. My Max is a little over 2 yrs old and he's very good. I won't say he was completely easy to house train; but I will say that he's been good for so long that I really don't remember it being that big of a deal. I think by the time he was a year old he was completely housetrained. He doesn't exactly let you know most of the time when he needs to go out, other than going and sitting by the door...I wish he'd bark or SOMETHING, b/c I get involved doing something else, and eventually look up and there's poor little Max just sitting in front of the door
. But I am home most of the time and I make sure that I: 1. Open the door for him before I feed him in the morning ...this is just in case he needs to go immediately when he wakes up. He usually waits until he inhales his morning meal and then IMMEDIATELY runs out to go...and then, throughout the day, I just kind of pay attention to him and if I'm going by the door and he's there, I'll open it up and see if he wants to run out....when he goes and comes back in, I ALWAYS tell him that he's a good boy. I NEVER told him he was bad if he had an accident either. I've read that it really doesn't do any good b/c the act is already done and they've forgotten it. I feel pretty lucky b/c while I was potty training him, we had all tile floors, so at least it wasn't on carpeting.
I think that it helps to get them used to going on different surfaces too; Max had some problems when he was a baby and we went up to my mom's....where we live, the grass is like golf course grass; very very short and sort of smooth....where she is, it was very long, and Max was sort of confused as to whether it was a place to potty or not I think. But now, he'll go almost anywhere outside if he needs to go. He occasionally wakes up in the middle of the night (he sleeps with me, so I know when he wakes up) and I just get up and let him out the slider; he runs out, does his buisiness and comes right back in. I think it would be more difficult if he didn't sleep with us, since he doesn't usually bark to go out, it might have resulted in more "accidents". I always let him out just before we go to bed...sometimes he goes, sometimes he doesn't. I just think it's really paying attention to when they usually go, and watching their body language just before they go, you'll have more success. Also, different weather conditions are good to get them used to too....we are stuck in a place where it rarely rains or is really bitterly cold, so when we go somewhere that it is, it takes some adustment for Max...he isn't too excited about going out in the pouring rain, but he does it! Good luck (sorry this is so long, but this is what worked for us).