[PinkMartini]

Bailey's FINALLY (at 8 months) almost 100% potty trained. I've always used crate training as a way to help potty training. And NONE of my dogs have taken this long, they've all 'gotten it' within a month. I don't agree with 'wee wee pad' training, I don't want my dog to go to the bathroom in the house.

So we started him on outside training right away. We'd take him outside every 20 min when he was tiny and then at night or when we weren't home he was put in his crate. He NEVER went to the bathroom in there, thank goodness. When he got a little bigger we'd take him out every 30 min and then every hour, ect. We'd ALWAYS say "Bailey go potty" when we were outside with him, I think being consistent helped. I started putting a belly band on him last month and that has helped as well. At first he peed on it (himself) but for a week or two now when I take it off of him, it's been dry. And he hasn't had pooped in the house in a few months now....