Mine both ring a bell to go outside (and when they want water, and dinner, but whatever at least they ring it to go out.) Anyway, the bell is good but what you need to do is when you come back inside after the 10 minutes or whatever you need to put him in a crate until you can go out and try again. You are exactly right, he is having so much fun out there he forgets why he is outside. Then when he comes in he realizes he has to go. If you put him in the crate, what should happen is that you will avoid that accident (hopefully he will whine, cry, bark, paw at the door or something rather than pee in the crate) and then you can go right back outside. When you are house training you should ONLY give freedom to an empty dog! |