[diannenet]

Thanks! I might try the bottle approach. Not sure that will help while we are downstairs but may have to put a puppy pad in the family room downstairs. I'd rather he not go in the house at all but like I said, it has only been a month. I like the idea of clapping the hands and saying no firmly. He's just getting to where he's comfortable with us (he already has control of the other dog LOL) so it is probably time to let him know I am the alpha human!

I always reward when he goes potty outside. I reward him as soon as he's done, not when he comes in the house. As another YT'er told me, don't associate going outside with a reward or he will go outside and come back in without doing his duty. So when I'm home I go out with him and constantly say "go potty" and if he needs to, he will and I always tell him "good boy, Toby went potty" and when he's done I reward him. He's pretty much got that down pat................