18 weeks is still awfully young to be fully house trained in my opinion. He's still a baby so lots of patience is called for. I think the puppies do wonderfully at even 8 weeks as long as they are contained but give them the run of the whole house and forget it. My advice would be to contain him in a smaller area, maybe one room in your house, while you are not able to watch him. When he gets up, first thing, he goes out and goes potty and then let him out to play and keep an eye on him but anytime you give him the run of the house, you should be watching very carefully. I really think you need to do this for at least the first 6 months. |