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Originally Posted by kjc  Hi and Welcome to YT!
Older dogs can be housetrained, and re-housetrained. Positive Reinforcement using treats to reward good pottys will help him to understand what you want him to do. Confine him in a small room when you're not at home. Using a Belly Band may help. Good Luck and be persistent! |
Anna is living proof! I got my Anna at 6 years old. She was not potty trained, whatsoever, pee pad our outside. Having her on a strict schedule worked for us. The first few days, I wrote down everything she did, eat, drink, pee and poop, when, where, how much. I used that to base her potty schedule on. She only poops twice a day very quickly after eating. So it was easy to train her to do that outside. Although the first few times, I had to sit with her in the yard literally for hours waiting for the magic. She loves praise. I still give her a cheer when she goes potty outside and she still enjoys it. Peeing was a little harder to break. As a matter of fact, if it is raining outside, I can count on an accident.
One thing that really helped was to schedule her food and water also. She eats twice a day and the water goes up at 8 at night. That gives her an hour and a half to play and pee before bedtime. Good luck with your training. It can be done. By the way, I agree that confining him to a small room would be better than crating for that long.