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All my puppies were first trained on pads, at 5 months old they were 100% pad trained with NO accidents. Then the house breaking started. The key word is consistency. Put them on a food schedule, feed them at the same time every morning and evening if you feed in the afternoon also must me the same time. I had to leash walk mine, I had no yard. Timing will be a hit and miss, after they eat wait 30 minutes then take them outside to potty, this is NOT a play period, it is POTTY period. Even if they have made on the pad before the 30 minutes take them out anyway. Consistency and patience are KEY factors in house breaking. Even if you take them to the yard put harness and leash on them and walk them to avoid their playing. I always used the words pee-pee and poo-poo so they knew what they were outside to do. By 7 months old all my puppies were 100% house broken with no accidents inside. Dogs are creatures of habit, once you start something they don't forget it, they have little alarm clocks built in them lol, they will know when it is time they go out, but, feeding and walking must be on a schedule. This is what worked for me and ALL my puppies.