Too much freedom is probably the issue. It definatley takes time. Baxter wasn't completely potty trained for months and months. He's 1 1/2 now and he's good. He goes to the door, and if that doesn't get your attention, he will go to where we keep his leesh (close to the door) and look at it and look at us. If I left him run the whole house today while I was at work, he would definatley go though. I keep him in his crate while at work.
The way that I potty trained him was not paper. The breeder did, but as soon as I brought him home (12 weeks) I took him outside ever hour. When he went, I made a huge deal of it. As we went along, it was every 2 hours, then every few hours and so on down. I used a crate at night time. Far away from me. He caught on quick that when it's time for bed, it's time. He didn't start sleeping in our beds until he was potty trained. Now, he goes to bed in our beds and he doesn't "go" until we let him out in the morning.
This has worked very well for us. He's a good boy.
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