One of the most consistently bad advice options on this board is giving them treats for everything and tremendous praise all the time. I'm not sure how old he is but you probably should be crating him, when you take him out the crate take him to where you want him to go. Leave him there for 10-20 minutes and if he doesn't go put him back in the crate and take him back out in 20 or so minutes until he goes and repeat this until he goes. No treat and minimal praise only AFTER he goes. Being that he is a dog he will have to go eventually. Make sure he has only room enough to lie down and turn around in the crate.
The way I taught my yorkie the command is I waited until she was doing her business and said "go potty" repeatedly while she did it. The second she finished I stopped saying the command. After a week of this she learned that "go potty" meant to go to the litter box(at the time it was a pee pad) and do her business. I learned that from a book and it worked like a charm. It has been many months since we even had to worry about her having accidents, it's not a thought that crosses our mind anymore. |