Mandie goes outside 100% (well, let's say 98.9% because she had 2 indoor occurrences due to my lack of wanting to go outside in a monsoon a couple of times lol). She has been doing this for almost 3 weeks solid now and she is 5 1/2 months old. She never barks so she uses her bark to tell me that she has to go. If she "yells" at me, I know to go pee and poo. lol

All I did was take her out every hour after I first got her. I'd tell her "Peepee" or "PooPoo". When she did either, I would clap and in a praising happy voice say, "Good girl, Mandie. Peepee outside." or "poopoo outside"

Mine where all housebroken by 6 months roughly but I did not trust them til they where 2 :)

Max did well at a young age (5 months) and then regressed. He would pee sometimes during play time. I think he would get over stimulated and not realize it was "time". He is 11 months now and still has accidents every once in a while. I really try to take him out frequently so that it won't happen but he hates grass it takes him sooo long to do his business. He has trouble deciding where the right spot is. LOL! :)

Ziva was pad trained from the start but a full year to be trained outside- We compromised, she has a potty tray in the garage for rainy days and nighttime, outside otherwise. Abby was just trained to go outside and that took most of 9 months, when I finally trained her to ring a bell. She is 14 months and has decided that Ziva's garage potty tray is a good idea in the rain! Their bladders must be the size of a peanut because they do go often! They are trained to go on command in case I need to go out I like to make sure they are "empty"

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What is the Potty Training Apartment System? Not heard of it.

Same here !
I think I remember My Male getting it done after about 6-7 Weeks after he got here, but...

With his help, comfortable weather, and having immediate access to the outside over 18 hrs a day, My Female Becca was almost completely trained in about 4 weeks. I got her when My Male was 2yo, that was 2 years ago. Some of these time periods mentioned here, seem inordinately long !

However, being retired and with my guys 24/7 may have had some influence on it. :rolleyes:

My male probably took 9 months to be 90%. My female was much quicker because she had her brother to teach her. They still have occasional accidents, but it's usually my fault :)

My personal opinion is that many people give their dogs free run way before they are ready. My other dogs were always trained to outside by the time they were 6 months old. We always watched them closely though and they were confined to the kitchen when we were not home. "Accidents" don't seem to happen as much in a non carpeted room.

Gracie was the first dog I ever used pee pads with. She was already very good about using them when I first got her as a puppy but you cannot just walk away from a puppy and think it is always going to make it to the pee pad. The smaller the dog the smaller the bladder. I had 2 pee pad areas for Gracie so she could get to either one fairly quickly. Still a puppy cannot go unobserved. Reinforcement and constant vigilance is necessary by the owner. Rewarding when they do it right is helpful, too. Gracie was trained by the time she was 6 months but had a couple of episodes where she started peeing beside the pad frame instead of on the pad. Rewards and watching her more closely got her back on track pretty quickly. I noticed that these episodes where at times when things in the household had changed. These dogs are sensitive to their surroundings.