Most dogs do not like to eliminate in the area that they lay in. By confining your dog to a small area you can make sure she will not eliminate until you take her outside to go to the bathroom.

Give your puppy her meals at the same time every day. Remember to take her out to the same bathroom area using the same door each time at regular intervals. In the beginning, take your puppy outside to go "potty" every 30 minutes. If you take her out and she doesn't "go" within 5 minutes, bring her back in and confine her in her crate or other very small area. Keep taking her out every 30 minutes until she goes. Every time your puppy goes "potty" within 5 minutes of being outside, praise her and give her another 5 minutes to make sure she is completely empty. Going "potty" outside is rewarded by giving your puppy 10-20 minutes of monitored free time in the house. After 7 days of no accidents, you can slowly start lengthening the free time in the house.

Anytime your puppy is in the house you must watch her closely so you can interrupt her if you see her getting restless, sniffing about or even just moving away from the group. Don't yell or charge over to her, you want to interrupt, not frighten her. Then calmly take her outside to "go".

If your puppy has an accident in the house, don't punish or scold her! That will only make training more difficult. Calmly take your puppy out to her bathroom area and clean the accident with an odor neutralizer. Most puppies have accidents in the house because their owners allow them too much freedom in the house too quickly.