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You either need to be actively playing with, watching, training, petting, snuggling, working, tugging, loving your dog, or she needs to be confined.

Before you put her in her confined space (crate, xpen, baby-gated room) take her out to tinkle. If she doesn't tinkle, confine her, and take her out again in fifteen minutes or so. She doesn't tinkle, confine her. Take her out again very soon. Once she HAS tinkled, praise her like she picked winning lottery numbers.

Make sure trips outside to potty are "strictly business". Don't talk to her, or play with her. It's potty business time. If you need to REFOCUS, find a term that works for you. Like "go potty" or "hurry up". These potty trips should have a different feel than outside to play trips.

Your dog will give off signs she needs to potty. So you either need to be watching her like a hawk, or confining her to her crate. Dogs naturally do not want to soil where they sleep.

EDIT: Never scold your dog for pottying in the house. Do NOT walk up to a mess on the floor and tell your dog she's naughty. Yes, she'll feel bad, and look guilty, but that's simp.y because you're yelling at her. Please don't listen to your other answer. That is not correct house breaking procedure. Some trainers even suggest not scolding a pup caught mid-act... just pick him/her up, mid-stream, and take him/her outside to finish. I'm currently potty training a puppy myself, and we have less than one accident a day on average. If she's squats in the house, I just pick her up and say "We potty outside" and "okay, let's go potty". I do not yell at her.

Yes, patience and repetition. NEVER force, not yelling, not hitting, not dunking her nose in the mess - that's barbaric and has been proven to get you a nervous, sneaky, aggressive dog - not a trained one.

Take her out first thing in the a.m., right after she eats, and every 2 hours or so if possible. Crate training helps here for when you cannot watch her.

Crate her if she doesn't potty, then take her out again 15 minutes later - keep doing this - but first you need to be sure not to use the crate as punishment, rather let her view it as her sanctuary.

Put blankets, toys, chews in it so she enjoys being in the crate.

Take her to the same area every time - praise her long and loud when she doe spotty - and give her a really nice little treat - liver treats work well with mine.

Do this over and over, don't let her run lose in the house until she is pretty reliably potty trained. There will always be accidents, but shouldn't be many.

I highly recommend crate training - look up how to do it if you are unsure - it's the most efficient way to potty train too.

Good luck - have patience, don't confuse or scare your dog if you want a well adjusted pet.

YUI - I am terribly sorry for, and afraid for, your dog if you must be "the boss" and "discipline" her - this is a companion animal not livestock -- please get some rudimentary education on how to treat - and train - dogs, and don't give advice on a subject you badly need educating on yourself.

Small dogs are a lot harder to train i have a mini dashund and it took us about a year but here are some tips

#1. Features your dog potty must have: It should be easy to clean. Have a splash back. Have a post for him to aim at. Be big enough for when he grows up.

#2. For indoor use, it's much cheaper to use newspaper under the grill of a dog potty than any of the pad, gel or litter type products.

#3. Restrict his access to the house until he's house trained. A small room with an easy to clean floor and a baby gate is ideal.

#4. Puppies get accustomed to the surface they eliminate on. So don't change this until he's fully house trained.

#5. The paper training method is the best technique if your puppy has to relieve itself indoors. It works even better when you use an indoor potty instead of paper.

#6. Nature's miracle stain and odor remover is great for cleaning up and eliminating the puppy's scent. It's available from Amazon.

#7. Thoroughly clean up and deodorize anywhere there are any accidents. Otherwise he will eliminate there again.

#8. Feed your puppy and play with him anywhere he has had any accidents. This will help prevent him eliminating in the same spot again.

#9. Everyone involved must use the same training methods or it will confuse your puppy and it will take longer to house break him

#10. Give your puppy frequent attention during this critical period. If you find he's having too many accidents, it probably means you are leaving him unattended for too long at a time.

Every time she goes in the house, just strongly say NO, but dont use any physical forces. Also, never use her name or call her to come to you when you punish you, because you want her to think her name means ''good''. Always go to the dog to punish it. Watch your dog alot, and every time she shows signs that she needs to go (sniffing the floor, circling) take her outside. About 30 minutes after she eats, take her out for about 10-15 minutes. If she dosent go, wait for another 15-30 minutes and then try again. What can also help would be crate training you dog. Im not sure if this is the best idea anymore since shes already that old, but its where during the night and when youre gone she will be put into her cage/crate. You can also put her there to calm down if shes misbehaving. You can keep it in your room during the night so she dosent feel lonely. She will not like this at first, but they learn its a place to calm down and where theyre safe. My dog always WANTS to crawl into her crate when she gets tired in the evening. There are many different sizes of crates and cages. There should always be a soft place to sleep, if its small a blanket will do, if its big you can even fit a doggy bed. You can also put some of theyre favoirite toys in there or a cuiet, tiking clock to make them feel better. If theyre big (usually a cage) you can also put in a water and food bowl if youre away for longer, and also some newspaper if they happen to have an accident. But the reason the crate training is good for teaching potty training is that if they go to the bathroom in there, theyll have to live with there waste in theyre ''nest'' untill you clean it up, wich they do not like. You can also use a leash and tie it to your belt, so shes with you where ever you go in the house and cant run away to do her business somewhere where you cant see her.

Hope that helped!

I just adopted a chi/yorkie mix and we are kind of going through the same thing. The info they gave when we brought her home said if she goes potty in the house take her to it and tell her bad dog. Clean it up with a paper towel and take it outside where you want her to go and tell her good dog. Leave it out side where you want her to go (if possible). Couple this with taking her out as often as possible. So far this is working! She went in the house for the first couple of days (i even think she was holding her pee for like a day and a half cause we never saw her go, then when she did go she made a BIG puddle). And she was very nervous to do it in front of us. Now (not even a week later) she goes first thing in the morning when we take her out (she sleeps in a crate), and she goes again during the day (she poos 2x a day at least). I hope this helps, good luck!

You are the boss so try to discipline her. Don't give her any treats when she is inside the house, give her after she cool down(not too hyper) outside the house. As for potty training, you just need alot of patience. Trust me, I m still working on that. Sometimes, accidents do happen. :P

Treats when she goes outside. Also try to take her out more often. And you have to make sure she knows that she is doing something wrong. You have to at least take her to the spot, give her a stern NO and put her outside. You can't allow her potty training to be inefficient because you are afraid to discipline her. She will be fine and get over it.

Well we have our minpin housetrained. What we do is leave puppy pads out for it. When he uses the bathroom on it we applausd him and play. After he eats or drinks we take him outside and he uses the bathroom. Then we praise him. Give your pup some time.

after each meal,take her outside to do her business,if she doesn't do her business in 10minutes,then leave her in the crate for 10 minutes and then try again.give her a treat after she does her business to show that she did a good job,outside.also give her dry pet food.

as soon as they wake up go out side with them until they go potty then praise them.when you take them out to potty alway say do you want to go potty then take them out till they potty.