Potty training your pup..

You may not want to, but crate training is the answer. My 3 year old lab has peed inside a total of maybe 5 times and they all happened in the first few months. Took her outside very regularly, and kept in the crate when not monitoring (work, etc.) First thing out of the crate was going outside. She still sticks with that routine. Haven't had a slip up in years.

When he's doing his thing, use a key word he associates with peeing or crapping... Like hurry, or potty... Later when asking if he needs to hurry he will give you the answer...

If its a super young pup, after anytime it drinks or eats, with in 15-20 minutes I would take it out side, this is not a bad routine to get in anyway even when it is older.

While you are home, keep an eye on its behavior, as soon as it starts sniffing around a little bit, take it out side, even if he/she doesn't go, and eventually he/she will start wanting to go outside.

Use praises when he/she does go outside. However, the whole rub the nose in it deal isn't the best punishment, especially if you didn't catch him/her in the act. If you do happen to catch it in the act of going in the house, correct it immediately and put him or her outside to finish going.

I didn't crate train, used positive reinforcement with treats, and it took about 6 weeks - though I'm home all day and watch him like a hawk. Puppy was 8 weeks old when I got him. Crate probably works the best, but I wanted to enjoy my pup right away and couldn't listen to him yapping all day or night in the crate. He was sleeping with us by the 3rd night. That was my biggest mistake.

I tied a bell on a string to the doorknob. every time we went outside I would ring the bell. After a while she associated that with peeing. She would walk up to it and touch her nose on it. Worked great. Ended up taking it down when we had our first child because I was worried it would get tangled up in the string.

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We would just crate at night. First at the bedside so that you could stick your hand in and pet the pup to calm him down, then on the other side of the room .

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That was my plan, but I caved on the second night of that method.
You do recognize a schedule pretty quickly. Mine is a Yorkie so he's pretty small, but he would pee about every 40 minutes intially, and poop about 25 minutes after feeding.
I know a couple people that have trained them to ring a bell. I need to try that with mine while he's still young. Most of his accidents are near the back door because we didn't realize he was waiting by the door. The other times are when we get him back from a sitter after we take a trip and he's pissed at us.

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I'm coming take that dog away from you....if you haven't ruined him already

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If you took the time to read the post, I actually said thats not what I do, just what I was taught young and know that it's not really effective and even something not good for you or your pet. Even looked up new methods because I was at a loss and most said crate training but as I live by myself I tend to want a more free roaming pet, but is dependable and was asking for help there and thanks to who all replied :)

Tho you just assumed and lashed out when ya assumed the worst so actually as bad as what your supposedly defending or getting angry about... Read the post in the future please..

Do the crate, stick with a sure thing.