Housebreaking your puppy is not as difficult as you might think. It does however take an enormous amount of patience, dedication,  and a lot of repetition. Your puppy should be at least 12 weeks old before it can  be properly housebroken.

Before the age of 12 weeks, puppies just do not have enough muscle control to hold it. This of course doesn't mean you cannot start to train them sooner. They can begin to learn the habits of training, but may still have little mishaps.

Simple Tips For Training Your Puppy 

►Do not leave your pets food bowl and water dish down for free feeding. Or you could be chasing her around 24 hours a day.                                         

►Schedule to take out your puppy in the morning, after napping, mealtime and last thing before sleeping. 

►Keep an eye out for signs of sniffing, whining, turning in circles, and going to the door. The trick here is to catch your puppy in the act. 

►NEVER leave your puppy unattended in the house or even a room at a very young age. Your puppy should not be left alone in a house until they are at least one year old, sometimes two. Make sure they have been well-behaved and trustworthy with their bathroom habits first.

►When you are not at home, try to keep your puppy confined to an area with bare floors, if this is not possible, try a dog crate. For crate training follow the link. 

►Do not use paper if you're trying to housebreak your puppy. Paper training  only does a minimal part of the job and you are still not getting the puppy used to waiting until you get her attention to do her business. If you do use paper, remember that when you clean the papers to leave always a small amount of soiled papers in the new pile so they know to use the papers still.

►Never yell at your puppy or push her nose in her messes. This can creates much worse problems, such as a puppy who will not relieve in front of you at all, a puppy who gets defensive out of fear of punishment and starts snapping at people, or a puppy who starts actively urinating.

►Always use the same command so your puppy knows what to expect from you. Always reinforce good behavior. Much praise and love  will help her learn. 

►Always take her to the same spot. Do not play with her. If she is longer than ten minutes take her back in and try again later.

►When indoors if you catch your puppy in the middle of going to the bathroom, startle her with a loud voice command and take her outside to her spot.

After your puppy is 4-5 months she should be housebroken and not going in the house. If she is still going in your house and drinking an unusual amount of water, and you cannot housebreak her, make sure that she does not have a bladder problems.

You might need to take her to get a check-up with your veterinarian. Remember housebreaking  takes several months, so do not give up. Always be steadfast.

Your puppy wants to please you, she just needs to learn how to do that. Be clear with her when you praise or correct her actions and behaviors. Eventually, you will see the results. Making you happy and your puppy very happy.