What this can look like
- Frequent indoor accidents
- No clear bathroom signal
- Regression after early progress
A useful place to begin
Use predictable outdoor breaks after sleep, meals, play, and activity.
Supervise closely indoors and reward immediately after success outside.
Exact first steps
Take your puppy to the same outdoor area after waking, eating, drinking, play, and every short interval appropriate for their age.
Stay boring until the puppy finishes, then reward within one or two seconds and allow a little supervised freedom afterward.
Indoors, use direct supervision, a leash nearby, or a correctly sized crate. Clean accidents with an enzymatic cleaner and shorten the next interval.
Every dog and situation is different. This information is educational and does not promise a specific behavioral outcome.