He's not bad, he's a baby and doesn't know. Every single time he potties in the house it's your fault not his. Think of it that way. If you were using a crate, taking him out often enough, carrying him if needed, keeping track of when he needs to go (write it down), feed on a strict schedule b/c poop and pee comes out at predictable times after puppies eat and drink, and if you're watching 100% of the time with 100% of your attention he won't be able to potty in the house.
This is a simple timing exercise and you can do it. I have faith we can satisfy ur mom.
You pee'd and pooped in ur diapers for two years and ur mom didn't spank u or get rid of you. right? so ask for some time. I've had several dogs that never went in the house b/c i watched them like hawks and I did NOT punish. All you teach when you punish is the puppy will go off and hide so he won't get caught and yelled at and scared.
Puppies DO NOT have control over their bladder and bowel muscles to hold it until they are 9 or more months old. So you ask the impossible if you want him to hold it. He has to go out EVERY time he wakes up, drinks, eats, plays, gets excited, RIGHT THEN. So with the last bite of food out he goes to the spot u want him to go. Carry him right out don't make him walk down 4 floors.
When he goes reward him and praise him and make a big deal. give out lots of chicken or some meaty tasty treat he loves to TEACH him that potty is good outside and I LOVE IT. Repeat the same word over and over when he squats. I use hurry up hurry up hurry up and pretty soon when you say it he'll say OH that's the potty word and I get chicken so I'm going to pee now.
Get Patricia McConnell's Puppy Primer off Amazon or any book store, you can download it right away at Amazon. It's a great book. Don't yell or get mad or associate bad things with potty or ur puppy will just avoid and not trust you. Remember his bladder is tiny and if he gets excited he may have to go out as little as every 15 minutes. A general rule of thumb is they can hold it if crated for 1 hour for every month old if they are a big breed dog. little dogs are less. So for my golden puppy at 2 months I could expect her max time to hold it with no food or play at 2 hours during the day and maybe twice that at night.
IF ur puppy goes in the crate you went to long. A good way to tell is to go out every hour and get on ur schedule of feeding and playing and exercising at the same time every day. If you go out every hour soon you can predict puppy needs to go out at 6am, 8am, 12pm, 3pm, 5pm, 8pm, 10pm, and 2am and back to 6am as an example. Once you know you still need to watch 100% and take him out if he goes near the door, paces, and acts nervous, sniffs the floor, circles or whines. Just scoop him up and be happy and fun and go outside and set him up to succeed with a puppy party at the end. YAY GOOD PUPPY!!
Punishing teaches only fear of you, puppies memories are about 10 seconds. If you don't catch him in the act he will never understand that he puttied and you don't like it. He will come to fear pottying and you'll have a harder time training him. I've potty trained over a dozen dogs that were mostly perfect...and mostly because I HATE to clean it up I really watched them. So get a crate that isn't too big so he can't pee in one end then go sleep on the other end. it needs to be just big enough to stand up and turn around.
if you have questions about crates just ask. but without a crate he probably can't wait all night so he will potty in the house. just remember it's ur fault if he fails and start today to succeed..he never has to go in the house again if u are diligent.
the key is be kind and be positive and reward what you like. if you catch ur puppy say his name loud enough to get his attention but don't yell or get mad and scoop him right up and go outside. when he finishes PUPPY PARTY again. He'll catch on. good luck to u....ask if u need more help. TXCG had some good advice too. hug that new little cuddly pup for me
I taught my puppy to come put her paw on my knee when she nees to go and she's so cute and was reliable in 6-12 months. I still gate of the basment and up stairs that giving he too much unobserved room to get lost in and forget how to get back to the potty door. So give liteel bits of are like the kitchen or laundery with a tile loor and gate him in with doggie gates where he can hang with u guys. clean up with natures little miracle and ti takes ALL of the small out so don't freak over and accident.
I fell soo bad that ur mom is mad ut i bet you can work around thos. if you want some help setiing up a schedule let me know okay. glad to do it for ut