House Training
The Newspaper Method: Always keep a rolled up newspaper in the house. When you come inside from having been out talking to the neighbor for the last hour, and step squarely into a steaming pile of doggy excrement (left there by your unattended pup), grab the newspaper, bop yourself upside the head a few times and repeat, "Bad Owner, Bad Owner" for not watching the puppy. No need to rub your nose in it as your foot has been there!!
or, you can try the Crate-Training Method: The crate needs to be large enough for your pup to stand up as well as to lay down with feet out sideways. Some puppies will take advantage of a too-large crate by using half of it to potty in. When you can not watch the pup, he should be put in the crate. As soon as the pup comes out of the crate, he should go outside. When you take a puppy outside to potty, DO NOT PLAY WITH THE PUPPY! Wait until potty business is done. Otherwise you end up with a pup who goes outside, has a blast, and comes inside and uses your floor as a latrine. You get upset, but it was your own fault. If the pup does not go potty, put the pup back in the crate for about 5 minutes, then try again. Take the pup outside to the same general area each time. Stand there and say, "go potty" or "use the grasses" or whatever you choose as the command. As soon as the puppy goes, you reward with a treat or play and tell the puppy how smart he is. In the mornings, young pups almost always go potty at least twice. So if you wake up at 6AM and want to leave the house at 7AM, you need to take the pup outside at least at 6:05 and 6:55. Do not ever send a young pup (or untrained dog) outside to go potty alone. They do not get it; have no idea why they are out there. It is the owner's responsibility to teach, not just to discipline. Crates are a training tool, and like all training tools, can be abused. If you puppy is spending 20 hours a day in the crate, you need a hamster, not a dog. Do not call me, or the pound, or the humane society to complain about your wild uncontrollable dog that jumps and tears everything up as soon as you let him out.