- take the puppy outside often. when awake and active this could mean every 20 minutes or more. When sleeping you have more time.
- go outside with the puppy. bring yummy treats. as soon as puppy finishes reward HUGELY. i mean this is a huge huge hting. Big exited party (unless your puppy is nervous about over exitement ofhumans) and lots of small pieces of the yummy treats (tiny so you can give more).
- supervise supervise supervise. active supervision eyes on puppy
- if you cannot supervise actively the puppy should be in a small area they can keep clean. xpen, crate (if you crate, make sure to slowly crate train before closing htem in there).
- any accidents should be ignored and cleaned up with odour neutralizing product. If you catch them IN the act (right as they are going) you can make a loud noise and carry them outside then reward. if they are done then you do or so nothing.
- use baby gates, xpens, closed doors and whatever to limit your puppy's ability to sneak off.
lather rinse repeat. how well this goes depends only a little bit on the individual puppy and A LOT of the humans.
If you do crate train (which I recommend) please don't just put the pupy in the crate and close the door on day 1. Find alternative containment method for a few days as you crate train your dog. this guide has a good step by step process. the key is to not move forward until hte dog is comfortable at the current level. Take your time as this is hopefully a lifelong skill you are training. Even if you do'nt plan to crate long hours it's a useful skill for the dog to have for a variety of reasons.
Crate Training 101 : The Humane Society of the United States