i got my puppy at 6 weeks. every time he got up from sleeping id take him right outside. after he ate and right before he was going to go back to sleep. i carried him for about the first 2 weeks. Always praise him wen he went outside. but he was pretty much potty trained after that. he is now 4 months old and he has only had a couple of accidents inside. a few were my fault, not paying attention to him by the door he went right next to the door, not just some place in the house... and the other he wasn't let out before we left the house and we don't have a doggy door...