Do you have any tips on how to housebreak a puppy?

First off. Too late. sorry. Mom taught me to Never bring a pup into the house without first waiting, sometimes forever for them to do their first deal in the yard. Then and only then bring them in. Then, like clock work feed them, after ten to fifteen go out with them. We also never leave food and water out for them to have at will. Try to schedule it, it seems wierd but it is true. Note the time of infractions. we all have our own schedules to keep. Give it a try. Another problem is that many of these training books out are written by folks that spend every waking hour training their pet....it's all they do! For the rest of us we have to put out extra effort to accomplish the basics.

I will be very interested in any responses you get for this, I have always wantes a dog and I my pets usually become my babies so I do like them to be house trained but I have always thought dogs to be very hard to train, cats are easy, my cat actually asks when he wants to go out which is great no kitty litter needed....I hope you get some good responses here.