One

Start at the ideal age.

The best time to begin housebreaking a puppy is 7 and a half weeks old to 8 and a half weeks old.  At this age, you can teach the puppy where to eliminate before is has establish its own preferences.  Don't worry if your puppy is older when you start housebreaking.  It will still learn, though it may take little longer.

Two

Six to eight times a day, take your puppy outdoors to eliminate.

(and by outdoors, meaning a yard that is enclosed, away from other dogs or cats that roam the neighborhood.  Do not take your puppy into your neighborhood to do its business until it has had its full series of vaccinations.  At such an age without full vaccinations, the puppy is at high risk for parvovirus.)  Choose an appropriate spot to take the puppy immediately after it wakes up, after play sessions and 15 to 30 minutes after meals.  If you take your puppy to the same spot every day, previous odors will stimulate your pup to urinate or defecate.

Many pups need 15 to 20 minutes of moving around and sniffing before they eliminate.  Stay with the puppy the whole time.  Housebreaking problems can result if you're unsure whether the puppy as actually eliminated and you let it return to the house too soon.  And remember the puppy needs to focus on the job at hand, so don't play with it until it has eliminated.

Three

Use a key phrase while your puppy eliminates.

If you repeat the same phrase (i.e. 'go potty' or 'take care of business') every time your puppy eliminates outdoors, it will learn that this phrase means that it?s the right time and place to eliminate.

Four

Once the puppy eliminates outdoors, immediately reward it.

Reward by praising it, giving it a treat or playing with it.  But remember to reward right away.  The puppy will not learn to eliminate outdoors if the reward comes when it returns to the house.  Instead, the puppy will think that it's being rewarded for coming inside.

Five

Supervise the puppy indoors as well as outdoors.

Find a room in your house that allows you to watch the puppy as much as possible.  This will help you catch the puppy if it starts to eliminate indoors.

Six

When you leave the home, put the puppy in a crate.

When you can't supervise the puppy, leave it in a small puppy-proof area such as a crate.  If the create is large enough to accommodate the puppy as an adult, partition is to avoid having the puppy soil one end and sleep in the other.  And remember that a young puppy's bladder and bowel capacities are limited, so let the puppy out at least every four hours.

Seven

Don't punish after the fact.

If your puppy has an accident in the house, don't go get the puppy and rub his nose in it.  This doesn't do any good because the misbehavior as already occurred.  Instead, try to catch the puppy in the act.  If you see the puppy getting ready to house soil, don't swat it.  Instead stomp your foot, shake a can of coins, or startle the pup by yelling 'outside!'  The pup will likely stop what it is doing and you can take it outside to eliminate.

Eight

Don't leave food outside all day.

Feed your puppy at set times every day and remove the food bowl after 20 minutes.  This will created regular intervals at which the puppy will need to eliminate.

Nine

Thoroughly clean areas where the puppy has eliminated in the house.

Your veterinarian can recommend a safe, effective product that removes both odors and stains.  It's important to clean a soiled area completely, otherwise your puppy may return to it and housesoil again.

Ten

Stick with the training program.

Most puppies can be successfully housebroken by 14 to 20 weeks of age.
But a pet may take longer to housebreak for several reasons.
Consult your veterinarian if you are having difficulties.