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[quote=Anonymous]PP here.  Also, I would take them to the vet to rule out any medical issue before you tear your hair out fixing something that isn't behavioral.  Unlikely that they both have a UTI or something at the same time, but it could happen.

I have house trained many fosters over the years.  My preferred method is to crate them any time I am not watching them/interacting with them.  If they are out of the crate, they are leashed to my belt loop or we are playing in a small area.  I set a timer for going outside every 30 minutes the first day, increasing by 10 minutes a day.  By the end of the week, we're at 90 minutes, and I find I can increase by 30 minutes at that point, until we're at 3 hours or so.  I never push more than 3 hours unless the dog is crated.

I never punish for accidents in the house.  Punishing makes them more likely to find a place to hide it, and I don't want them peeing behind furniture!  If they pee in the house, then I screwed up, by giving them too much freedom.

What I will do is interrupt, so if I see him hiking his leg, I'll clap my hands and say "ah-ah!" and shoo him outside.

When doggy goes outside, you act like he just cured cancer and throw a massive doggy celebration with treats and praise and pets.

The longest it's ever taken to be reliably house trained with an adult dog this way is a few weeks.[/quote]

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