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Following is the advice I gave a previous asker on how to train her 6mos old pup to signal to go outside...it will work for this dog just the same. I would recommend longer time teether training in your case and couple it with crate training as you would a pup. I have taught many doggy door trained dogs to alert me. You will have some setbacks and depending on the age of the dog it may take a little longer than expected.

Often times when they get to this stage you are more housebroke than he is. Meaning you simply understand when he needs to go outside. This can be related to toddlers who don't learn to talk as fast as others, oftentimes mom understands their needs and accomadates prior to them having to ask vocally. Therefore, delayed speach. NOTHING wrong with how your dog is being potty trained and congrats to you for understanding him and bringing him thus far! Bell training may work for you as another poster mentioned. I typically go back to umbilical method at this point. Keep him teethered to you through out the day. Good time to work on consistency in basic obedience as well. (since you have the leash lol) But more importantly, he is at a point in housebreaking that he is physically capable of holding it. So rather than automatically letting him out at set times you allow him to ask. He is going to get antsy at the end of that leash. You have him close to you so you are fully aware of his actions. So you can wait until you see antsy behavior and give it a cue "wanna go outside" Let him get a little excited. Offer him a pat or a treat. It won't take long before he realized giving you a "look" and acting like a dork gets him a trip outside. Do this for 2wks or so.

Way too early to expect her to be reliably house trained. We're talking about a Dachshund, which is EASILY among the very hardest breeds to housetrain. You should be getting to the point where she will begin to get it, but don't expect her to be completely housetrained for a while. As for a time frame, it really, REALLY varies depending on the dog. One of mine, Gracie (the one in my avatar) was completely housetrained by four and a half months, which is relatively quickly for a Doxie. She hasn't had an accident since then, and becomes extremely distressed if she can't get to the door. She will not go in the house at all costs. My other one, Maddie, was housetrained within 8 months, but lately (she's just turned 2) she's started having accidents again, and we've had to start housetraining all over again. We also have a doggy door, but just yesterday she went in the house 5 feet from the door and literally 5 minutes after she had come in from outside. Maddie doesn't think anything of going in the house and seems to actually prefer it (which is baffling), but for Gracie, it's the total opposite! It all depends on the dog, and with some Dachshunds, it will always be a struggle. It sounds like you are going about things right. Keep her on a schedule. Set an egg timer if you have to. Doxies are also very food motivated, so keep that in mind when rewarding her for doing the right thing. Just praise will often not do the trick with this breed. She may or may not learn to let you know she needs to go. It was at about that age that Gracie really started to get it. She would often whine to let me know she needed to go, and started to use the doggy door herself as well. Maddie, despite being older than Gracie by almost a year, never lets me know she needs to go and usually needs to be prompted to go out every few hours or she will go in the house. It's very frustrating. Just hope and pray that your girl is a "Gracie" and not a "Maddie." Good luck.

Treat him like you would a puppy. I've never actually trained a dog to tell me it needs to go but you need to keep an eye on his body language, if he seems stressed or is circling and sniffing the floor so "wee-wees" and take him to the door. eventually he should understand that when he needs to go, out the back door.

i don't recommend a 'doggie-door' as they give potential intruders an easy way into the house. also i think they are just for lazy people who can't be bothered to let their dog out. (with a few exceptions i.e. older people).

How about run down to Home Depot and get a doggy door.

Problem solved.

Would seem kind of odd to "adopt" a dog that was trained to use a doggy door and then not provide him with one and wonder why he does not know how to let you know he needs to go out.

if you cant get or use a doggy door for lack of a fence you can train her use a doggy door bell you can make one yourself by going to a craft store and picking up a few large bells and attatching them to the door handle. everytime you take your pup out get a treat and lure her nose to the bells when her nose touches the bells make them ring then give her the treat and take her out do this everytime you take her out and it wont be very long beofre she begins ringing the bells herself to go outside.