Potty Training my Papillion

Most of the dogs I have trained have been under a year. I would suppose the process is the same for an older dog. Try a schedule, and go with the dog..rewarding after he goes. Otherwise, the tv show Dog Whisperer might be helpful.

Have you tried crate training? well my dog isn't that potty trained as well but what i've noticed with my dog is that he does his thing at a specific time of the day. It is usually after he's fed and so I bring him to the crate after he has eaten. I still think it's possible to teach old dogs new tricks. The best of luck on training your dog!

I'm not going to be able to give you any advice because I was in the same dilemma once and never did get my dog trained properly. My dog, Pugsly, was 6 years old when my husband got him from his girls. His daughters had pugsly since a young pup, we bought it for them for christmas one year, and they never trained him at all. So by the time they gave him to us he was 6 years old and doing his business all over the house. We had him for 3 years before we gave him back to the girls. We were only taking care of him till they moved out of their apartment and into a house, which took them 3 years. In those three years we were never able to train him completly. He still went all over the house and only went outside once in a while, when we had him outside for hours. He is now back with the girls for the last 2 years and they still have the problem also. I feel sorry for pugsly because he was never trained properly by these girls when he was a pup and it just seems too late to train him now. He gets his nose rubbed in it and yelled at, but to no avail.