my pup is seven weeks old

Hi,
Buy a copy of "The Perfect Puppy" by Gwen Bailey - it will tell you just about everything you need to know.
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I think you need to supply more info - such as are you home all day with pup , do you have other dogs, do you live in a house or a flat ec etc

HI!!! MY MALE ROTTWEILER WAS HOUSE TRAINED IN TWO WEEKS AS I WAS THERE MOST OF THE TIME TO WATCH FOR SIGNS OF SNIFFING AND PACING( SURE SIGN OF IMINENT WEES OR POOS).I DID NOT BOTHER WITH PAPER TRAINING AS PREVIOUSLY IT SLOWED DOWN THE PROCESS AS THEY DID NOT SEEM TO UNDERSTAND THAT THEY NEEDED TO GO OUTSIDE.PUT PUPPY OUTSIDE AFTER FEEDING,WAKING AND FIRST THING IN MORNING AND REGULAR INTERVALS DURING DAY.WHEN PUPPY PERFORMS I USED TO SAY ""DO WEE WEE" AS HE DID IT AND SOON HE KNEW WHAT I WAS ASKING.SOUNDS DAFT BUT IT WORKED FOR ME AND IT HAS FOR ALL MY FRIENDS DOGS.I ALSO HAD A LARGE INDOOR CAGE WHICH HE WENT INTO WHILE UNATTENDED AND HE WOULD NOT DO ANYTHING IN THERE.TO HOUSE TRAIN A DOG EFFECTIVELY YOU MUST BE THERE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE AND DO NOT HIT THEM EVER WHEN THEY DO IT INSIDE,PRAISE THEM WHEN THEY DO GOOD!!!AT THE WORST SOUND DISPLEASED IN YOUR VOICE IF YOU CATCH THEY PEEING/POOING INDOORS.THEY CAN ONLY LEARN BY YOU!!! SORRY TO DRIVEL ON, HOPE THIS HELPS. GOOD LUCK!!