Quote Originally Posted by Maxxxie View Post

As for toilet training, every time he has a meal, take him outside. When he does his business, give him insane levels of praise. He'll get the message. Somebody else here mentioned that puppies have small bladders. This is true and you can expect to have to do the toilet/praise thing many times a day. Your puppy will eventually come to realise that you are the person who opens the door to let him out, and he will come to you when he needs to go to the toilet.

Max
I've had several friends put bells on a ribbons down their door - they all swear by it. What happens is when you open the door to let them out, the bells ring. Dogs figure out that when the bells ring the door opens - so when they want out they nuzzle the bells and you hear that they want out. No barking, no door scratching.