Sounds silly, but a lapband, or a small diaper. If the dog was a girl you could just use a diaper, but with a male dog the diapers usually don't come that far forward. Its a short time thing till he gets the drift of it, but can save you some clean up headaches until he is house broken. Remember puppies don't understand right away that what they are doing is bad. Its natural for them especially with it being a male, he wants to mark his environment as "his". I currently have 3 dogs. One 15 year old dog half lab half terrier I've had since 6 weeks old, a "peek-a-pom" pom and pekinese, and a new half terrier half schnauzer (we think) 3 month old puppy. The peek a pom is a male and was terrible to break. Most stubborn dog I have ever had.
This new puppy is a girl and she is simple to break, and pretty much not having any incidents already, and I've only had her less than a week. However I do put a diaper on her before bedtime just in case since puppies have tiny little bladders, and she isn't 100% broken yet and can still get confused. They do sell puppy diapers at places like Tractor supply pet stores etc. HOWEVER just get cheap infant diapers and cut a hole in it for the tail. Dollar store has cheap diapers that are like 6 or 7 for 36 diapers. This shouldnt be a long time solution, just a helper. Dogs don't like getting pee on themselves so they won't enjoy peeing in them. In the situation you are in, might be best viable option to keep your carpets from stinking till he is house trained.
New puppy and her 15 year old "mommy"
