We've had our dachshund for about 2 months now and he's still not housebroken. We keep him in the kitchen since the rest of the house is carpet and we put down puppy pads for him. We take him outside to go out and he just chews on sticks and runs around. He's only peed twice outside for me. Both times I praise him and tell him what a good puppy he is. Other than that, he just goes inside, sometimes on the pad, sometimes not. And about 90% of the time, he shreds his pad to pieces and then drags it into his kennel.

We would like to put him on a schedule, but for a 5 month old puppy, how long does it take after drinking for him to have to pee? How often should he be going outside? His normal amount of time outside each time is about 15 min, but I've taken him out for as long as 45 min with no piddle, only to take him inside and he pees in the kitchen. Any advice?