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How Do I Properly House-Train My Daschund?

I recently bought a 7 month old male Daschund, Jasper, from a reputable breeder, Lindenwood Kennels. She planned to keep him and show him, but she had a double hip-replacement surgery, and was unable to do so. Because of her ailment before the surgery, properly house-training training him was out of the question. She had a lovely bungalow country home with a large, fenced yard, and she would turn the dogs out for 15 minutes, around 12 times a day. Now he's living with me and my family (me, 16, my parents and my sister, 18) and our current dog, a 5 year old red Dauschund female named Clementine, from the same breeder. But we live in Toronto, and me and my sister go to school and my parents work. Clementine was previously walked three times a day, and in good weather, let out into our backyard. Jasper has no bladder control. We walk him, he pees, we bring him back to the house, he pees again, in the house. How can we train him so that he stops peeing in the house? Clementine picked it up immediately when we got her, but with Jasper, its been a tough journey. The two get along wonderfully, and Jasper is helping Clementine lose some weight. But the peeing is a BIG problem.

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1. Dachshund -- you are talking about a dachshund. First, is this dachsie neutered? Unless he has a urinary tract infection - and I assume you have had the vet rule this out - he is marking, not lacking bladder control. Neuter if he isn't, that will help. You need to neutralize the odor everywhere he has piddled, not just clean, get a pet urine neutralizer (pet store, supermarket, etc.) and be sure to neutralize everywhere he has piddled or he will go back there and mark again. Watch him - don't give him free reign in the house, crate him when you can't watch him. Alternative, is to put a belly band on him - it velcros round his middle, has a pad to catch the pee. He won't like it, but it won't hurt him and it saves the mess. 1. Neuter, if he isn't already 2. Neutralize all previous piddle areas 3. Watch or crate 4. Belly band. I have 6 dachshunds and foster more (10 at the moment) - males who come in will try to mark their territory, especially if they are not neutered and there are females. Takes time to sort it out, so don't give him free reign of your house without a belly band.