Outdoor dog becoming an indoor dog?

You can definitely house train this dog!! What you need to do while you're re-training is keep him in the room you're in so you can watch him. When he shows signs of having to go (head down, circling, restless), take him out. You need to go out with him, keep telling him "go pee", and the very second he does, give him lots and lots of praise then come right back in. This way he learns to differentiate between play time and potty time outside.

You're going to need to be very alert to his signals and also patient in the beginning until he begins to catch on.

Dogs learn very well with positive reinforcement and by not giving him the opportunity to make a mistake, he will learn quickly. If he has an accident, quietly clean it up unless you catch him in the act, then tell him NO, take him out and praise if he finishes outside.

While you're re-training, you will have to keep him in a crate at night and when you're not home. Before you start you also have to make sure you've done a thorough cleaning of any spots he's gone in before so that HE can't smell anything or you won't be able to keep him from going back there. Good luck!

This is going to sound silly but get him bathed or groomed first and foremost (more for you than the dog). This will be a struggle for a couple of weeks. The fact you have a mixed breed is awesome. Most mixes are fun. You will need to either crate train or corder off an area until the dog has the chance to figure out the bathroom rules. Make sure you have a lot of time for the first few weeks and a lot more patience. The dog will probably be very grateful for the attention and adjust much quicker. Treats are often the best form of reinforcement for trianing. Good luck!

Try crate training,most dogs will not poop/pee where they sleep.The crate should be large enough for him to stand up in and turn around and lay down comfortably,but not big enough for him to relieve himself in the cage and move to the other side to sleep.This is how I finally house trained my mastiff,and how i house trained a pitbull i got from some ppl,she was an outdoor dog for 2 years and she is now trained.IT's pretty simple,feed him and then crate him for 20 minutes let him outside to relieve himself,since you have a fenced yard you can leave him out for a while,usually 10 minutes is enough,when he goes tell him how good he is,if he doesn't go put him back into the crate and try again in a few minutes.If he has an accident tell him NO put him outside for 10 minutes then back to his crate.Only allow him play time and feeding time out of the crate,crate him over night,he shouldn't pee/poop in his crate.It could take awhile but it usually works

Well I am not really an expert on dogs but I used to have one. I think you should put newpaper outside and train him to go on the newspaper so when you move him inside and put a piece of new paper some were he might think he has to go on there.

Or just take him outside once in a while and he could use it outside and then let him back in...

I hope that kind of gave you an Idea and Good luck

A dog should be trained on how to eat, walk with you, not to bark, potty training and sleep on its place etc. You can teach anything to your puppy, dogs get trained easily with some good instructions. If you want some good training tips visit https://tr.im/am6Cw

If properly trained, they should also understand whistle and gesture equivalents for all the relevant commands, e.g. short whistle or finger raised sit, long whistle or flat hand lay down, and so on.

It's important that they also get gestures and whistles as voice may not be sufficient over long distances and under certain circumstances.

Once a dog has gotten used to being outside all the time, trying to train him as an inside dog is almost impossible.

Well what I would do is first get advice from a dgo trainer or veternarian and see what they say. Maybe you can get a trainer to teach you how to train your dog or have a trainer teach your dog. Or you could always use those doggy litter boxes if you wanted. It sort of depends on the type of dog...

Everytime he tries to go to the bathroom in the house, just yell at him and carry him outside. You just need to get it through his mind that it is bad to potty in the house.

My only advice would to talk to a dog trainer. There are also doggy litter boxes.