potty training my 15 week dane

Question
I have a 15 week old great dane that I have raised since he was six days old. Our female dane had puppies and she died of bloat six days after her nine puppies were born. My husband and I bottle fed and raised these puppies.  They were born in November so we're in the winter months. Now we have our two adult danes ( no problem training them when they were young) and our puppy we kept. I can't get him trained. He goes out with his dad and aunt and plays and pees and does his thing and then comes in and does it again? We free feed and someone suggested not doing that but I think our three and four year old dane may not like that? How can I get him to know he can't just go wherever and whenever he pleases? He knows he did bad when I see it but I can't seem to stop him. I take him out every few hours?

Answer
Dogs respond best to a regular life style.  Feeding twice a day at fixed times helps because they go out to relieve themselves after eating and when they wake up.  With a more regular life style you shoud have no problems.

The adults will soon get used to the new regime and it will help the youngster's training.