dog urine traning

Question
i have a 4 month old male dog of lasa apso breed, i have tried several things to tach him where to do his urine and potte but have failed every time.

this are the followings ways i have tried.
1)i have soaked a newspaper in his urine and kept in the area where i wanted him to do the act, where ever he use to do his act i use to tap him on his head and say the word NO to him and would take him to the place where i had kept the newspaper. but what happened was that later on he started eating that newspaper soaked in urine.
2) then i changed the newspaper to a soaked cloth and repeated the same process as stated above but again failed. he would do his act all over the house

many a times i have noticed him doing his urine when he is is sited and doesn't even move from the place after doing the act.

what can be the problem in such case? my parents say as few people are born mentally retarded may be this dog is also the same,,, but i refuse to belive so. may be as few children learn slow he may also be a slow learner.


so please suggest me an effective way of teaching him where to do his act,,looking at his behavior

Answer
Rahul, please read my page about house training, which is at http://housetraining.angelfire.com

If he is urinating as he's sitting, and doesn't seem to realize he's doing it, he could have an infection, which can be determined by having a vet do a urinalysis or urine culture.