Okay let's see.. well firstly they don't like to follow me even at this age, unless I get down to their level and call them over getting very excited but that only works until I stand back up and expect to walk further haha. I mean even going out to go potty this is the issue. They will have to go..but you have to pratically drag them over to the right area before they will go, otherwise, they'd be happy to trot back inside. They will ONLY poop along the perimeters of the fence so if you don't get them over there, you know they aren't going lol.
They definitely are very smart and catch on fast, it's just a matter of what they want to do ..I believe they know it but choose to not do it unless they want to. I started training basic manners from the time I picked them up and they are very good with most things, caught on very fast. They sit for everything, will wait patiently for treat until they are allowed to take it, will go to bed when told (well mostly haha, Yukon's better) and respond to 'leave it' and 'off' etc. Also have to sit while I open the door and tell them they can go, they are really very good.
The potty schedule, they do have one. They are crated when I can't watch them but if I have to run to get something for a child or something, it's happened that in those seconds I come back to a puddle and I know when I take them outside who it was, it's always Yukon..and he's the one I always catch doing it to. He does it right in front of me. They also go out anytime they come out of the crate, any time they whine, after they eat/drink etc.. and after about 20 mins of playing inside. They get a treat when they come in from a sucessful potty trip. They have learned to expect it so they come right in and sit and wait for me to get their treat.
I thought I had a lot of patience before but they are really testing it yet lol. I knew to expect this though having done a ton of research on anything I could read before I got them, good thing or I'd go nuts I'm sure. I now need help to take them to the vet because it's no longer working on my own. Taking them there last wk was exhausting!!! I can't tell you how long it took for me to get them inside the door and once I got one in, a hyper weimaraner batted my girl in the face and back out she went with her brother. It was a nightmare. So, next time hubby is going along to help. Pretty sad I can't take 2, 3 mo old pups to the vet alone.
But aside from picking them both up at once and opening the door at the same time it wasn't happening, they weren't moving and if they were, it was sitting pulling backwards so we wouldn't go in.