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You have to take the time to pay attention to his signals. Feed him no more than 2 times a day. 1 cup of food for no more than 20 minutes. remove the food and do NOT give it back to him. Take him out for a walk within an hour after he eats. If he doesn't go then, you take him back out for a walk in another half hour. Continue that way until he goes. Do the same at night. Feed him at the same time every day and for the same amount of time. NEVER leave the food on the floor. ALWAYS walk him so you can SEE that he goes. Walking stimulates the dog to go. Clean your carpets and floors and gate him into an area that will be easy to clean if he has an accident. If he does have an accident, you immediately scoop some of it up, take it AND him outside to the grass and show him where it goes and walk him again. Clean the rest when you come in. Praise him when he goes on his walk.When he IS making his poop, tell himm good boy, make a poop. He will learn to associate the words make a poop with the action and eventually will even go on command. I have taught MANY dogs to do this and I continue to do so. I have trained my daughter's 3 dogs and my son's dog. My daughter has 2 mutts and a pure breed Dachshund. The mutts were easy, the Dachshund was a little harder. If you really want a tough dog to train, try my son's Maltese. They are the most stubborn dumbest dogs ever and he goes on command the best. He was already a 2 year old dog and stuck in his ways when I started training him and I had him trained in 2 weeks part time. I only got him at my house 3 days a week and they weren't even 3 days in a row. The worst part was that my son and his wife didn't even reinforce it at home. THAT is a tough teach. You can do it. Start with a clean house and a baby gate in the kitchen area. Use newspaper in the kitchen for him to poop on or buy the poopy pads they sell in the pet store for him to use if you have to go out. ALWAYS keep an eye on him.

GOOD LUCK I hope this helps.