Oh Tanya don't give up on little Fritz! I have now owned 5 poodles and even though the breed is very consistent in traits, etc. each individual dog has a personality of his/her own. Two of my poodles housetrained almost immediately...one in a weekend! Two more took lots longer. Bella took about 6 weeks for #1 but caught on to #2 almost immediately. She now is at the chewing stage and I think she is worse than all of the others combined! Even though we correct her, she will go back and repeat the activity! My husband feels that this may be due to the fact that she is our first "only" dog. Our other poodles all lived with other poodles. Bella lives with 2 cats who do not give her the stimulation she needs so she gets into trouble for the sheer attention of it all! Tanya, poodles are smart but they are also smart enough to try and outwit their humans too! An example of this is that Bella will dig in the yard and get stones and carry them into the house. Once we discovered our home was being invaded by stones we began checking her mouth before we let her in. Of course we immediately disposed of "her treasured stone" at the door. Now we are noticing that she leaves her stone just out of sight of the back sliding door, just before coming in, so we don't throw it away! My husband says maybe we can rent her out to "de-stone" people's yards! Tanya, just keep on keepin' on. Fritz will catch on and reward you more than you can imagine. Bella sends him hugs and so do I.