Fagan is almost 6 months old and is also still a work in progress although I think we are getting there. About 2-3 weeks ago he started yipping/whining at the door to go outside and has been consistant with it although we still take him out without him "asking" after sleep, eating and play. He has been accident free for a couple of weeks now. I still keep a close eye on him when he's not in the kitchen and we still have baby gates up in the kitchen. We also use an x-pen when we will be gone for a while and then he uses pee pads, but is able to "hold it" longer now.