I live on the 4th floor of a "high rise" and we did not paper train our Sheltie. Personally, I think it confuses them, and I don't want the dog to think it's OK to do their business inside, ever.
This is what we did. Follow this and you should be golden. It's basically crate training, as others have advised.
http://www.dogstardaily.com/training/errorless-housetraining
Puppies don't really have bladder control until 12 to 14 weeks or so (I think it says on the link). But you can get them in good habits before that.
We set up an X-pen with a rubber mat, water bowl, and her crate. Buffy spent a lot of time in there until she was 6 months old or so. It was nice though, because if she had an accident, it was on rubber.
At first we only let her outside of her area right after she had gone. We would go in there to play with her. Eventually we worked up to giving her more room and less supervision. Shelties are very smart and usually house train quickly, if you give them good guidance. But you have to show them what to do very clearly.
This is what we did. Follow this and you should be golden. It's basically crate training, as others have advised.
http://www.dogstardaily.com/training/errorless-housetraining
Puppies don't really have bladder control until 12 to 14 weeks or so (I think it says on the link). But you can get them in good habits before that.
We set up an X-pen with a rubber mat, water bowl, and her crate. Buffy spent a lot of time in there until she was 6 months old or so. It was nice though, because if she had an accident, it was on rubber.
At first we only let her outside of her area right after she had gone. We would go in there to play with her. Eventually we worked up to giving her more room and less supervision. Shelties are very smart and usually house train quickly, if you give them good guidance. But you have to show them what to do very clearly.