Problems house breaking our puppy?

Bear is the first born of my females dogs litter (who is now thankfully spayed!) and he is the only puppy we kept. For both his mother Dixie and his father Duke I was consistent in house breaking. They went out 6 times a day right when waking in the morning at 6 they go out for 45min(on lease) then are back in for me to go to class get back around 9:30 they go out again for at the least 45min. Then back in the house, out from noon to 1 no less than an hour everyday, back in for me to go pick up my own son, then out when we get home around 3 and since they are usually in the yard playing with my son (we have a fenced in yard) they can be outside anywhere from 1hr to 4hrs! usually it is just an hour though, then back in till 6 they go out for another hour while I work in the greenhouse or in the garden depending on time of year, the family eats and the dogs eat around 8 I give them a little time to digest then out again for another 45min walk (on leash).
Duke took a week and a half to house break dixie took 4 days. Bear is 4 months old and I have even lengthened time in the yard and used pads (which I have NEVER done before) to try and get him to stop peeing in the house. But nothing has worked. He won't even look at the pads other than to chew the things up!
What makes it worse is that when he starts to pee he doesn't stop walking, he never hikes his leg or squats and usually a liberal amount of the urine eats up on him. He isn't a big dog and he can even be laying in your lap CALM nearly dozing and start to pee. In the yard he does the same thing it is like the sensation of peeing never registers though if he is sitting and notices the stream he will start to lap it up while it is in mid air!
I talked to the vet and his reponse was that I just wasn't taking him out enough though I can't for the life of me figure out how at the least 6 hrs a day in the yard is "not enough". Or how a dog lapping its own pee up is... normal?
He has been broken from pooping in the house and we have had no problems from that, he actually picked it up in less then a week. So why can't he pick up the no peeing in the house?
There is just no consistency with the peeing, I know some dogs who do it when they get excited but it can be as simple as walking from the living room to his dog bed and here goes a trail of urine. I just don't know what to do and can't find any real hints online. He and Dixie have never stayed the night outside (Duke was a stray we took in so the first year of his life is a mystery but judging by the shape we found him in, it wasn't a lovely year) and they go where we go we go on vacation they come, I go to the park they come, if I go to the nursing home THEY COME but I have had to ban bear because he pees! I want to use him in the nursing home or even the childrens hospital but until the peeing problem is under control it is a NO GO! Heck I have him broke from chewing shoes before getting him to stop peeing in the house!
Both of his parents sleep on my bed on my feet, I have done this since having dogs love to know they are there. It sucks because he can't since I won't risk him peeing on my bed!
Anyone had this problem before, if so please give me some clues as to what could be up? He isn't fixed yet would it help to fix him?(his testicals haven't dropped either) Could this be a health issue is there something I really need to push my vet for? If this is a health issue is there a diaper or cup he can wear to help with my fading from scrubbing carpet and would allow him to visit places with us? Could it be he is just too young to be "consistent"? (even though his mother was WAY younger when she was fully house broken got Dixie when she was 4 weeks old when the mom refused and the breeders refused to deal with her) Could this be his way of marking? Does he need some time away from his mother maybe, kind of like a psychological issue? I have noticed Dixie "cleaning" him.
Thank GOng Landry for the article but seeing as I am already doing it and have for 2 previous dogs it offers no help whatsoever. In honesty it was pretty useless, as for the door bell idea that can actually confuse a pet if you have multiple ones and can cause problems, imagine how many times a day the bell would ring when all 3 dogs are going to go at multiple times. Much like a baby or a pack of wolves they are set to a schedule instead which is actually easier on both animal and owner. After immediately waking the dogs know they will get the chance to go outside to eliminate, the same of when I get home from school, at lunch, after I get back from picking my son up and so on so forth. I can't always be here to hear a bell so I prefer to schedule it, and in honesty most of us with demanding jobs do the same to our own bodies so the load of shit about it being inhumane or unfair is just that shit.

How safe is Nicotiana Alata if I have dogs?

I'm starting my second season of gardening (vegetable) and this time I am building a greenhouse in my backyard. As an accent to the greenhouse and for the sweet smell (and anti-insect potency) I am considering planting Nicotiana Alata. I have learned that it is poisonous, but I am wondering if my dogs (who are curious) are extraordinarily likely to eat the plant or if I put it IN the greenhouse if they are likely to tear through to get to the plant. Does any one know if it's safe to even have it on my property with my two dogs?

In Sims, how do I build a greenhouse on the second floor (that actually works as a greenhouse)?

How can I build a plastic greenhouse over my tomato patch,15ftx15ft which can be open or closed acc.to weather

Beginning greenhouse garden, need general help?

Is anyone familiar with 'E.B. Stone Organics' products? I saw this at my local Armstrong Nursery center.Thinking of using it for my organic home garden. Or anything better. Have had bad luck with Miracle Gro.

http://www.ebstone.org/12_ednas.php

Now, im starting a plastic greenhouse outdoors but as container style gardening in the greenhouse. I would like to grow from seed. (maybe buy teen plants from armstrong and transplant) Should I plant in Edna's Best potting soil or plant into compost? Im new to this..I plan to grow any berry, fruit, vegetable or herb that can be grown in the fairly small space I will be having.

Now, lets break down the ingredients in this particular soil bag. Mushroom compost, earthworm castings, chicken manure, and bat guano. Im sure these are very nice for the plants but should this type of mix be used to grow things that we plan to eat??

Im also going to purchase a soil test kit for testing of PH, phosphorus, potassium, and nitrogen. Will there be a universal value or does each vegetable or fruit have its own preferences on soil levels?

Also, I hear composting is a good organic way to grow stuff. But, I also heard you shouldnt compost in container gardening. I dont mind a fertilizer as long as its organic. Whats best?

Perlite or volcanic Pumice? or both? :p

How do I keep a portable greenhouse humid?

Here is a link for the portable greenhouse I am asking about - http://www.littlegreenhouse.com/flowerhouse.shtml.

Thanks! Happy Gardening

Why does America not use nuclear energy and what is your opinion of it?

Intro: I was going to ask to start a series of questions in which I hope to enlighten others about the problems and nature of the world (NOT RELIGIOUS ANSWERS, IM TALKING PHYSICAL HERE); I hope to do most of the learning myself through Q and As with others with parallel or opposing thought processes. This will have little affect as far as changing anything in the world (for it seems the common people worldwide have little strength to change things unless in huge numbers). I just hope to get my ideas out, and have them challenged so that I can learn myself.
Some of the questions might be less "deep" than others such as this:
Why do we in America refuse to use the future's power source? Nuclear is clear, safer (Look at the statistics and the actual facts about nuclear energy before answering), cheaper (If we were to start using modern plants and recycling the cores to rid of waste like France and Japan do), and creates more power than all other forms of energy available for use today. Why then, now that that is known and people are starting to actually think before protesting, are we still not using it now that we are running out of fossil fuels and greenhouse gases are building?

PS: I'll be doing a lot of "Why arent we" questions for technology and methodology that arent being used.

Is China taking a more sensible approach to coal-fired energy?

I have read that since about 2006, China has been 'retiring' many of its smaller, older, less efficient coal-fired plants. To offset the closure of these plants, they are building new, more efficient coal-plants that don't put out as much in the way of pollutants.

As China is rich in coal resources, don't you think that it is wise for them to make the most out of their cheap, readily available energy resource?

China closing down small coal-fired plants
Yvonne Chan in Hong Kong, BusinessGreen, 31 Jul 2009

"Facilities with a total generating capacity of 54GW have been shut from 2006 to June this year, Sun Qin, deputy director of the National Energy Administration, said yesterday.
The announcement follows the release of a Greenpeace report earlier this week that called for China to phase out outdated facilities with a generating capacity of less than 100MW and set a renewable energy target of 30 per cent by 2020.
Sun said the number of plants with a capacity below 100MW comprised 14 per cent of the total proportion of energy-generating units, down from 30 per cent in early 2006.
However, in the meantime new coal-burning plants are still being built at a rate of 70GW per year, although Sun said most of the new facilities have significantly higher levels of energy efficiency than those they replace.
China is the world's largest coal producer and consumer. The fossil fuel accounts for at least 70 per cent of its energy needs – a factor that has led to its top ranking in global greenhouse gas emissions."

Over wintering of Carla Lillies?

I bought 2 pot bound Carla Lillies very cheaply last year, they had just finished flowering, I put them in a shaded, protected border and forgot about them. This spring I pulled out the dead stalks, then read in my gardening book that they should have been in the greenhouse. Have I killed them. there is no sign of re-growth
I live in the North Midlands

Sims 2 Seasons question!?

Ok. So I just got the Seasons expansion pack for my Sims 2 game, I'm trying to have a garden, but it's the middle of winter. So I built a greenhouse, but one I had the greenhouse put up, it wouldn't let me put the greenhouse door in it... I've tried searching online on how to do it, but I can't find it anywhere. Currently there is a sim living in the greenhouse to take care of the plants, but he's always stuck in there because there is no door. So I'm keeping him alive with the maxMotives cheat code... If any of you could help me out with this door problem, I'm sure Kimahri would be very grateful to be let out of the greenhouse. lol.

Where do I go to get my "Green Job" that Obama Promised (just 1 one the 6 million)?

It would indeed create jobs, but it would do so by killing other jobs. Is that really what Americans want?

President Barack Obama has put energy policy at the forefront of his agenda. He says that his plan will boost our national security, help us achieve “energy independence,” reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and promote job creation. Indeed, Obama vows to create around five million new jobs by increasing federal spending on renewable energy sources such as wind, solar, and biofuels.

As many experts have observed, the science behind the Obama plan is dubious, particularly when it comes to ethanol. The renewable energy industry simply does not have the capacity (at least not yet) to power large swathes of our fossil fuel-driven economy. Just look at the United Kingdom, where a shortage of windmill-building capability has hindered the government’s plan to replace aging nuclear reactors with wind power.

If Obama’s energy promises rely on questionable science, they rely on even more questionable economics. We are to believe that replacing conventional energy sources (especially coal) with renewables (especially wind) will create five million new “green jobs.” The hope is that armies of workers will be enlisted to build tens of thousands of windmills; to manufacture and deploy solar-power installations; to harvest, transport, and process huge amounts of biofuel feedstock; and to string the power lines that will allow the U.S. power grid to incorporate a major expansion of intermittent energy.

Where do I go to get one????

I am curious what everyone thinks about what this website has to say...how can the average...?

...person really decipher.....

http://www.globalwarmingheartland.org/

How can the average person really decipher what is true? Is there really any way to prove that one theory is correct over another when it comes to global warming? I'm not arguing that certain behavior is or isn't bad for the environment, I'm just wondering how much of an impact our actions are having. I remember in the seventies when they warned of the next ice age and the the greenhouse gases were actually good for keeping the earth warm. There was actually a plan for one US town to build a dome over itself to protect it from the impending cold. Luckily they didn't or they would all be fried now.

How do I make a indoor greenhouse/garden on my back porch?

My mom misses her garden very badly because we moved to a two-flat house apartment that has no backyard. For this mother's day/her birthday I wanted to turn our back porch into a little greenhouse for her, even if its just a couple window boxes and some hanging plants along the window tops. I do not have a lot of money or building know how, but if their are instructions I am great!

Back porch:
-has two love seat couches
-a large desk
-a couple boxes
- a small rectangular wood coffee table
- 8, in wall shelves on one wall
-two walls are all windows, 6 in total with no out side ledges
-it changes with the weather, its really cold when its cold and really hot in summer
-it has carpet
-its about 10'x11'

Can anyone please tell me how to do this and how much it should cost? I'm hoping under a $100, but cheapest would be the best. Any ideas, advice, or suggestions could help.

Thank you!!!!
I live on the second floor.

Anyone ever created a Greenhouse Garden Home?

Ok.. I know this sounds odd. But I have been thinking about this for a long time. I have been thinking about building a very large (1500 square feet) greenhouse that I could turn into a "living" home. I want it to ultimately be as self-sufficient as possible with large ponds with fish large concrete waterfalls, plants etc. I have been doing research, and I was curious how hard it would be to heat/cool one of these structures. Is there any way to insulate them but still keep them functional? Any thoughts or advice? Ever heard of this before?