What is the best way to discourage our dogs from going to the bathroom in the house repeatedly

Dogs have very short attention spans and he will not know why you are beating him or rubbing his nose in crap. He will just become fearful and/or aggressive if you do that. If you have a child and it accidentally wets his pants, do you rub the child's face in his soiled pants? I don't think you do.

You need to train him. You can either use a training pad/pee pad method, or the crate method. I prefer the pee pad method but success with it varies dog to dog. If you do the pee pad method:

Try to watch him as much as possible.

Put him on the pad:

When he looks like he's about to go (sniffing, circling, etc.)

After every meal

After he wakes up

After playtime

Generally every 2-3 hours

Say something like, "go potty" or "use the bathroom". He'll learn to associate the phrase with using the bathroom. After he goes on the pad, PRAISE him. This is important! He will associate going on the pad with good things. Never rub his nose in anything or beat him. Don't scold him after he's done his business. Dogs have short attention spans and he won't know what you're yelling at him about, and eventually he'll be afraid of you.

If you catch him peeing somewhere, pick him up quickly and place him on the pad. After he's done, praise him as usual.

Once he's going on the pad consistently, (say, 95% or better), then you can start to move the pad. You can take it outside, and he will learn to go outside. You can remove the pad after a day or two and he'll know to go outside. The nice thing is that he'll start to go to the door to signal that he needs to do his business.

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