Lions, tigers and PUPPIES?!?!

I am beginning to think that I am declining into a form of insanity at last. There are currently three puppies in my home and one, spayed, non maternal alpha bitch. Life has turned into a great cycle of 'potty outside' training, cleaning up failed training (aka: dog poo), leashes, dog dishes, crate training, and simple command training. The biggest thing we are working on now is the fact that the cat's litter box is not part of their supplemental diet and should be avoided at all costs. This, of course, is not going over well with the 'girls'.

Of course, I am not the type to have an easy sort of dog, oh no...not me :(, I actually picked these girls out in a weird sort of way (don't ask). My intention was to only bring one home with me as a companion for my other dog, but alas, I inherited the other two when my daughter moved back home with her two puppies in tow along with two cats who like to terrorize my 14 year old cat. They (the cats) have since been banned to two rooms in the basement where they receive a lot of attention from the daughter and her boyfriend (an apparant cat lover/dog hater type of person)

Two of the puppies are litter mates, both female and are half Doberman, half German Shephard. I think I was in denial while picking the initial puppy out about how much work this was going to be but now I realize how silly I was to pick these girls out. This only lasts until I look in their eyes and see the intelligence, love and devotion....I am a sucker. The third puppy is a little beafeater girl; a boxer mix of some sort. From the story I get from the daughter, this pup was being abused, and she of course, saved it by plucking it straight from the hands of the abuser. Yea, well, this little girl is a doll and can not be denied (the puppy; the daughter? lol). The only problem with all of this is the housebreaking.

You know when you are in over your head when you start dreaming about picking up puppy poo....egads! I couldn't believe it when I woke up; there is no rest for the wicked or the weary, and with three puppies in the house, I am weary!

At this point, I am willing to take sugestions for housebreaking from the devil himself if he were to offer....