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

Answers:
Firstly, are you consistent in your habits?

Start crate training now. If you have not already.

Dogs need to be on leash at all times in home until trained. Attached to stationary object or dumbbell. 3 feet on leash or less with a blanket or towel.

Do you free feed and water them? If so stop now.

Give food and water then take outside. If the dogs do not relieve themselves place inside crate. Repeat every 15 minutes until dog has gone potty .

When the dogs relieve themselves, give them 5-10 minutes of free play time and lots of praise. Repeat until trained.

Warning, do not give the dogs too much freedom, it has already gotten you into trouble. Dogs like rules and boundaries. They need a fair and firm boss to work for.

If you want to fix this problem you must change your methods. You need to keep an eye on them at all times.
That means no freedom in house.

Belly bands in addition if they are boys and they are lifting their legs in your house.

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spray them with water everytime you see them about to do it then put them outside. I know ppl that only works for cats but it works for dogs too.
OR YELL in a very stern voice NO NO and put them out side
then when you see them going pee or whatever out side go and say in a very nice voice GOOD BOY and pet them.

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Keep them outdoors for a few days, until they get the pattern of outdoors is the toilet, not indoors.

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easy - beat them.

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well dogs are scared of water and fire,so how about keeping the area wet

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take them out frequently and reward them for going potty outside.

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Move to a different house and don't take them along!

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treat them when they engage in behavior that is correct. Everytime you catch them going in the house immediately take them outside and put them in the grass.
Again when you walk or they are outside treat them when they use the bathroom correctly. Works like a charm.

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if they go in the house---immediately scold and take outside
or try spraying water from a spray bottle when they do such

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WOW. I just had this problem. First of all, as soon as you see the mess rub their nose in it. Then say NO very firmly and smack their nose lightly. Then take them where they are supposed to go. Keep saying, "this is where you go potty!!" Then crate them for about 10 minutes. This really worked with my dog and now he knows where to go. You can also give them a treat when they go where they should. Good luck.

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build them a separate house with its own dog bathroom. Maybe call it a "dog house" . It will, of course, not have all of the amenities that a normal "human" house will.

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Put them outside in a kennel or cage them when you gone.

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Make sure you get up all the smell from your floor. If they can spell it they might get confused about where they go. I found that when my dogs were potty training it set up a strict schedule for taking them out often. That increases the chance of success. Make sure you really praise them when they go outside because ultimately just want to please you. Stick with it they will get it eventually.

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DON'T beat him. And DON'T rub his nose in it!

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.