When he has free rein of the house, he’s even peed in his food bowl. He doesn’t care. He pooped on his bed in his crate so now has no bed. Doesn’t matter how long he’s in there. We originally tried to leave him in the big hall on tile so we could clean it up but it was such a mess and he chewed through a baby gate and tore up a door. I refuse to give up on him but don’t know what to do. His crate is appropriate size and I don’t put his food and water with him.
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First of all: if he can’t be trusted to hold his waste, he should NOT have free rein of the house. I posted the following as a comment to another adult dog that isn’t housebroken:do you have a crate? keep him leashed to you when you’re home so he can’t sneak off, and crated when you can’t supervise. take him out every 45 minutes-hour, and stay out there with him. when he DOES go, throw a party. when he doesn’t, pop him in the crate for 10 minutes or so, then back outside. rinse, repeat until he goes. this WILL… Read more »