One year old and not trained , poor poor you ....... i can understand your fathers frustration, yet at the same time wow........ i trained toby and he finally got it at about 7 months (and that is with me working full time and going to school full time ) , i crate trained him and it has worked out Soooooooooooo well, i ended up having him go outside (on my balcony) on a pee pad, but that is just my preference