animal36 It good to start training him at this point about other commands.
Sit. No Small stuff lie that so he understand that you the boss and he needs to keep you happy
Be real carful about how much he eats. When you feel him give him only as much as he will eat in 30mins. I would start switching him over to dry food if he’s not already.
If you crate is just big enough for him to sleep in that’s step one. But seeing is u know he going to pee in thee crate it best to catch in on the act. When you do.. Shout out what ever command you use to scold him.(This is where that pervious training comes into play) Make sure it’s Loud.
not in his ear but it should be Really Loud and Unexpected. Personally i prefer to make certain sound to help my dog know he is doing something i disapprove of.
The ideal is to distract in mid stream. When that happen rush him outside and wait there at his pee spot for a good five mins even if he doesn’t pee but if he dose really praise him.
We use to have the same problem you did but he has grown out of it.
but when ever well leave his bowl out to long he has the occasional relapse