 Maybe he is rebelling against the crate
My yorkie use to do that too, it seemed as long as she wasn't in the crate she would potty where she was suppose to but if I had to go somewhere and I lock her up in her crate when I come back there is poop in her crate and when I let her out instead of going to potty on the potty where she is suppose to go she potty's on my floor as if to say she is pissed off at me for locking her up, I don't lock her up no more and since I haven't had a problem with her, but your going to need more than just a month to train him, and if you happen to see him getting in position to potty you stop him either spray him with a water bottle or shake a can with pennies to get his attention and stop him from pottying in the house then pick him up and kindly escort him outside to do his thing, of course you have to have patients and give him time to get used to pottying outside, he may use the potty right away seeing how he was ready to use it in your house before you got his attention or he may hold it, if he holds it just stay outside with him until you see him use the potty or take him on a walk, some dogs do better with potty training if they are walking. |