well my GOD he is cute! Those ears! AHH!!
Sounds like you are doing a GREAT GREAT job and it is obviously you love him so much. There are many people on here who crate their dogs all day and they do just fine. And hopefully as he gets older you'll be able to just confine him to a room or something. You can pee pad train him so that when you do leave he can just stay in your room and use the pee pad. I think for his sake- keep him- he has been moved around and is probably quite confused. It's hard having a puppy but as they get older it gets easier. Someone mentinoed a doggy day care- even one day a week would be great for him. Do you live at home?
I would work on pad training him- same as training outside- LOTS of praise and treats when he goes on the pad- many dogs can be trained to go both- outside and on the pad. This way you can leave him in your room and not feel so bad that he is in his crate. Or you can get an x pen and leave him in that- more room- with the pee pad in there - this way he can have access to his food/water. hang in there you sound like a GREAT mom.
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