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Deeni, You sound like you really don't want to give him up! And if that is true DON"T!
Some take longer than others. My Bell had many accidents until she was about 2. Maybe older. She will be 3 in January and I was just thinking as I read these posts that wow it has been a while since she has had an accident. Yeah!! Crate training isn't a bad thing, that is the way I'm trying it with my little one (Petey) I bought a large crate. Half has a wee wee pad and the other half a blanket. He is very small and only 4+ months old and weighs around 2lbs. Let me tell you he can hold it all night and day if need be. But if he has a accident, there is always the pad to use.(which he doesn't use often.) I put him in around 10:30pm and he starts yelling around 5:30 (and that is only because he hears my son getting ready for work) Thats 7 hours! We take him straight outside and he has to stay there until he does both! Then is is aloud back in the house. He hangs around with the other dogs until the hubby goes to work around 8-9. and back into the crate, until I get home around 3:30. It was really stuff for me only last month, I thought I was going to lose it, but it is already so much better. Lilly (my middle one) is 5 months old and she is almost completly trained on wee wee pads. I thought I would never train her because she was always going on my throw rugs, then I realized that she thought the rugs were wee wee pads, Guess what, Picked up the rugs and no more accidents!
Well sorry I was very long winded, but I just wanted you to know if you don't want to give him up, you still have options.