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My dog isn't fully house trained either. I think some dogs are just very stubborn. My friend has a 4 year old pug who still pees/poos inside on occasion (maybe once every few weeks-month). They clean their carpets and give him a treat every time he goes outside. He knows he isn't supposed to go in the house, but he still does. That's how Scruffs is too. I have to always close my door, because anytime he runs downstairs he just goes to pee, even if I took him out 30 minutes before.

I don't know what else to tell you other than don't scold him unless you see him going in the house (that will make him scared to pee in front of you, thus the hiding in the crate). I know that if I continued this for a year with constant watching and not giving him the chance to pee in the house, as soon as I let him free he will go as he pleases. He goes months without accidents (once 4 months) but I don't think he will ever be fully house trained.

He had five accidents last week (which is crazy!). Usually he has 0-1 every few weeks. This was because it started raining and I started giving up. I decided to try pee pads last Saturday, but so far he hasn't peed on them or gone in the house at all. I have them spread out over where he always goes downstairs. I'll let you know if these help, but I made a vow that I'm not going to let him go in the house. Meaning, he is never out of my sight unless he is in his crate.