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Originally Posted by caitriona  i'll lag sometimes too especially since i work from home most days out of the week but what gets me is that he can be in his crate for like 8 hours straight when i do have to go into the office and he will never pee or poop in there. but he can't hold for more then an hour when hes out. |
Here's the situation, your dog is not housebroken. The sooner you face that reality , the sooner he'll be housebroken. He has too much freedom and right now anywhere but his crate is fair game. He can hold it for more than an hour but look at it from his perspective - no one ever told him he can't go indoors so why bother holding it?
You need to start over. Enforce a zero freedom policy. He should be crated or attached to you so he has no chance of running away and just doing it somewhere in the house. Do not just take him out every hour, wait for signs he's going to go. If he looks like he's going to go - interrupt him. A clap of the hands should do it and quickly rush him outside and reward when he does go. Interruption is the key in your case - he has to learn it is wrong to go indoors.
BTW, he looks guilty when he has an accident indoors only because he senses your are annoyed or angry, not because of the actual pee. Whether you are displaying it or not, dogs can pick it up even if you are trying to hide your emotions. In his mind he has no idea why you are annoyed at him.