[Becky63]

The crate needs to be small, so all he can do is turn around. If you are wanting to train him to hold his bladder then you cant allow him room to go. If you work and he is left alone for a good bit of the day, I would put a old tshirt that I have worn and the smell helps the pups feel safe. Also, maybe have someone come in to take out to potty mid day. I have both kinds of crates. I got the canvas crate after Kobe was house broken so he would have a place to sleep in the bedroom. I didnt want to have to move the metal crate room to room and when I leave the house he goes in the metal one that is in the living room. It took him a few nights to get use to the canvas one, but I put in my tshirt and he was better and stopped trying to break out. Now he just goes in on his own and waits for us to zip it up. at frist i did put a clasp on the zippers cause I was afraid he would figure out how to unzip it. I used the motion blinkin heart shape thing you can put on a dogs collar to see them at night, well I have never used it so now it is on one of the zippers and he likes to hit it when he is ready to get up. He is our alarm clock, every morning at 7 am he hits it and lets me know its morning lol.

I just realized you got him at 5 months... I am surprised that he was not already trained some at that age by the breeder. Kobe was 3 months old when he came home and by the time he was 4 months he was house broken.