Rusty does not have free reign of the house yet either. When we are home he is only allowed uon the main level. Our downstairs is a finished basement and if we leave the door open he will sneak down there and poop..don't know why. Even if he has just gone to the bathroom outside he will poop down there if the can. Could be cause the cats litter box is down there and maybe he is trying to compete with her?? Who knows lol!
He is never allowed to roam when we are not home. He is confined to his crate (which he loves). It took a few years for us to trust our "big" dog with not being locked in his crate while we are not home. We still put him in it when we go to work (he prefers it) but if I forget to crate him it is not a huge deal. Rusty is not there yet! But he is alot better than he was. When we first brought him home he had to be confined to just the room we were in or he would pee on everything!
It takes alot of patience and time....don't give up
