[ralphie's mom]

I am having the same problem with my Ralphie. he is somewhat trained but seems to only be trained when he feels like it. Just recently he has gotten wose with it and I am not sure why. I have taken time off from work so that i can spend these precious puppy hours getting trained, still i am not sure what to do. I take him onto his pee pad and tell him to potty and try to make sure he smells old spots to know to go and he just looks at me like I am crazy and then maybe 3 mins later he will go in the floor. He does not go in our bed when he sleeps with us or in his crate so I know that he has the ability to hold it. I am wondering if the regression is part of his "manly-ness" coming out in him being that he is getting older (8 weeks now) ... should i start keeping him in his crate then taking him out to go then playing with him and re-crating or .. what kind of schedule do you all use with crate training. Any and all advice is helpful. Thanks