I think your throwing too many different things at him. He doesn't know what you want him to do. When they go someplace they are not familiar with they wont know where to go. I would stick with the puppy apartment but keep him in there. He needs to sleep on the bed side and pee on the potty side. I would only take him out when you can watch him every second.
Tether him to you if you have to. If you see him start to squat bring him to the potty side and praise him a lot. If he has an accident because he got away from you I would let him no firmly 'No No' and clean it up then ignore him for a while. When he does potty in the right place treats and praise..
As to travelling I think you are going to have to just bring belly bands with you until he is older. I used the big version of a puppy apartment and it worked although I really had to stick to keeping her in there when she wasn't watched. the puppy apartment is gone and a pee pad holder is in its place. She sleeps in a medium sized crate with a pad at night and it works great for us. She has occasional accidents but its usually because we didn't change the pad fast enough and she doesn't like to walk on pee! Good luck! |