Quote Originally Posted by ginagt
You need to try and figure out why he is going potty in the house? Is he bored, does he really need to go outside (does he have access when you are gone), is he just going to go? Does he go in the same place each time, could he be marking his territory?

I am all for crate traning but I would try just giving him access to one room to start. If he continues to potty in the house then I would go with the crate training. Giving him access to only one room might also help you figure out why he is going in the house. Have you changed anything in the house? Laundry soap, carpet cleaner, new furnature, anything that might be new?

This is trainable but you have to know what causes it before you can stop it.
Good luck,
Gina

Sometimes he goes in the same general area, but not always. Nothing new to him (well, we've only had him for 5 1/2 months, so I guess in a sense the whole house is new ). He doesn't have access to the outside when we are gone, but he mostly pees during the night when we are asleep. This morning, I let him out at around 6:30, and when my husband left for work at 7:30 he found pee. It was not there when I let him out because I would've walked right through it. I don't know if he was ever crate trained before, which is why I'm a little nervous to start now.