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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here and literally nothing seems to be working. We are considering rehoming. I cannot house train this dog. To everyone saying ‘you have to constantly supervise’, we are paying for daycare, etc. but the issue is while we are home she refuses to be in the crate for more than 1.5-2 hours at a time. I work from home and it is not feasible for me to supervise all the time. This sucks. I am so tired of piss and sh!t in my house. [/quote]

Classic "do it right, cry once. Do it wrong, cry forever", OP. You didn't crate train your dog, your dog trained you, and now you want to pass it along to someone else.

Listen, and follow instructions exactly: Start with the dog in a crate. Since it's a small dog with prior problems, carry it directly outside and give it your command for business. If/when it does, give it a treat and spend some time playing outside (watching for more business and giving command/treat as needed). If not, bring it straight back inside (again, since it's small and needs the lesson, carry it so it doesn't have the chance to goof this up). Once back inside, offer it food/water, and then crate again. Leave the room and let the dog relax. If it's carrying on, you can check on it, but don't take the dog out of the crate while it's whining. Give it a command for hush/be quiet/no talking. When the dog has been quiet for a bit (30-60 minutes), repeat.

You will need to spend a weekend doing nothing but this, with a properly-sized crate your dog can't avoid mess in. No pee pads, no half measures, no yielding to a dog's whining. This is how you train a puppy. Why you got a puppy without knowing this and being willing to do it right the first time is beyond me, but here you are. Suck it up and train your stupid dog.[/quote]

There are two separate issues. 
The dog is largely crate trained: sleeps through the night in the crate and is fine when left in the crate for a few hours. The problem is on days I WFH, the dog will only stay in the crate for 1-2 hours unless there are LONG breaks in between, which isn’t feasible because I’m working. So I have to let the dog roam free and that’s when the accidents happen.

I can have the dog in the backyard for 15 min and he will come in and immediately poop on the floor.

I guess my bad and we will find a home that is a better fit for training…but I truly do not know how anyone who works a full time job can feasibly have a puppy. Lesson learned. [/quote]

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