Thanks for your reply, Todd. Just a little more info. I am at home pretty much all day. If he gets left in his crate, it's usually for less than an hour, and I always make sure he has gone potty before we leave. I always wash his blanket in hot water with baking soda and laundry soap and clean the cage with lysol. He is a very smart puppy, but also stubborn. He wants to be outside to play all the time, and he gets mad when I bring him in before he is ready. He literally squirms and whines if I try to carry him in.
He does go potty on command. He will aways squeeze out a few drops if I say "go potty", but if he's not ready to come inside, he squeezes out a few more on the floor. I think it's because he knows I will take him back out if he goes potty on the floor. We play with him outside alot, but I can't be out there all day. We tried putting him in an outside kennel with toys, just so he could play, but he whines and tries to escape. I'm not sure what we are doing wrong. I have never had this issue when training any other dog, but I have never trained a beagle. I am getting very frustrated, and losing patience with him. Do you think we should try a training pad for in the house? We trained our other dog that way until we knew he was old enough to have control, and it worked wonderfully. We just transitioned him to the outside, and left the pad until he wasn't using it anymore.
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