I have a 4 month old german shorthaired puppy that poops in his crate when I leave him during the day. It was only 2 hours once in a while. He sleeps in it all night and doesn't do anything but it's in my bedroom and he knows we are there. This is the first pup that I am trying to crate train and it's tough.I will have to leave him for 4 hours and the thoughts of him sitting in poop just breaks my heart. I know he must have anieity when we leave because he has always had someone around since we got him at 14 weeks. I can't let him loose in the house because he might harm himself.