Pooping and peeing in the crate.
So like I've been reading on this website we're having a problem with our puppy pooping and peeing in the crate. He is half Japanese Chin half Mini Schnauzer and when we got him he was 8 weeks old. The first two weeks we had him he was great, didn't do anything in the crate. We were thinking, this puppy is going to be a breeze. Boy were we wrong! After the two weeks he starting just peeing and then it turned into doing both. We started with a larger wire crate and then went and bought a smaller plastic crate. He can just barely stand, turn and then lay down. We feed him twice a day. In the morning at 5:30ish and at night at 4:00. We take up the water bowl @ 5:00p. The last time he goes out at night is about 9:30. Im up with him at 4:30 or 5:00am. We leave about 7:10am and my daughter is home about 2:15pm in the day. Ok so here's the question; what do we do?? He's now going to be 4 months on Wednesday (Oct.27) and it seems like he's getting worse not any better. Friends and family aren't much help when we tell them that he goes in the crate; What they don't usually like to lay where they go. Yea, thanks for the tip. Out vet said we are doing everything right and can't do much more. When we are home I take him out at least every 30 minutes to go and so far he's doing really well with that. He follows small commands good and he has the great potential for being a good family except for this problem. I feel like now that is doesn't seem to bother him and why should he hold cause he can just go and that's it. It's like a really difficult kid that Im trying to potty train. Will he continue to do this? We're hoping that he will eventually grow out of this. Should we go back to the bigger crate. He's not a happy camper when we put him in it. If he isn't really tired when he goes in, he'll bark and yelp like somebody is trying to kill him. What do we do??
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Thank you Mark for your answer. Any thoughts or opinions are helpful. Our vet did say that like every child, every puppy is different and maybe he just can't hold it yet.