I agree and am a strong advocate of crate training. Since I didn't raise this dog I wasn't sure if crating him at this point would cause additional stress on him thus evoking more bad behavior.

We always confine them to a room that leads out to their doggie door when we aren't home so they are never without access to the yard.

Unfortunately, I work during the day but my husband is home all day with them but its not the most comforting thought to leave a "man" lol in charge of something like this - something that needs your undivided attention.

My thoughts were - we crate him until he goes out to potty and only then is he allowed access to the house for short periods of time. I just hate to see him live his life in a crate especially since our other dog has free roam.

If I only knew what I was getting myself into the day that this little stinker entered our lives. At first I thought he was lost - but now that I see what a problem he is - I would bet that he was dumped off by someone.