Does he do it on purpose?

[starmom]

... When the dog is inside you must watch vigilantly and grab the dog and rush it outside whenever it begins to squat before it pees on the floor. I have owned several dogs for their whole life span and have never taken longer than a week or so to housebreak a puppy.

Same here Dale! Attention is so important when it comes to potty training. Scoop up the pup and run outside telling the pup that he pees outside...outside...outside.

Sounds like the puppy has way too much freedom having the entire kitchen....I'd have him on a schedule of taking him out every 2 hours during the day.... When he's out of the crate, he must be on a leash at all times, attached to you. He has no opportunity to fail this way. You will see him start to circle to go potty and can take him outside immediately.

With my dogs, I take them outside every two hours around the clock and also about 15 minutes after they eat or drink. Potty training is accomplished in a very short time with this method even though it seems forever for me since getting up every 2 hours and going outside is a drag!! Oh well......

I also always keep pups, for about their first 6-8 months, on a leash attached to me. This is their first true training and teaches them to pay attention to me, look to me for where we are going, stay by me, lay down by me, be calm at the human mealtime (by lying down), not jump on people, sit and stay when I open the front door, etc etc etc. Also, when I go somewhere in the car, the dog (attached to me) goes also. When it is unreasonable to have the pup come with me, the pup is then leashed to one of my kids. Leashing your pup to you is a really great way to bond with your dog and your dog to bond with you. Leashing yourself to your dog is also a great way to keep your pup out of trouble and learn his signals.

Your pup is simply attempting to train you because it is not clear to him where he ought to 'go'. That's all. Nothing wrong with your dog, and if you start to impliment, consistently, some of the suggestions mentioned by myself and other posters, good results will follow.

Also, I would make sure that you have had a vet check up to make sure that there is nothing going on that disallows him to control his ability to pee.......

It will all work out with proper guidance for your pup!! Don't give up!!!