House Training

We've been crate training him, which means we lock him in a little doggy carrier and take him out to potty every hour or so. If he goes potty when we take him out, we then play with him outside for a while. If he doesn't go potty, we put him back in the crate for a while. All day. Every hour.

When we take him to his potty area outside, he doesn't realize yet that it's just for potty and not play. He starts chewing leaves and sticks and playing. We try and say the words "go potty" as he pees or poops, so that he'll associate those words with it. Right now he's clueless.

He's 4 months old right now and has an INSANE amount of energy.