I'm with you AJ with the socially neglected and reconstructing the dogs lifestyle. Perhap the poster should have read all of the posts in the thread, they'd have known that it was young pups being talked about as opposed to an adult dog.

Thanks again for advice! Its a shame some people are intent on putting you down constantly, im not a complete novice and am sure that my dog is NOT socially neglected!
Like said above would be good if people would read the whole post before commenting.

The way I look at things like pups pooping where they shouldn't is that eventually they'll get it right, once they've done it one or twice it can only get better Good luck

Hi again, thought i would give you all an update. Ollie my now 9 week old pup has settled in fine, we decided to get rid of the crate and give him the run of our kitchen which he seems to love. We have had no whining etc since the 3rd night. During the day all his business is done outside and through the night obviously he has to go and does so on the paper. He has met a few other dogs from the family and although they dont all enjoy his playfulness they get on great! Thanks to everyone who has offered KIND advice. No doubt i will now be a regular on here.

Great news Shelly - glad your getting settled.

I live in my crate and love it! I'd never dream of messing in there as it is 'my' special place. However, rest assured I'm causing plenty of other headaches for my owners!