Dog Health Questions: Not sure what to do about this dog training problem?

So my boyfriend rescued a 9 month old dog a couple months ago. It was very obvious he was not trained at all by his previous family. We got him a crate for puppy training, and despite the fact that it is exactly the right size for him he will still pee/poop in it. It seems the "dogs won't lay in their own filth" doesn't really apply to this dog. When he has to pee, he pees. While he's running, in front of us, ON us. He has pee'd multiple times right next to me on the bed and then proceeds to go to sleep on the same bed. When we take him out and he uses the bathroom correctly, he is rewarded. He seems to understand this. I'm just not sure what to do about teaching him he can ONLY go outside. No matter how many times we show him the correct way, and punish the wrong way, he still doesn't care about going wherever he seems to be at the moment he has to go instead of alerting us he has to. Can anyone give us some advice? I'm really afraid he will never TRULY be potty trained and we won't be able to keep him.

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Have you had the vet check him out? He could have some nerve problem or degenerative disk issue that is making him unable to feel when he has to go. I had problems training my Yorkie too - we just took him out every hour on the hour and after awhile he learned that outside was the place to go when he had to go.

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• When a puppy has to go, it HAS to go. It won't hold it.
  
  You need to just work at it. Take him out regularly, every 2 hours is good, and 15 minutes after eating/drinking. When he goes potty outside, don't just praise, play with him then. If you catch him indoors going, stop him and correct him, then take him outside in the same spot and wait for him to finish there.
  
  Be sure to clean up the mess thoroughly as any scent left-over will entice him to keep going.
  
  Good luck!


• Whenever he messes up in the house take him to the spot, make him see/smell it, then scold him (not abusively of course, but enough so he know without a doubt he did something terribly wrong. Have your "angry" voice on) and put him outside. Puppies HATE being ignored so leaving him alone outside for 15-20 min is quite a punishment to them. And yes always be super happy and rewarding when he goes outside:)


• Keep working on it, sometimes it can take ages, but eventually it will sink in, just be persistent.
  
  I have a JRT who took over a year to toilet train, and an 8 week old puppy who is already paper trained, a lot depends on the mentality of the dog, and his history. for eg my JRT I rescued from an idiot, my puppy came from a respected breeder.
  
  Even dogs rescued as adults from the cages of disreputable breeders etc can eventually be toilet trained, so don't give up, it is achievable
  
  Re. dogs not laying in their own waste, my pup pees on the papers then often lays straight in it. Likewise if he vomits he does the same. And he has the whole house to choose a sleeping spot in.
  It's anecdotal I know, but it has dispelled the myth for me.