We are having trouble house training our new puppy. We are feeling exhausted and hopeless. Please help!

Hi,

My wife and I got your puppy DVDs and religiously followed what have been suggested in your DVDs, eBook, and articles. We understand by now a puppy choosing to pee in the crate is a hard problem to solve. We have a situation where our puppy would not pee outside after good 15-20 min waiting. Then, when she gets in the house, she rushes to her crate "TO PEE." Just today alone, she peed in her crate 2 times and in the kitchen one time. When she did that in the kitchen, we stopped her immediate and took her out. But, when she was outside for good 20 mins, she stiffed around a bit and then sat down. We didn't play with but only asked her to "go outside" and walked around a bit when she sat done. Then, she (and we) again repeated the same pattern. So, we took hope her after feeling hopeless. Then, as I mentioned, we put her in the crate. And, 3 mins after we noticed a pee stained on the towel. So, we followed your advice by being calm and just taking her out and cleaning the crate and putting her back in. Btw, she got a plenty of exercise today and is not Embark feeding. We walked her for 45-min this morning and played toy with her for at least 1/2 hr before the kitchen incident happened. She did pee outside this morning though when she woke, and we praised the heck out of her also with a Mini treat. She is now sleeping in the crate. We are feeling exhausted and hopeless, we are second-guessing if her house-breaking problem would even be corrected. Your comments or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
Pat