My breeder told me that some of her boxers were not completely potty trained until they were a little over a year old. My vet also concurred that boxers tend to be a little slower than other dogs in potty training. Our Sammie is 10 months old and still sometimes pees in his crate when left in there all day. He hasn't really had any accidents in the house in a while since we let him out a lot, and also when the weather is not too bad, we leave our back door open so that he can come as go as he pleases into the back yard. A couple times, first thing in the morning when we let him out, he would go pee real quick so he could come in and eat his breakfast. If the door wasn't open for him to go right back out, he would go into some far off room and poop. I don't think he really knows yet how to tell us he needs to go out. So, leaving the door open has worked for us. I only hope that he learns to let us know so we can close the door in the dead of winter. Hopefully when the really cold weather comes along, he will be know better since he will be a little bit older. I really think that as long as they are under a year old, they are really still babies and we need to be patient and accommodating. Good Luck.
