We recently received our puppy a little over a week ago. Today makes him 11 weeks old. We have him in a cage and when he needed to potty he would bark or whimper and we would take him outside. For the past few days, he has just been pooping and peeing in his cage and covers it up with his toys. For instance when I woke up last night he pooped twice in his cage, I reprimanded him for this and took him outside, in which, he peed and pooped and then we came back inside. I got my kids off to school and not even a hour later he pooped in the cage again. I do not understand why he may be doing this. Any pointers on how to potty train this heady little puppy named Manny. ... View related article.