potty training and some other quetions

Question
My boyfreiend has this really georgous 7 month old siberian husky. The only problem is that whenever he leaves the house without or goes into a different room she will go to the bathroom usually in his room or wherever she feels like it but he lets her outside to run and go to the bathroom pretty much on a regular basis. how do we get her to stop from doing this??

Answer
Crate training is the simple answer.  If the dog is not house broken, you are not to leave the dog unattended in the house.  Dogs learn acceptable behaviors through conditioning, and one method of conditioning is to eliminate opportunities to do undesirable actions.  The idea is that if the dog NEVER gets the chance to go in the house, then it will slowly be conditioned to only go outside.  If you are with the dog in the house and you start to notice the dog sniffing or squatting (since it's a female) a strong verbal correction ("NO!") and a quick escort outside (same "potty" spot each time is the best option) will usually work.

If you aren't with the dog, then the dog should not be in an area that it can go to the bathroom.  The idea of the crate is that it should be small enough that she will treat it as a den, and not want to eliminate where she sleeps.  So the dog is either in the crate where she won't use the bathroom, or being watched by you where if she tries, she is promptly escorted to the appropriate spot after being corrected.

Keep in mind that you can ONLY correct the dog for an action IN PROGRESS.  If the dog sneaks off and pees in the corner, roll up a newspaper and whack your boyfriend in the head - he wasn't watching her, was he?  :)

Hope that helps.  If you have any questions about the crate or how to utilize it, feel free to write back.