Dog is Pooping on our beds!

Question
Hello,

I have had Norman since the end of May. He is a very friendly and hyper 9 month old Puggle. He is not housebroken but seems to be having good weeks more recently. I am consistently working on housebreaking but my biggest issue with him is he very often goes poop on my roommates and even on my own bed. He just recently started going on my bed, but this is because he is finally big enough to jump up (my bed is much higher than my roommates'). The other bed poopings started a couple of months ago. I was told this is a dominance issue but I have been unable to break it. We have tried everything. He has been in a kennel, but I cant leave him in the kennel while Im at work all day because he is too big now and needs more room to play and be active. The doors in the house are secure but he literally head butts them until they open. We have tried gating him but the only section of the house that we can gate him in away from the bedrooms is the pantry and that too is too small. I have tried to make him know that I am the leader; I go through doors first and I eat first. I really am out of things to do at this point. Just yesterday I came home from work and he had head butted his way into my room, got up on my high bed and pooped. But what gets me is I took him out right after and he peed for quite sometime. So I know he had to pee, he just chose to not pee in the house or on the bed. He only chose to not hold his poop and go on the bed. Please help with any suggestions, readings, techniques.....anything really! Thanks so much.

Cristina

Answer
You are already doing much of what I would suggest and it doesn't seem to be doing much good.  Keep doing what you can.

I think you must give up leaving him loose when you aren't around.  In general I hate to see a dog shut up all day without a break.  You could crate him, if you are able to come home at lunch, or find a neighbor or professional dog walker to give him a break.  Another good solution is the doggy day care.  Drop him off where he will be supervised all day, and that solves all the problems of home alone.