house training puppy

Question
I have an 11-week old golden retriever/lab mix that we adopted when he was 7 weeks old.  He has been doing pretty well with housetraining...he sleeps in a crate and we take him outside everytime he gets up, eats, drinks, or if he has been out of his crate for awhile.  He has shown no signs of telling us when he needs to go, so I guess you would really say that we were doing pretty good on housetraining!  We give him a treat each time he uses the bathroom outside (unless it is on his walk) and today he has started driving me a little nuts.  He will squat in the house and start to pee and I will catch him and say, "outside!" and then take him outside to finish and then he will come in and not two minutes later ( I barely have time to sitdown) and he will pee in the house again, and I will take him back outside and he will pee again.  I am outside with him and I know he is actually peeing because I look.  Is he just doing it to get the treat?  Do they think like that yet?  When he is outside I am not talking, or walking, or doing anything that would distract him, except for the fact that I am holding the treat in my fist and he knows it.  What do I need to do?  Any suggestions are welcome!
Thank you,
Kim Fehring

Answer
Try walking around with him more outside.  Activity stimulates the body to relieve itself.  Also, don't drag him in too soon after he goes.  He may be saving a little to earn another trip outside.  Try to read him more carefully too.  Here are some more suggestions that may help.  

Choose a command and spot you want it to use. The less accessible to strays,
the less chance of serious disease.   If it is a female, choosing a
non grassy spot will avoid brown spots later. When you bring it home, take it
to the spot and give it the command in a firm, but friendly voice. Keep
repeating the command and let the puppy sniff around. If it does anything,
praise it. Really let it know what a good dog it is and how much you love it,
and maybe a treat.  Note, being out there not only means you can praise it,
but it also keeps it from being snatched by a hawk. If it doesn't go, take it
inside and give it a drink and any meals scheduled. A young puppy will need to
go out immediately afterward. Go to the spot and follow the above routine.
Praising it if it goes is extremely important. If it doesn't go, take it back
inside and put it in its crate and try again soon. Do not let it loose in the
house until it does go.

At first it is your responsibility to know and take the puppy out when it
needs to go. It needs to go out the first thing in the morning, after eating,
drinking, and sleeping. If it quits playing, and starts running around
sniffing, it is looking for a place to go. Take it out quickly. You will just
have to be what I call puppy broke until it is a little older.

By the time most dogs are about 3 months old, they have figured out that if
they go to the door and stand, you will let them out. The praise slowly shifts
to going to the door. Some people hang a bell there for the dog to paw. If
your dog doesn't figure this out, try praising it and putting it out if it
even gets near the door. A stern "Bad dog!" is all the punishment that is
effective, and only when you catch it in the act and are sure you didn't miss
it going to the door. Clean up accidents promptly. I mostly keep the little
puppies out of the carpeted rooms. Still I need the can of carpet foam
sometimes.  First blot up all the urine you can with a dry towel.  Keep moving
it and stepping on it until a fresh area stays dry.  A couple big putty knives
work well on bowel movements.  Just slide one under it while holding it with
the other.  This gets it up with a minimum of pushing it down into the carpet.
This works with even relatively soft ones, vomit, dirt from over turned house
plants, or anything else from solids to thick liquids.  Finish up with a good
shot of carpet foam.  Note, do not let the puppy lick up the carpet foam.
Once the dog is reliably housebroken, your carpet may need a good steam cleaning.

Many people strongly strongly push cleaning up all evidence of past accidents.  I am slower to suggest that.  Dogs will return to the same spot if they can find it.  When you see one sniffing the spot, that is your clue to run it out.