Peeing Everywhere and on Table

Help me. I know most people would have given up by now, but I feel like I can’t, because what if someone else doesn’t care for him?

I have a 3-year-old male Yorkie, and from the very beginning, he’s had issues with peeing inside. The problem was constant during the first couple of months, which led me to try crate training—a method I’ve never used with my other dogs. It’s helped in some ways: when he’s in the crate and I’m not around, he doesn’t have accidents.

At 1.5 years old, I had him neutered, hoping it would help; it improved things slightly, but the problem persists. For context, I also have a fixed female Pomeranian, the smartest dog I’ve ever had, and an 8-year-old Rough Collie who’s amazing in every way.

I got my Yorkie from an out-of-state breeder at 6 months old. The original buyers returned him because he was starting to turn gray, and I had just lost my Chihuahua six months earlier at 18 years old—another rescue I had saved from the pound. I couldn’t let him be left behind.

Now the problem has escalated. If I leave him alone for even a short time to work in my office, I sometimes find he has jumped on the kitchen table and peed (I clean with enzyme cleaner). I’ve never seen or heard of this before. I’ll take him out for 30–40 minutes thinking he needs to relieve himself, and sometimes he doesn’t go outside at all—but comes back in and pees within minutes.

I don’t understand what’s happening. I’ve trained dogs my whole life—my family bred, trained, and showed German Shepherds for 30 years, and I’ve never struggled with this before. I’ve always been around dogs and known how to teach them, so this situation is completely baffling.