puppy behaviors at 1 year?

 As far as the pooping goes, it sounds like he's trying to "hide" it. Maybe he was punished for pooping, before you got him? I'd tie him to your waist, so he can't get away.

He's acting like a little puppy, I'd treat him like one. Keep him in an ex pen with ONLY his own toys, if you can't be directly watching him. His destructo behavior could become dangerous, and he's probably in that second chewing phase. 

Have you tried feeding him from food toys? You can even feed raw from a Kong. Freeze the patties into the Kong, and give him that to work on, in his playpen or crate. It takes my dogs a LONG time to finish a meal, that way, and it wears them out!

have you tried puppy obediance classes? He sounds like a dog that needs something to do. Aglity comes to mind....

I tried an ex pen with him but he HATED it.  He would spend the entire time howling and crying and trying to escape.  He would not play in there at all.  He is in a crate for a large part of the day as it is, so I don't like to keep him confined during the relativley short time I am home.  I guess I'll go back to tying him to my waist.  I think I will try feeding him from a Kong in the crate during the day.  Do you thaw the raw patty and then refreeze it in the Kong?  Does it all fit inside the Kong?  He usually refuses to eat in his crate though, so I'm not sure how well it will work, but I'll try it!

I did take him to puppy kindergarten.  I also did agility with him for a while but the training facility closed down for good last week and there are no other agility classes within a 45 minute drive around here any more.

hmm... do any of the vets offices around you offer classes? I just found out that there are a few near me that offer classes, and I had no idea!

 Just get a Kong that's the right size! I have like... a zillion Kongs. Some are small Kongs, and only a smidge of whatever fits in there. Some are Extra Large, and a LOT fits in there.

 Have you tried training random new things? I find that when Kivi is climbing the walls and won't settle and he'll only play fetch and tug for 5 minutes, doing some clicker training with him seems to burn up a lot of the excess energy and suitably stimulate his mind. I just see what he comes up with and start there. Last time we ended up with him paddling his front feet up and down while lying on the floor. Totally useless, but the process of learning it was the fun bit.

I agree Jennie with him possibly being in the second chew phase.  I got Kirby at a little over 11 months, and he was apparently just hitting the second chew phase though I didn't know it was that at the time.  He wasn't destructive with any of my stuff thankfully, but I swear it seemed like he needed something in his mouth constantly or he would get all antsy.  He went through so many raw hides, bullysticks, toys and other chews there were a few days I was pulling my hair out and wondering what on earth I was going to do to keep his jaws of steal satisfied.  @___@

I also agree go back to the basics with him and the umbilical cord method.  I know it isn't easy playing the ever vigilant mommy, but hang in there, it will pay off.

Is there a petsmart or petco nearby? Bundle him up and go walk him around there. Practice some obedience while you're there. He'll get a physical and mental workout. Any other dog-friendly places around, take him there and walk him around.

I've been known to just run around the house to help burn off some of that excess energy my girls get at times.

You definitely want to consider re-puppyproofing the house.

For the chewing... perhaps a cold washcloth slightly frozen? If its a 'teething' stage, this should provide some comfort. RMB's are good too!! Scoop out most of the marrow so he doesn't get the runs.

Hang in there!! It will get better. Or look at it this way.. it could be worse... There's quite a few dogs around here that are giving their owners a challenge...

Hmmmm, someone in MY house has recently taken to eating slippers.  My youngest dog is THREE, and given the cold floors, the water bowl that gets spilled at least once a day and the snow that gets tracked in, slippers are rather important around here!

Your pup IS still a pup.  Some mature more quickly than others, and it's very likely that he IS in the second chewing stage, which helps the teeth set in the jaw.  Puppy proofing and close supervision are totally necessary for now.  I know that it's a pain, but.......

For me, hiding slippers seems to work......

Exercise? Do you walk your dog every day?

It does not matter how many toys he has, you brought them expecting him to magically understand that they are the ones that need to be chewed and not the shoes, how he is going to make the relation? For him those toys are only another "thing" in the floor that does not move or smells like you (which is one of the main reasons that he rathers to chew anything that smells like a family member)

I dont let remote controls out on the open for my dog to "check it out", my house its puppy proof, i could let my things laying there waiting for me to teach him which ones he should or should not chew but that would cost me a couple remote controls in the process and i would not like that

I didn't realize there is a second chewing phase.  Zoe was pretty much done chewing everything in sight when she turned 1 year, and I expected kind of the same with Zack.

Today I bought one of those treat dispensing toys, and Zack was obsessed with it for about half an hour, then lost interest.  Thankfully he was tired from an earlier trip to the feed store we made for socializtion purposes, so he passed out on the futon after that.  I think he gets wound up when he has spent a lot of him in his crate.

 Ena has a neat toy that she really likes. It's by Premier, and I think it's called a Busy Bone or something like that... Anyways, it's a purple, rubber ball, and it has a white, nylon bone that screws into it. It comes with two sets of different textured rawhide rings, to put on the bone, before you screw it into the ball. It has four textures, and the little rings last probably half an hour. They're only the side of a quarter, and have a hole punched out in the middle, so that's a good, long time.

She plays lots of fetch in the house, though. I make her do a command for her toy (usually sit, down, or "tell me";). She is super crazy, compared to Emma, LOL, so even after all the walkies and play times we do, she needs more. I think (hope, pray) it's an age thing. Most of the adult Cresteds I know are much more calm (and by adult, I mean over about 2 1/2... socially adult, not physically). I keep forgetting how hard puppies are! She's a blast, but my gosh, the work! Today, we played frisbee for half an hour in a huge feild. We played obedience-fetch in the house for an hour and a half. We walked three miles. Immediately after we got back, she did zoomies in the house, LOL. I was like... ok, I give up! Now, though, she's had a couple of cookies, and a big drink of water, and she's curled up on the couch, sleeping. Puppies are wild!

Wow Jennie, what am I complaining about, that's a handful you got there!  Probably just puppy energy though since Ena is still young.  I tried playing fetch with Zack at the park but gets too stressed in unfamiliar areas and wouldn't play.  Walking doesn't really burn much of his energy and fetch only keeps him entertained for about 10 minutes.  He only wants to chew things, especially when they are objects that can be chewed to pieces.  I think I've seen that Busy Bone you are talking about.  I might give that a shot.

I used the expen with Nikon with great success.  Yes he HATED it at first too, but that's life.  I hate sitting in my office all day but I'm not screaming and clawing at the walls.  It took a few days to "break" him of that (same for being crated at night) but he quickly figured out I meant business.  We developed a routine of sleeping in the crate, being out to roughhouse, and having quiet time/chew time in the expen.  He was almost expecting it, like after an hour and a half of rough play with the other dogs he'd wait at the door of the expen to go in and chew his bully stick.  Anytime I could not watch him and be within a few feet of him (like to use the bathroom or change the laundry), I plopped him in the expen.