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Our puppy is 8 months old now, just got fixed this last week. He's a boy, and a smallish dog. He's been fully housetrained from about 3-4 months old.
Over the last month or so, he's been defecating but NOT urinating inside every once in a while, in one room in particular. We let him out every hour or two, so that's not an issue. He gets punished for it (often we don't catch him in the act, though, since it's in a room we don't often use), and we clean it up with a special animal smell removing cleaner.
Any ideas as to why he might be doing this? Or how to stop it? Until we figure something else out, he's being crated full-time with bathroom breaks. Is this the right thing to do? I'm worried he'll regress and start doing all of his business inside.
Thanks in advance for your help. (link)
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spend as much time as you can in that room with him so you can catch him at it. put newspaper by the door of the room and when he goes to poop/pee - dont tell him off! Just quickly place him on the newspaper by the door. after 2 weeks of this, he should know to only go on the newspaper in the room, then simply move the newspaper to just outside the open door and make sure he keeps using it. praise him a lot when he goes on the paper. over a few weeks gradually move the newspaper closer and closer to the back/front door where you want him to go until it is outside the house. then when he knows its there he will scratch or whine to go out. after another week or two remove the paper entirely and he should still scratch to go out.
It's important that you dont tell him off for pooping/peeing if you didnt catch him in the act as even if you take him to the urine/poop he probably wont understand why he has been bad.
Hope this helps x
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Wow, I had forgotten about asking this question (it's an old one... the "puppy" is almost 2 years old now :D) Thank you for answering!
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