How can I stop my dog pooping on the concrete?
Okay well i got my dog when it was 10 weeks old... about. And it was trained in our house in 4 days! That is because it liked to pee on concrete too. So my mom would see the urine and drag the dog over to the spot. She would take her snout and put it right up above the urine and tell her no and say bad dog. And then you clean it up in front of the dog saying no. bad girl/boy. then after it is gone you do the same thing, put the snout right about the spot where the urine was and say no. then go outside. make the concrete scary or afraid of it i guess. and also, if it is storming.. DO NOT HAVE IT PEE ON THE CONCRETE! maybe it is associating a feeling with the storms.. when it gets that feeling it feels okay to pee on the concrete! no matter what dont ever let it pee on their without doing something about it, even if there is a storm!! then basically, you are telling the dog, that it is okay sometimes to pee on there... thats why it does it sometimes!!
How to stop my dog pooping in the house?
We tried hard to do a house training for a year! We take him out first thing in the morning, at lunch after meal, at 6 PM and before bed time. He walks for 1 hour, sniffs, pees, but holds his poop until he comes home and when nobody is watching he goes in the living room. The moment no one is looking and - boom! it's there! We tried using an indoor crate but he makes so much noise that neighbors complained and now we would have to give him away if he keeps whining. Besides, he pooped inside a crate! Therefore he is free in the house, but pooping every day in the living room's carpet. What to do? HELP!
How can I stop my dog from pooping in the same place in the house?
If the place they are pooping is in front of or near a heat vent then block the vent. Think about this from your own perspective as a mammal. I personally prefer to poop where it is warm and comfy. When I keep my heater vents going in the day my dogs love to poop in that warm part of the house but my rooms are individually heated. Turning the heat down cold will generally change their minds about that location.This may not be your problem but the real answer is to make a place for them that is warm, comfortable, and instantly accessible while at the same time adjusting the other parts of the home in the other direction and you may find behavior will change. I give my dogs multiple sheep skin pelts set up in a "private" spot that they like and this is for them a luxury latrine lolz - deep wool. Then the pelts are washed and sanitized in my large capacity front loader using hydrogen peroxide instead of bleach. It could even be that the part of the house they choose gives them privacy - dogs are mammals like us and often prefer privacy to defacate.
Why did my dog decide to poop inside and stop using the dog door?
I can’t tell you for certain why your dog did this, but I can tell you the most frequent reasons dogs tend to eliminate indoors instead of going outside, and suggest reasons why your dog may not have used the dog door.A common mistake in house training is to turn the dog loose to do “his business” outdoors, and expect the dog to return, relieved. What often happens is that dogs who are not fully house trained go outside, get distracted, and when they come back inside where they are less distracted, become more aware of the need to eliminate.The solution is to take your dog out on leash to the same spot every time, and wait a minute until he or she goes, then give a tasty treat outdoors, along with praise. Make sure you wait until the dog has finished eliminating to praise and treat him (or her) so you don’t interrupt the process, causing the dog to have to finish indoors.Another reason dogs may eliminate indoors is that they aren’t clear on what is expected. That is, they aren’t yet house trained. Make sure you are using positive reinforcement and not punishment. If you punish your dog for “accidents,” your dog may be afraid of eliminating near you, and eliminate somewhere where you can’t see him or her going.If your dog was house trained, and then started eliminating indoors, you should take your dog to a veterinarian to rule out an underlying medical cause, such as urinary tract infection.Make sure you are cleaning up all soiled areas well, first with soap and water, then with an enzymatic cleaner, such as Nature’s Miracle. This will break down the protein in the urine or feces so that your dog will not be attracted to the same spot or spots to eliminate again.It could be as simple as your dog isn’t sure how to use the dog door, or is afraid of it. You didn’t say anything about whether your dog was trained to use the door, if he or she had any hesitancy to use the door, or whether your dog has any fear of using the door. If your dog is hesitant to use the door, find a trainer who can guide you through the process. You can find a Certified Professional Dog Trainer on the website of the Certification council for Professional Dog Trainers. If you can’t find a trainer in your area on that website, check the website of the Association of Professional Dog Trainers.© 2018 Cindy Ludwig, Canine Connection LLC www.clicker.solutions
My dog keeps pooping on the sidewalk. How to stop this new behavior?
My dog has recently started pooping on the sidewalk while we are walking. I am not sure why but he will just stop in mid walk, squat and drop em. I have tried moving him to the grass but as soon as I do he won't poop. He just stares at me like an idiot and won't go. Then sure enough we are walking again and he does it again, I pull him to the grass and he stops. Now when he does it I thump him on the butt and drag him to the grass. After the first one and getting thumped he won't try it again on the same walk, he will wait till the next walk. Praising him and giving him treats when he does go in the right place does not help. He has decided he no longer wants to go in the grass. If I don't take him on a walk he waits until we go the next day to drop em while we are walking. I swear he is doing this on purpose. When I take him out he won't go, I take him out 3-4 times a day. He will hold the poop till we go on a walk. I don't know what to do anymore. I don't know why he is doing this. He does not have bowel control issues, he can wait 2 and a half days to go on a walk and poop on the sidewalk. If he can wait that long then he is not having problems. He knows what he is doing, but I don't know why.
Why do dogs eat poop?
I've heard a number of reasons - because the poo is not fully digested so still tastes/smells like food, because they're cleaning up after themselves or because they lack nutrients but I think it depends on the individual dog. Over the years my family has had dogs that have eaten their own poo, cats poo, horses poo and duck poo (yes, disgusting I know, but apparently quite common based on conversations I've had with my friends who also have pets) and so my overall guess is that it tastes good and that's why they like it. It hasn't harmed any of them yet but the best way to avoid your dog eating it's own poo is to clean up after them straight away and try to discourage the behaviour. Other than that, I can only wish you a lot of luck - I haven't had much success myself!
Why does my dog keep trying to eat bird poop?
Dogs eat the droppings of other animals in order to acquire certain nutrients that are lacking in their diets. Dogs do not have the requisite enzymes to process vegetable matter and can only derive benefit from plant matter if it is predigested. That is why they eat the droppings of other animals.If you are feeding your dog commercial dog food, look at the label. If there is any plant matter in, it is going to waste and you are, effectively, paying good money for bad rubbish. Dogs need raw internal organs of herbivores and a lot of raw animal fat. They may still eat droppings, in which case you should feed them uncleaned tripe.My own dogs were raised with birds of many kinds and rabbits and could be found under the rabbit cages in the mornings, gorging on fresh rabbit droppings. They also ate the bird droppings and because we understand why they do this, we never stopped them, as can be seen here.Pipsqueak (the black boy next to V’s left leg) and Tex (checking out a nesting box to see if the dove’s eggs have hatched) had eaten their fill of rabbit droppings. All the others are eating bird droppings.About Tex and the nesting box. If the eggs have hatched, he will pick the squab up and take it to V to show her that “we have babies”. The squab will be completely unharmed. V will return it to the nest and none of the dogs will display any more interest in that nest from then onward. Only he and Pipsqueak ever did this. Pipsqueak would be the first to inform V that we had baby rabbits, as they were his favourites. Polar Bear (not in this bottom picture) would kidnap the kittens and keep them in her bed. The queens had no choice but to accept this state of affairs and nurse them in Poly’s bed.I digress: just allow your dog to eat the bird droppings and see to it that it is properly de-wormed.