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December 2010 Moms
jillybean800
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S/O pet peeing issues...
jillybean800
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When we moved to our new home in 2009, my dog basically lost her house training and peed EVERYWHERE. Luckily we don't have too many carpets, so the smell doesn't stay, but it was really hard to get her retrained.
So fast forward to now, and she has an occasional peeing incident, it's the poop that's a problem. She needs to be outside for quite awhile before pooping, but now that it's just me and the two kids during the day, it's really hard for me to take her on long walks. She will pee right away, so we obviously let her do that. But after about five mins, I feel weird leaving the kids alone in the house and I pull her back in. And then she poops. Everywhere. We don't have a fenced in yard, so that is our next step, but we can't afford to fence it in yet until I'm back at work. It makes it harder that she wants to walk away from our yard to poop, but I feel strange leaving the house with babies inside it alone!
Anyone have a similar situation and you found a solution? It's so gross that she poops in our bedrooms and on the floors where the kids play 
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Re: S/O pet peeing issues...
This was going to be my suggestion.
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Has she always been this way? Is she getting old?
If you think she's just dawdling because she likes going outside and knows that once she poops she goes back in, you can try a couple of things: 1) walk her somewhere less interesting or keep her in one area, so it's not as "fun" to be out there and she'll focus on her business, 2) when she does poop, praise enthusiastically and give her a treat (some dogs can even learn to go on a command with practice), and 3) let her walk a tiny bit after pooping, so she doesn't think "poop=the end of fun."
If she's getting old and having a harder time regulating her bowels that's more challenging. That's what we're going through with our 13 yo dog right now, and the vet has told us it's just old age, nothing we can do. Sometimes he can't seem to poop when he wants to; then other times he doesn't realize he needs to poop and he suddenly poops himself. Poor dude. For us, it's helped a little to refine our feeding and pottying routine. We feed in the crate, then take him outside right away (like a puppy). If he doesn't go, we put him back in the crate for about another 20 minutes, walk him again, then let him loose. The eating seems to get his bowels going and usually he can go, but if our timing is off sometimes he poops his crate or other times he doesn't poop outside but poops indoors later. We know he's not doing it on purpose though (he would never, ever soil his crate intentionally), so we figure we just have to suck it up and deal (and keep lots and lots of carpet cleaner around).
I hope you find something that helps! Potty issues are never fun.
My parents attached a wire from the wall on our house, to the barn (approx. 200 m) and then put a leash on that (so that he had 2000m2 to do the stuff). This meant that he would not get stuct to anything because the leach was in the air.
This is doable for a shorter distance as well. I guess 10m2 is the smallest area I would advice
Wire cost very little, and then you would need to secure hooks for each wall/attaching place and a leash
GL
Ok, some interesting ideas. I like hte idea of the leash on the wire, because she is such a jumper, she could jump a short fence. She's pretty sneaky.
She isn't old or incontinent (she is turning 8 soon, but is a small dog), I think she just likes to poop inside. It's nice and warm and she can wander around the whole house picking the perfect place haha.
This is what we've been talking about. I just had to look it up for you because I knew were all describing essentially the same thing, but it's maybe hard to picture. It's technically called a dog trolley and from what I saw it looks like you can get kits at places like Lowes.
YES!
I could have posted this same thing. My dog, for one reason or another, has been pooping in the apartment lately, despite having already pooped outside in the morning and the afternoon. It's like he has to poop 5x more than he used to (and his diet hasn't changed or anything. I need to get him into the vet).
Anyways, with his additional needs to go outdoors, it's been problematic because I live on the second floor of an apartment and I'm on my own with M. I also feel weird leaving him alone while I run the dog outside, and the dog has been taking extra long to go, too. I wish I could set up a run like that. It looks like the perfect solution for you guys, Jill!