Well, this is sort of a long story. We recently got hit with the tail end of hurricane francis which caused a rare occurance in this area, a flood. The flood took our basement and filled it 4 inches with water. The water is gone, and most of the smell is but now there is a problem! we moved back in, just at the same time apollo had his surgery and the smell was gone. BUT!!!!
Now he's started to go poopy on the floor. He WAS fully housetrained, and would pace back and forth infront of the stairs if he needed to go outside and we let him out like every hour and a half but it's just not good enough he prefers the floor. Now he's got athena doing it, they seem to like to go in the most remote place of the basement, where most of the flooding occured. Atleast two to three times daily is when they do it. It's causing alot of problems, we were gone most of the day today, APollo and I. He pooped this morning on the rug two times, once outside, and once at my friends house. we came back and he went and squated in the corner, i didnt even get a chance to catch him and scold him. I dont know what to do, it's ruining our basement, it smells so bad down here, the smelled can be killed but what about this behavior(sp?) problem. Anyone have any ideas as to why he might be pooping on the floor all the time all of a sudden when he does it so frequently elsewhere? He never did this before the floor or before the surgery and the only idea i can peice together is that the surgery gave him a bit of a depression or SOMETHING, and the flood brought in dirt and stuff from the gardens, and the earthy smell is in the carpets so faint that only the dogs can smell it and therefore are thinking it's outside. Neither of them EVER do this, except for recently. Mom is trying to get me to sell Apollo because of this sudden problem, but i don't want to do that becuase i want to find out WHY he's doing this and try and fix it. I need a little help though
Now he's started to go poopy on the floor. He WAS fully housetrained, and would pace back and forth infront of the stairs if he needed to go outside and we let him out like every hour and a half but it's just not good enough he prefers the floor. Now he's got athena doing it, they seem to like to go in the most remote place of the basement, where most of the flooding occured. Atleast two to three times daily is when they do it. It's causing alot of problems, we were gone most of the day today, APollo and I. He pooped this morning on the rug two times, once outside, and once at my friends house. we came back and he went and squated in the corner, i didnt even get a chance to catch him and scold him. I dont know what to do, it's ruining our basement, it smells so bad down here, the smelled can be killed but what about this behavior(sp?) problem. Anyone have any ideas as to why he might be pooping on the floor all the time all of a sudden when he does it so frequently elsewhere? He never did this before the floor or before the surgery and the only idea i can peice together is that the surgery gave him a bit of a depression or SOMETHING, and the flood brought in dirt and stuff from the gardens, and the earthy smell is in the carpets so faint that only the dogs can smell it and therefore are thinking it's outside. Neither of them EVER do this, except for recently. Mom is trying to get me to sell Apollo because of this sudden problem, but i don't want to do that becuase i want to find out WHY he's doing this and try and fix it. I need a little help though