I've been quiet about this because I theoretically know HOW to fix this, but I'm frustrated. Maybe venting will help.
Finn poops indoors. A lot.
He understands that he is supposed to go outside. He doesn't pee inside the house except for a few circumstances where I'm sure his bladder was full to bursting (like an hour after the dog park... he'll trickle through the house). Pooping, for some reason... when he has to go, he goes. He doesn't hold it.
In his crate, he never goes... this is when he's loose.
And I know, I should be watching him... I've already gates the up-upstairs because he was pooping up there at least once daily... he got away with it too much and now he's into the habit of it. We mopped the entire upstairs twice, and gated it. It's been gated for three weeks, he went up there with me for FIVE minutes yesterday and he decided to squat. I yelled at him and brought him downstairs to go outside. At least I caught him that time.
I work in the basement. I feel bad locking him down here with me. Plus, I fear that he'll just start going down here... he hasn't yet, but then he never pooped on the main floor until I started blocking off the upstairs.
He gets PLENTY of opportunity to go outside... at least once every two hours while he's out, sometimes more frequently if he hasn't pooped in awhile and I'm worried about him going inside. But he still has problems, and still doesn't get it.
For the past month I've been treating him for pooping outside. I praise him and we usually play outside for awhile after. Pooping outside always leads to good things. when he goes in the house and I catch him (rarely) he gets yelled at and brought outside immediately. When I don't catch him... I pick it up, enzyme the area, and glare at him (the glare makes ME feel better).
So, I don't know... locking him down in the basement doesn't seem like it will work... especially because we're nearing a month with the upstairs being locked off and he still can't be trusted up there. I watch him, but he can literally be upstairs, pooped and done in one minute. I can't be leaping up anytime he escapes sight for a few minutes.
Any suggestions or thoughts?
Finn poops indoors. A lot.
He understands that he is supposed to go outside. He doesn't pee inside the house except for a few circumstances where I'm sure his bladder was full to bursting (like an hour after the dog park... he'll trickle through the house). Pooping, for some reason... when he has to go, he goes. He doesn't hold it.
In his crate, he never goes... this is when he's loose.
And I know, I should be watching him... I've already gates the up-upstairs because he was pooping up there at least once daily... he got away with it too much and now he's into the habit of it. We mopped the entire upstairs twice, and gated it. It's been gated for three weeks, he went up there with me for FIVE minutes yesterday and he decided to squat. I yelled at him and brought him downstairs to go outside. At least I caught him that time.
I work in the basement. I feel bad locking him down here with me. Plus, I fear that he'll just start going down here... he hasn't yet, but then he never pooped on the main floor until I started blocking off the upstairs.
He gets PLENTY of opportunity to go outside... at least once every two hours while he's out, sometimes more frequently if he hasn't pooped in awhile and I'm worried about him going inside. But he still has problems, and still doesn't get it.
For the past month I've been treating him for pooping outside. I praise him and we usually play outside for awhile after. Pooping outside always leads to good things. when he goes in the house and I catch him (rarely) he gets yelled at and brought outside immediately. When I don't catch him... I pick it up, enzyme the area, and glare at him (the glare makes ME feel better).
So, I don't know... locking him down in the basement doesn't seem like it will work... especially because we're nearing a month with the upstairs being locked off and he still can't be trusted up there. I watch him, but he can literally be upstairs, pooped and done in one minute. I can't be leaping up anytime he escapes sight for a few minutes.
Any suggestions or thoughts?