Our dog Max occationally poops or pees when we leave for a few hours. He goes outside often when we are home and goes right before we leave. But often times, increasingly lately, he goes in the house. Once or twice he will sneek off when we are home and go upstairs when normally he is the type of dog that will bark and point at the door to be let out to go. He also stairs at the door knob when he wants to be let out to throw up, he trots over to the grass, lays down and chews some grass until he pukes, then he comes back to the door and scratches on it to be let in.
We were told he was 5 years or so when we adopted him but we are guessing he is much older.
Are dogs like cats where when they are going in the house, it is probably ill or stressed? I cannot think of anything that would stress him out. On the other hand, his behavior in every other way is perfectly normal. So I don't think of him as being sick...
Just curious. Why would a normally greatly housetrained dog, occationally go in the house? My parents were gone for 2 hours today and he pooped in their bedroom (he also teared up my sisters garbage can).
Oh seperation anxiety maybe? I just though of that. Is there something I can buy at Petsmart to calm him? That could be it I suppose, he freaks out during thunderstorms and becomes a quivering, drooling baby.
My mom wants to buy a dog crate and who knows, he might just be crate trained you never know. I can borrow one from a friend probably to try it out. My dad wants to put him in the finished basement. He might get into the litterboxes though and then the cats would be stuck down there too with him and thatr would not work too well. Otherwise the cats would be shut out of their food and bathroom area if the basement door was kept shut.
Just some thought please. Any suggestions or anything?
Thanks.
We were told he was 5 years or so when we adopted him but we are guessing he is much older.
Are dogs like cats where when they are going in the house, it is probably ill or stressed? I cannot think of anything that would stress him out. On the other hand, his behavior in every other way is perfectly normal. So I don't think of him as being sick...
Just curious. Why would a normally greatly housetrained dog, occationally go in the house? My parents were gone for 2 hours today and he pooped in their bedroom (he also teared up my sisters garbage can).
Oh seperation anxiety maybe? I just though of that. Is there something I can buy at Petsmart to calm him? That could be it I suppose, he freaks out during thunderstorms and becomes a quivering, drooling baby.
My mom wants to buy a dog crate and who knows, he might just be crate trained you never know. I can borrow one from a friend probably to try it out. My dad wants to put him in the finished basement. He might get into the litterboxes though and then the cats would be stuck down there too with him and thatr would not work too well. Otherwise the cats would be shut out of their food and bathroom area if the basement door was kept shut.
Just some thought please. Any suggestions or anything?
Thanks.