[lucylu]

[F] my male pug puppy is 6 months old now and completely potty trained.. but for some reason he will do his complete job out side and once we come back in side... and i start cleaning or watching tv he will go under my bed and poop :eek: only no pee... why is this???:confused: i this do to attention?:( how can i control this and get him to stop my female i a month younger and she dont do this.... please help me:confused: :o

[ballengerb1]

Lucy, Labman will eveyually see your post and give you a great answer. In the meantime I think we're going to NOT say your little guy is "completely potty trained." keep the bedroom door closed until Labman tells you more.

[lucylu]

Lucy, Labman will eveyually see your post and give you a great answer. In the meantime I think we're going to NOT say your little guy is "completely potty trained." keep the bedroom door closed until Labman tells you more.

He only seems to o under my bed when I am busy doing something and can not pay attention to him at the moment... because like I said before he will do both out side and once in the house if he don't get the attention right when he wants it it happens.. that's why I am leaning against attention... but he will never pee in the house.. he only poop under my bed when I am not giving him attention and once he has done so he will come up to me and wine and bark at me and give me that puppy dog look when he knows he has done bad.. this just started about a month ago...

[labman]

It really sounds like he is wanting attention, although he could be challenging your leadership. I would start with neutering him if not already. It is no cure all, but usually makes a big difference. Dogs see all the people and dogs in the household as a pack with each having their own rank in the pack and a top dog. Life is much easier if the 2 legged pack members outrank the 4 legged ones. You can learn to play the role of top dog by reading some books or going to a good obedience class. A good obedience class or book is about you being top dog, not about rewarding standard commands with a treat. Start at Raising Your Dog with the Monks of New Skete For more on being top dog, see Establishing and Keeping Alpha Position

You also need to crate him when you can't keep an eye on him. It is only natural that a puppy resists its crate at first. What the puppy
Wants more than anything else is to be others, you, anyone else in the
Household, and any other pets. In our modern society, even if we are home,
Other things distract us from the attention an uncrated puppy must have. The
Only real solution is to crate the dog when you aren't around. The dog may be
Happier in its den than loose in the house. It relaxes, it feels safe in its
Den. It rests, the body slows down reducing the need for water and relieving
Its self. Dogs that have been crated all along do very well. Many of them
Will rest in their crates even when the door is open. I think the plastic
Ones give the dog more of a safe, enclosed den feeling. Metal ones can be put
In a corner or covered with something the dog can't pull in and chew. Select
A crate just big enough for the full grown dog to stretch out in.

Leave it some toys. Perhaps a Kong filled with peanut butter. Don't leave
Anything in the crate the dog might chew up. It will do fine without even any
Bedding. You will come home to a safe dog and a house you can enjoy.

A dog that has not been crated since it was little, may take some work.
Start just putting its toys and treats in the crate. Praise it for going
in. Feed it in the crate. This is also an easy way to maintain order at
Feeding time for more than one dog.

The "shut the puppy in a safe room" is a fallacy. Very few houses even have a
Safe room. How many of us have a room with a hard surfaced floor and nothing
Else? Most rooms have electrical cords to chew if nothing else. In addition
To destroying anything a bored puppy finds to chew, it may choke or have
Intestinal blockage from the pieces. I had a friend that left her dog in a
"safe" room. It ate a hole in the floor covering. The safe rooms fail to
Give the dog the comfort of the enclosed space their instinct requires. Nor
Do they restrict activity extending the time the dog can go without relieving
Itself.