[NAGDU] distracted relieving

[Rox Homstad]

Hi,
Here are a couple suggestions.  Sometimes dogs need to move around a bit to stimulate their bowels to go.  So you might try a game of fetch or a tug or whatever, before taking him out to poop.  
Also right now I'm housetraining a puppy, we have a backyard and that is mostly for playing, if she goes out there then oh well but when I want her to focus on relieving, then we go to the front yard which is far less exciting and interesting, we stay out for ten minutes and if she goes she gets freedom and if not its back in the crate.  I realize this is different from your situation but you may need to find a more boring spot for him to go.
Good luck!


Rox'E and the Kitchen Bitches
Soleil, Rowan, Phoenix
pawpower4me at gmail.com

> On Mar 22, 2019, at 5:01 PM, Jean Menzies via NAGDU <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> I know there is no real answer for this other than probably likely time and possibly maturity, but here goes. 
> 
> I have a new pup. I take him out for park time, and he always pees. I give him lots of time and encouragement for a poop, but often there is nothing. Then we harness up and head out, only to have him often poop in the first 200 or 300 yards of our route. His signs of needing to go on route are clear. He walks very, very slowly, stops, won’t go, pulls into the grass, etc. If I force it and try and ignore his needing to go and try to get home so that he can park at home, he will poop on the road in harness. If I take his harness off and let him go to the edge of the road, he often gets distracted by the grass and brush on the edges and starts eating crap instead of doing what he so urgently indicated he had to do. 
> 
> Factors: 
> 1 He is new. 
> 2 He has never had a yard before, and gets distracted by the grass and new smells, so parking at home might be just distracting on its own. 
> 3 We are walking on gravel roads with grass or brush along the edges. If I let him stop along the way, he gets fixated on eating crap and won’t necessarily poop. Again, all this new stuff is just amazing to eat. 
> 
> I really praise him when he poops at home especially prior to a walk. I sometimes even  offer up a treat reward for a home poop. 
> 
> So, any ideas on how to further encourage that poop prior to heading out? I give him lots of time and encouragement to move about. I don’t want  pooping on route to become the norm. 
> 
> What are people’s reactions to this kind of situation? Obviously, it is frustrating. But do you just accept that poop happens and if he has to go, he has to go, or do you fall into another camp and try to fix this behaviour? 
> 
> Thanks for any input. 
> 
> Jean and Boomer
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