Pees outside, but poops inside

[bsettoon]

We have a sweet, adorable, minature Australian Sheep Dog who is 4+ months old. He is crate trained. He will urinated outside when taken out 95% of the time. However, he will often defecate inside very shortly after being taken out in the yard for 10-20 minutes!? He will sometimes do it right in front of you, so he clearly doesn't think he's doing anything wrong.

He is otherwise intelligent: he will sit on command and plays ball well.

Thanks in advance for any comments.

Bill

[melody]

Hi bsetoon, I would like to ask, have you tried to do something about your dog pooping inside your house? If you said he's crate trained, then you should try other kinds of reinforcements. Your pet is still quite young and it's the perfect time to reinforce his trainings. There's a page on DOA which you can read on about some general house training tips and positive reinforcements, The Seven House-Training Essentials. Go check it out

[AaronJ80]

1) Take your dog out to do it duty (normally 30-45 min after eating)
2) Walk around and if still no poop bring inside and crate him for one hour.
3) Try again you should then get poop.
4)Praise, praise and praise some more

Also, if your dog tends to have a 'special' spot n the house to relieve, I would use white vinegar or something to get the smell out.

[BogusiaReca]

Dogs usually pee very quickly once outside but it takes them longer to poop. It applies especially to puppies as they are curious of the surroundings and get distracted very easily. It may be so that the puppy wants to poop but keeps being concentrating more on the things around, and once at home (not being distracted any more) he suddenly feels the urge. So I would walk the dog until it poops. It may take longer than 20 min. You have to be patient and praise and reward him every time he does it outside. You can also use some negative reinforcement like splashing some cold water on him while pooping in the house. So you would need to prepare a container with water ahead of time and have it with you or within an easy reach.
Hope it helps