Here is the situation. We have 2 dogs, a 11 month old brussels griff named Duck and a 6 month old GSD named Koda. Duck has been with us for 7 months of which 2.5 months have been with a personal trainer, Koda has been with us for 6 weeks now. Sometime within the last 2 weeks Duck has went crazy. He was just about potty trained (why we hired the trainer in the first place), he had been ringing his bell to go outside for about 2 weeks all by himself. I thought we had it solved. WRONG. We have a kid gate dividing the kitchen from the living room for the kids not the dogs. Duck can squeeze through the bars which is what we wanted so he could get to his bell. But Koda can't. So one day both dogs were playing and Duck was on one side of the gate and Koda was on the other, and Duck pooped on the floor in the living room (his bell is in the kitchen). Since then he has reverted back to pooping on the carpet and now in his crate. He is scenting (rubbing around on the floor)his "cave" which is the living room since Koda can't get in there unless we take him. Most of this was figured out by the trainer, not me, I am so new to this. Yesterday Duck pooped in his crate twice. I have not change his routine as far as times going out. I have increased the level of praise when he does ring the bell and does his business outside. And we are planning on removing Duck from the house for a few days and bringing him back in under the new rules, which the new rules are he is second and Koda is alpha. We did this too when we first started training Duck, brought him home under the new set of rules, it worked rather well. But we are back at square one with training after 11 weeks. Talk about frustration. Duck is a very smart dog, too smart some days. He has also reverted in his OB training. Not wanting to listen to commands he knows, trying to get away with everything he can, stuff like that. I know Duck is frustrated because he had freedom and now he doesn't because he poops on the floor, I don't think Duck knows why he doesn't get freedom. I did catch him going on the floor a few times, but Duck is a hard dog. Hardly anything phases that dog. You can issue a correction him that makes my GSD go whoa guess I won't do that again and Duck just stands there wagging his tail. Sorry this is so long, I would just like some suggestions and opinion on what might be going on here. I am open to anything that might correct this problem. Thanks for your time.

Christina Miller <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif" alt="" />