Ok so my che is a year old and he is a boy. Nuetered and very healthy.

But his potty habbuts as of resently are killing me. He is kennel trained any dog in my house in kennel trained welll that really goes for any animal cat dog rabbit.

But phoenix has great potty habits. So she is no longer kenneled. By a year old I could leave phoenix out for a while and even feed her out of her kennel. And she let me know she has to go to the bathroom.

I have a bell on my doorknob and from the day they came home everytime they go out I will shake it. So they assiate that bell going off with being able to go outside. Well phoenix will hit that bell when she has to go out.

But bruiser will just crap or piddle anywhere. 50% of the time and the other 50 he will hit the bell. Now bruiser is not left a lone for longer then then 2 to3 minutes by himself. And in the sense he is I forgot to put him in his kennel when I go to the bathroom or I had to get something out of the office. Now I just have a bedroom and bathroom buthalf of our bedroom is our office. Point being its like 3 minutes and yes he could of gone in his kennel and yes I forgot. But still.

He has gotten in the past couple of weeks where he cant hold it at night. Now you have to relize he can. He has done it for almost 6 months. And we go to bed around 11 he get that potty break right befor we go to bed. Then hubby gets up at 3:30 to take him on a walk. So thats like what 4 hours. And as yu can see form my pictures he is not a small chi mix he is 15 pounds easily.

I have checked for a UTI. He has a ex ray of his bowel just in case there was soomething going on there we did blood word. Nothing all normal. I cant really punish him after the fact cause he wont know what I am punishing him for.

But he has even started poohing in his kennel . That dog used to want to die befor he poohed in there. I mean the neighbor would call and ask if he is ok. The would scream so loud.

Ok I leashed him to me for over 6 months it more of the proble. is peeing in his kennel. And pooing.
Can anything be causing this.



Any advice HELP ME

Has anything changed in your home recently that might be upsetting or stressing him?

Since you've ruled out physical/medical causes maybe I might go back to the beginning and start potty training all over again?

Big reward and lots of praise when he goes outside. Take him out more often so he's getting the praise. Pick up water earlier in the evening and maybe feed dinner a little earlier so he poops before bedtime.

If his crate is roomy, maybe you can size it down so he doesn't have any room to make a mess.

I wish I had a sure-fire solution for you.

He only eats once a day in the morning.

We did change his food from parie and raw to fromm kibble and raw.
The econmy hit up hard on top of the storm. I could not afford 40 bucks a bag anymore.
I do kibble one day raw the next.

I did get a new pet rabbit. But I don't know how much that would stress him out. We have started the praise and back to the beginning of out every 2 hours. But I can say go pee and he will wizz outside and go potty is pooh. So he kows those commands already. But yes I have been going out with him every 3 hours.

I thought about mabye going back to 2 times a day feedings but I don't know if that would make the problem worse.

We did just make the change to the new kibble about 3 weeks ago I dont do gradual I go from one to the next witch he is used to anyway. Cause I have been trying to find a cheaper food that I am happy with for about 4 months now. I think it makes for a stronger gut.

His crate is roomy but my problem is his height. Its large for his width but his ears touch the top if the one he is in now.

But yes he can get away from his pooh right now. Is it ok for his height to not be right I mean he would have to lay down if I went to the next size down. He is in the life stages small the only thing smaller would be a ex small.

which with wise it would be perfect. Height wise it would be small.
I can go get one today if you think that would help. Cause the main problem I am having is his kennel. Really the floor one are far and in between. Cause he is never left unsupervised.

I think a dog should be able to stand up, more or less comfortably, in a crate. But that's me. If the height is good on his present crate then you could try blocking off the back end...making the overall length shorter. Does that make sense?

You didn't say how long this has been going on...do the accidents coincide with the change in food? Was he doing this on his raw diet?

No but they amount of raw he gets has not changed.

Befor he was getting parie kibble and raw
Now he get fromm kibble and raw.

Yes the time frame make sense. But I am not in the position to change kibble tell this bag is gone.

I plan on going back to parie soon. in like 3 months so he has been changing food a lot. he has allergys to one and the next make him sick. So this is the first one that he has not reacted to.

I made a barrier for his crate smaller he can still see the other side but cant get to it.
He did not poo in it or pee last night so I think the cage was to big.
Thank you
oh by the way if you look at my sign pic thats his kennel behind in the back round