I have a two year old Husky/German Shepherd mix who has been potty trained since he was two months old. About six months ago my boyfriend got a job (he was with the dogs all day long before) on a different shift than me, so the dogs are never alone for more than a couple hours a day. Within the last two months or so my Husky has started pooping inside, but when I am home. He gives no warning when he has to go, he'll just get up and walk out of the room and do his business, but only poop.
We haven't changed their diet or their schedule other than my boyfriend getting a job. We go outside (with the command 'outside') as soon as we get up, and they stay outside and play for 20-30 min. then they come back inside and have breakfast. I then take them out again about an hour later. He pees just fine, and he'll show the 'signs' that he's going to poop, but then he gets distracted and plays some more. If I see him get distracted I try to make sure to encourage him to poop and wait for another 10 minutes to see if he'll go, but most of the time he'll go up to the front door to tell me he's done and he wants to go back inside. He's also started this habit of needing to poop at 3 am everyday, pretty consistently for the last week, and he normally only takes one large poop a day.
He was trained really well before this, I don't know how to change his behavior, especially since he's not giving me any warning signs that he has to go.
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This sounds like a difficult problem. I'm no expert but it sounds like the change in lifestyle bizarrely set her off. I don't know of any other solution than retraining her.
I assume you have ruled out a medical condition? It's always good to do that.
A good tip comes from the dog whisperers website: www.cesarsway.com/
"Startle, dont scare
If and only if you catch them in the act of eliminating (not 5 minutes later!), clap so that you startle them out of what theyre doing. Then take them outside and offer them praise and treats after they finish eliminating.
Many pet parents have an urge to yell or otherwise scare or punish their dog for eliminating inside, but all this does is make them afraid of you. When that happens, most dogs simply hide from their owners when they need to go.
This is also why you should only startle your dog while theyre actually going inside. If the correction doesnt happen during the misbehavior, they wont make the connection."
Aside from that, it sounds like you're doing everything right in terms of having consistent elimination, walking, etc. the next will be to reinforce her to not go inside
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