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My mom adopted a mutt about 2 years ago. He was a rescue from Romania and he was - and still is - very anxious. No one knows his exact age but when he was adopted we were told he is about 3 years old - which makes him about 5 now. My mother has a house with a big backyard. Usually she takes the dog for long walks, but every now and then she just wants to let him outside and take a dump in the backyard. And here's the problem: he is weirdly unwilling to take a dump in the backyard. Every time he has to go he stands in front of the door and wants to take a walk. If my mother lets him out into the giant backyard instead, he just stands on the porch staring at her like an idiot. At best he will go and take a leak, but it seems like he would rather suffer than take a poo poo in the backyard. He is housetrained, he never pooped inside the house. He just rather holds it in than using the backyard. It feels like he sees the yard as an extension of the house and is afraid someone will be mad at him if he poops there. My mother always encourages him when he pees there, but that doesn't seem to help. Do you have any suggestions as to how to teach him to go in the yard?
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Sep 1, 2019 08:25
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Put him on the leash and take him to the backyard, praise him heavily if he shits on the leash and treat him. Eventually he'll make the connection.
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Sep 4, 2019 20:32
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Was the yard used by another dog at some point? My friends had a dog who wouldn't go in the backyard of their new house because, they surmised, the dog that lived there before used it exclusively. The dog had no problem at it's old house. They were forced to walk the dog until the grass was able to grow back after a bit of tilling and seeding.
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Sep 18, 2019 17:05
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