So sick of poo!

I am so tired of dealing with our dogs poo. At the moment we lock him up over night in the paved area just outside the kitchen and he is locked up there when we go out during the day. So understandably he does poo there. If is poos are firm he does them near the gate to the laundry, bit of a pain, but not too bad to clean up. If they are sloppy he does them neat the kitchen door and gate to the driveway. The sloppier they are the closer to the door they get and sometimes up on the step.

He is an excitable dog, so will sometimes jump through his own poo :sick: I just don't understand how an animal could do that, maybe it is a dog thing, I am used to cats and their cleanliness. So he is banished outside today until it warms up and I can give him a bath.

He went to puppy school (3-6 months) at the local obedience club. When he was being house trained I did attempt to get him to poo in the one spot without much luck, it was getting to the point I was just thankful he was going outside. I spoke to the dog trainer about him and she said that some dogs just wont, it looks as though he has picked his own spots.

DH is going to building him a run soon (I hope :pray:) so we can get the poo away from the house. For the moment though we have to deal with the poo. So my questions are:

What can we do to get rid of the poo smell? It now seems to be lingering at the back door. Water is not a problem as we have a bore, so can do lots of hosing.

Is it possible to retrain him to poo in a different area? The is a better corner for him to go in and it is one that he first used when we were training him.

Hmm not sure about a long term solution but try moving his food and water bowls to the worst spot (say your back door) and after giving the area a good clean first. Dogs don't mess where they eat usually so that could be one trick.

as for getting rid of the smell hose the mess away then squirt some detergent on the spot and scrub. Thats what we had to do after we doggy sat our SIL dog.

Another thing could be some citronella spray - spray that in the areas you don't want doggy to poop the most - if doggy is tethered you will need to give him an option of where to do his business but if he has free run of the yard then mark your territory with the spray.

Naex

Have you tried washing the areas where he poos with vinegar to try and neutralise the smell?

We have used disinfectant, Simple Green and some powerful cleaner that is used dog kennels. The powerful cleaner did do a good job first time at killing smell and for about 2 days he stopped pooing in the area completely. Now it does not seem to work as well, plus it has big poison warnings, so I am a bit concerned with what it is doing to the environment.

Have not tried vinegar yet, need to buy myself a more.

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I have been told that the really strong smelling cleaners put animals off, i guess something to do with scent marking or something.

Citronella is meant to deter dogs and cats, but it has no effect on my dog at all.

Shannon Lush would tell you that baking soda and vinegar will clean everything. Give that a go, although i always add a bit of eucalyptus oil for a nicer smell!

:bump: Christy are you out there??

Worked out he is pooing at every entrance to the property. When he is let out he now poos on the front porch, at the side gate on the other side of the house etc. So looks like a territorial thing. Have just not heard of other dogs doing this. There are 2 large dogs from another property that came around occasionally, so he may be pooing due to them.