Pooping in the wrong place

Lack of training is the most frequent problem with dogs, other causes can be: 

• In old animals, for loss of learning, urinary incontinence or fecal, by neurological problems, etc. 
• Illnesses of the central nervous system (they will generally have associates symptoms ). 
• Anxiety because separation (that it is an alteration of the compartment in which inadequate elimination would only be observed when the animal is alone at home) 
• It can be an answer to the submission (urinates when the master or another person arrives and greets him ) or by excitement. 

Around the 3 weeks of age, most of puppies have begun to eliminate far from their area of rest by there own initiative. from the 5 weeks of age, will pick up an area dedicated to the elimination and from the 9 weeks, this elimination area will be more concrete and in a smaller area. The strategy of the domestic training has to take advantage of this innate tendency of the dog of not eliminating in the areas of rest. 

Prevention
Domestic training. Most dogs are companions, for what is very important that they are trained quickly. The recompense training is much more effective than the punishment. At the beginning, the young puppies should be taken outdoors to eliminate with so much frequency as it is practical (the ideal thing would be every hour while the puppy is awake). In little time the owner will learn how to predict the time in which the puppy needs to be taken out and it should take out it after eating, drinking, playing or sleeping. The use of the same area allows that the scents to accumulate and it should increase the probability that the puppy eliminates again there and again. As soon as the puppy eliminates in the appropriate place, it should be rewarded abundantly or small food recompense should be given. If the puppy wants to play or to enter the house, these circumstances should be used to reward the dog as soon it has concluded the elimination. Not to wait for the puppy to be home again to give him a prize of food, since this will teach him that the recompenses is for coming home (and not for the elimination). Matching up a sign or an order with each elimination, the dogs will learn the concept of the elimination by command. 

If we observe the dog, we can sense or learn to identify the signs that precede to the elimination - the animal smells around, it adopts a hidden posture, he turns around, we can interrupt the dog before he eliminates and guide him to the appropriate place -where we can reward when he achieve it -. This way, it won't be necessary to carry out any punishment. Nevertheless, if the owner sees that the dog eliminates in a inappropriate place, it should be interrupted with a severe no. But it is necessary to remember that the severe punishment can teach the dog to: 

• To Avoid the later elimination in that place, or. 
• To Avoid the later elimination in that place when the owner is present, or 
• · to Avoid the elimination in the owner's presence. 

It should only be thought of the punishment if the owner observes that the puppy begins to eliminate at home. A water gun, the shake of a can or to an audible trainer, they are preferable to the physical techniques or even to the verbal repression, since it is less probable that they cause fear to the owner. Also, if it is possible that the owner is not visible in the moment of the punishment, the animal can learn how to stop to eliminate so much in the area if the owner is present as if he is not. Never use a punishment that causes fear to the dog. 

Summarizing

• To reward the dog right after he potties in the right place, giving him a treat, affection or food.
• To use a direct road toward a single convenient area. The scent and place can be good to stimulate the later elimination in the opportune place. 
• To Wait the previous signs before the elimination as the sniff, the turns in circle and, when they are observed, to take him quickly to the correct place. 
• Whenever you cannot watch over the puppy closely, keep him in a lock place. 
• At the beginning, the puppy should be taken out with a lot of frequency and mainly after the foods, after drinking, etc., if the dog is no longer a puppy, another method consists to take him out it and not to return home until he has made its necessities. in this case, if they return home without doing it, keep a close watched over him ( tie it to a rope to restrict their movements, etc.) And as soon as it is possible return to the street and not return until he has done it (and always reward him). 
• The only admitted punishment is a lightly verbal reprehension during the act of eliminating in the incorrect place. Avoid the physical punishment because he can learn: "not to do it in front of the owner, but yes when he is not." 
• Any area of the house where the animal has eliminated should be cleaned perfectly, trying to neutralize their scent. 

 The dog should understand that he will receive valuable recompenses whenever it eliminates outside the house.