Expert: English Bulldogs ( Marie ) e-mail me at mpmaltese@gmail.com - 12/1/2008

Question
I have a male English Bull Dog that is 6 months old. He is taken out on a regular basis but when put in his crate will poop and urinate in it and then roll in it. It does not matter how many times he is taken out he will go outside also but can not break him of doing this in his crate. He sleeps in the crate and is confined there for a few hours each day as I work. I come home at noon and potty him and he is let out in the evening when I am home. He does not potty on the floor, only in his crate. I have changed his feeding to only in the morning and that did not help either. I am at my wits end.

Answer
Oh Boy!  POOR you!  Can you get something to get the poop smell out of the crate?  Can you use a 10% bleach solution?  I wonder if he smells it and then determines he can poop in the crate area????

I am going to have you take the question to our behavior experts:
I think they can help better than I can.
You can also consider changing him to a food with less fillers.
Innova and Wellness are great foods.
Sometimes fillers ( corn, wheat) make too many poops?  Just a thought.


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JILL - the dog behavior expert:
http://www.allexperts.com/ep/3553-89503/Canine-Behavior/Jill-Connor-Ph.htm