I don't know if you can help me or not, recently my dog who IS house-trained has been tearing up the trash while we are gone and pooping on the floor. We take her out before we leave, and may leave for maybe an hour or hour and a half...and we come back and she has pooped on the floor and tore apart the trash. She has not always done this, this is a fairly new thing. We kept one of her puppies. I don't know what is going on, don't know if she's mad at us for sharing our love and attention with another dog or what? She also sleeps up in the bed with us and yes, she slept between my husband and I...now she's been sleeping towards the foot of the bed, not near us. Have you ever heard of this kind of behavior and/or know of what we can do for this? We are mad when we come home to this, but know that she doesn't remember doing any of it. Thanks in advance

Sounds to me more like a case of separation anxiety since it happens the most when she is left alone. Does she also actually eat the contents of the trash? If so, that may also explain the pooping on the floor. More food =more poop

I personally do not think that dogs are able to manifest emotions such as vengeance. Can you try to keep the trash off limits? Or better, can you crate her during your short abscenses? I own two 1 year old rotties and I still crate them when I leave outsides because I fear they may get in trouble. In the trash she may eat stuff that are not good for her and that can even cause an intestinal obstruction.

I also do not think that sleeping towards your feet rather than between you is because she is mad at you. Perhaps she finds the area near the feet to be more spacious and is not bothered by your turning around, don't really know, just my 2 cents...