I have a 4yr old chihuahua mix that I adopted from a sheter about a year ago. When I first brought him home I didn't have any problems with him as far as him going outside he told me when he had to go out everytime and there were no accidents. The past couple of months he has started peeing outside but then comes back in an poop in the bathroom? I don't know how to correct this problem. I tried the basic repotty training techniques but nothing seems to be working? If there is someone who can help.

Can you just walk him outside until he poops and then praise "good poop"? Perhaps he is just not staying out long enough?

Have you had the dog checked by the vet to be sure there isn't anything medically going on? Always a good thing to do when a behavior changes like this.

Dogs are funny--my new adoptee will pee on our walks, sometimes poop, but usually he will wait until we get back from our hour walk and then ask to go out to the backyard and poop there.

Sounds like a routine vet check is in order.

But that being said, I have to wait for my female boxer to go and poop outside. She does NOT like pooping in the cold, especially if there is snow on the ground.

If you walk him for say 10 or 15 minutes and he is just refusing to poop, bring him in and keep him on the leash. Keep the leash attached to you (around your wrist, on your belt, wherever) and then try again in about 10 minutes. Dont let him get away from you and get the chance to poop in the bathroom.

With my boxer Heidi, we adopted her about a year ago. She just cant be trusted to free range. If we let her, she'll poop in the house (even if she JUST pooped) Its her weird little quirk that we've never been able to figure out.

If we walk outside and she refuses to poop (when I KNOW she has to, her little butt pops out when she's gota go) I will either keep her on the leash or put her in the kennel and try again in about 30 mins. She doesnt like staying in her kennel when everyone else is out so she usually goes RIGHT away as soon as we let her out.

Once we got really strict with her pooping outside or she goes in the kennel for a bit, she started putting two and two together very quickly!