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Dogs Pooping and Peeing in the House?

Our dogs are 5 and 3 years old and both have been potty trained since about six months old. Over the past two weeks our youngest dog has been pooping and peeing in the house while the oldest dog is pooping in the house. This tells me it is not a coincidence. The dogs get put out a minimum of 5 times a day and the diet has not changed for over a year. We do have a 5 month old son. For the first 4 1/2 months that our son has been here, the dogs had no behavioral issues with him, but something tells me that this may be some kind of an attention seeking method by the dogs. Please help!

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September 6, 20150 found this helpful

You mention they go out often, which is good, but how often are they walked? Depending on the breed of dog, they require from 30 minutes to an hour walk daily. It would also help to have a half hour of play like fetch. This is added to the walk, not a substitute for part of it.

Because you have a baby you have likely been very busy with it and the dogs have been on the back burner. They can get built-up stress that can cause behavior problems.

You will have to find a way to get the dogs what they need. Try walking the dogs with the baby in a stroller. If that is too much for you right now, you'll need to hire someone to walk and play with your dogs until you are back to doing this yourself.

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