I have a 1 year old German Shepherd. He has been potty trained for 7 months with no accidents. This is even thru a full work day. He is not fixed yet. He began pooping in the house for the last week almost every day. Not at the same time and not after he ate. Odd and out of normal poops. We have a schedule and this has worked until now.
We have had 2 incidents in the same day and it started after this. First was a neighbor dog charged at us aggressively on our first morning outing. The dog ran once, I yelled and there was no contact to my dog from him. It just scared him from this random attack. He did not go potty and was really hovering near me, almost scared it would happen again. The same day we were doing some home remodeling and we had loud noises from the saws.
I am not sure if these are why, but if so, how can I reassure him he is safe in the yard to do his business.
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Your dog has been through a traumatic experience. You will have to go through the retraining process again. Make sure you praise him for success and ignore the accidents.
It sounds like your just going to have to be extra patient and give him extra praise and rewards when he does go outside. He might be jumpy at first or want to come back in but if your diligent and consistent he will begin to trust that it is ok to be outside.
Retrain a dog.
Step 1
Be patient with him.
Step 2
Give him treats when he goes outside.
Step 3
Praise him and then play with him for a few minutes.
Step 4
Just talk kind to him pat him if there is any noises.
You have already identified the problem. When the dog tried to attack your dog.
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