Looking for new ideas. My 10 month old standard poodle sneaks away to poop on the carpet upstairs and occasionally on the rug downstairs (the rest of hardwood).
Quick back story: She was very resistant to poop training initially outside. She spent her first 8 weeks being walked outside on a leash during training. She would freak out and pull away when it was time to poop. At the breeders she pooped on mulch outside. We also have that option here and she seems to prefer it over the grass.
We often watch her and give her intense praise and treats when she poops outside.
We thought we got a groove but it's been very up and down. She almost always poops outside in the mornings but the rest of the day is a complete toss up. She doesn't really have a schedule of when she poops so it's hard to predict (she may only poop once in a day or three times).
Yesterday we got back from my in-laws which have a very similar carpet/hardwood set up and ZERO accidents. I walked her outside for a while when we arrived before giving up. She went inside and pooped in my son's room within 5 minutes (she did not eat during the long car ride so I assumed she didn't have to go). This morning she pooped outside aaaand just now pooped in my other son's room.
After the initial regular puppy training period, I probably spent about 6 weeks with her literally leashed to me every minute of the day to not allow her the ability to sneak away to poop thinking it would break the habit. It did not. We'll have a week of no accidents here and there then back to pooping in the house every day. I'm at my wits end. I can't leash her to me permanently or block off all the carpeted areas she has pooped in.
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