[Bustah's mom]

I too have the same issue. I got Bustah about 3 years ago at the shelter. He is the cutest little thing but didnt come without alot of baggage. I love this little guy to death and can only imagine the life he had before. He goes through these periods where its hard to get him to go outside and poop. He will hold it in and i can see that he has to go and take him out and say "ok go." and usually he does go but every once in a while he doenst. This particular time i did just move beginning of Sept. and last week and the weeks before he was ok. Now he will go a little but i can tell its not a "complete" bowel movement and hold his stump of a tail under and we go in and out until he finally does his business but sometimes he will just think its ok to go on the carpet when we have our backs turned. I would be the first to think his anal glands needed to be expressed (he has had problems before) but he has no problem going on the carpet. He does seem awfully nervous these days so i wonder if its the move. He hates when i leave to go to work for the day. He will sit and shake and look at me very pathetic. I feel bad for him but what am i going to do? I have to go to work! This morning i am doing my regular routine. I let him out when i get up as usual. When he is done he sits and gives me the look like "Ok i am done.". I let him in and go about getting ready. I close all the bedroom doors to avoid the whole "hide and seek thing" to put him behind his gated area with his crate to leave for the day. He is in my sights the whole time. He leaves my sight for no more than 30 seconds as i am getting my lunch together and i turn around to turn off the lights in the house and then i see the wonderful "presents" in the hallway. I was so perterbed to say the least. I am not sure if i should show it to him and say "NO" but thats what i did. I put him in his gated area (somewhat irate) and cleaned up the awful mess. Not to get graphic but it did seem "loose" so i want to think its nerves? Now what i have to do is outsmart him again (as i have learned to close all the doors because he hides under the beds before i leave) and put him in his gated area when i wake up? At least if he does go it will be on the linoleum instead of the carpet. I havent crate trained him because he seems to really dislike being locked up in a crate so i leave it in his area opened so he at least has an area to go in to to feel safe.
Any advice? I should mention he is about 7 years old and i has recently had his check up but this was a non issue at the time so i didnt ask the vet about it then.
My husband thinks i am "too close" to him..Meaning i give him alot of affection and he is pretty much attached to my hip when i am home. I have gone down the whole behavioral modification route also. I took him to a behavioral specialist at Tufts University here in massachusetts. They recommended clicker training and "nothing for free" methods and using the gentle leader as a way of trying to cure his aggressive behavior towards strangers but it hasnt really worked. Also recommended Prozac. Tried the Prozac for a while with no difference and the clicker training. Maybe i didnt give it enough time though? He sure is a stubborn little guy! Good thing he is cute-lol....