Hi, my Yorkie is 15 months old and up until a couple months ago he has been completely potty trained to potty on his puppy mat. I also have a 15 month old baby girl so it's hard in this weather to take him out a few times a day, plus he's so small I'm worried he'll freeze. 3 months ago I started working so my pup has been home by himself quite a bit, at least 2 hours 3 times a week.
My problem is this.... About 2 or 3 months ago he refuses to go number 2 on his mat. He used to all the time. Instead, he does one of two things. He will either enter the living room and poop right beside mine or daddy's feet, or he waits until we leave a room then he will poop right in front of the door of the room we just entered. I tried picking it up and putting it on his mat and praising him as if he did it. I've tried letting him go on the balcony. I've tried sitting him on his mat after he did the deed where he wasn't supposed to. I've tries ignoring him to make sure he knows I'm upset with him. I don't know what to do. I don't know if he's reacting to being left home by himself, like he's letting us know he's mad. He still pees on his mat but today he peed right in the kitchen.
I want a good puppy and he is except for the poop thing. I'm also concerned because my daughter likes to let us know if he pooped somewhere if we didn't notice first. We usually hear her say "Bad!" and she points to the puppy mat. A couple times (this is really gross but cute at the same time) she will pick up the pooh and hand it to me or her dad saying "Here, here, here" as she's passing it to us. I don't want her to get sick so I wash her hands in water as hot as a 15 month old can handle then I use hand sanitizer on her hands then I wash them again in case.
Has this happened with anyone else's Yorkie? Where they just stop using their mat to poop on? Is he rebelling? He has also been humping everything. Is this why he started pooping everywhere? Does anybody have any tips or advice they can share with me? Thanks
