How to keep dog from pooping on outdoor carpet?

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David

I have a 9 month old male yellow lab. He stays outside usually the whole day, and he sleeps inside in a crate at night.

For the last few days he has begun pooping on the green outdoor carpet on our patio instead of in the dirt or anywhere else in the yard. He also pees right on the carpet as well. This is odd because now he poops and pees on the carpet under the covered patio right next to where he hangs out and sleeps all day. He will literally poop then lay by the door 5 feet away. We even feed him on the patio and I thought dogs naturally didn't want to do their business right next to where they eat.

Since we've had him from 2 months old he naturally peed and pooped in the dirt in our backyard and was no problem so I have no idea why he started doing this. I am unable to watch him all day to catch him in the act every time to stop him, so I don't know how to stop this.

Thanks for any advice.

Answer
clean the area really well with a good quality, low odor product. collect some of the poop beforehand, and place it where you want the lab to do his business. if there is no other noticable change in your dog apart from the pooping issue it shouldnt warrant a visit to the vet.

What are some good tricks to teach a dog?

Shirley

I'm really bored and don't have anything to do. Does anyone know some good tricks I could teach my dog. She is a 1yr old yellow lab. Right now she knows sit, lay, hug, crate, & find it. All you have to do is say the word and she does the trick.

Answer
Well, the basic commands that every dog should know, typically, are: sit, down/lie down, stay, come, heel, no/bad, yes/good. My dog knows (in addition to the aforementioned): Go (leave me alone), Go and lie down, out (of the room), Up (jump up/stand on hind legs), fetch, drop it, upstairs, downstairs, ease up (slow down), you may eat, you may drink, and walk on. If you're looking for useful skills, those are all helpful commands (well, some are more for fun).
You could teach her things like shake paw, beg, roll over, high five, etc. OR, you could teach her the hand signals for the commands she already knows. They are very helpful. I try to teach my dog a hand signal to go with every command :)

Good luck!

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