how do I stop my dogs pooing ALL over my garden?

[handmedownqueen]

they get walked regularly, fed once a day, shut up at night, one never goes in garden other two are horrid in their toilet habits, thinking of getting rid - they are springers of 1 and 5 and the clean one is a mongrel

any ideas gratefully recieved

My dog might not poo all day but then when she goes she does about 6 lots in one go, moving around the garden as she goes! I'd prefer her just to do one huge pile but I don't think that'll ever happen.

MadameCastafiore - and this works?

though tbh i dont have time to wonder outside with dog, while sorting otu 3 young children

bellaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa - what do you suggest??

I saw somewhere something called a pee post which is impregnanted with phenemones or summink and you put it in the garden and train the dogs to go in that place. The pee post helps them associate the place with doing their business apparently (havent used it). You need to make the correct place clearly identifiable to them.

I trained my dog to only poo in one place by going out there with her and only letting her poo in that place. Then when she got the idea I didnt go all the way to the place, just shouted at her from further and further back down the garden, then just watched her from the door. It only took about two weeks for her to be fully trained. But she is very obedient. Springers can be a bit more random!

hmmmmmmmmmmmm

and ehat about great swiss mountain dogs?

hes lovely but hasnt got a brain in his huge body!!!

This thread is making me dizzy

What the f**k did you do, Vinegar?

[waves at Blondie]

The only solution I am aware of is to make a special poo area (nice!) in your garden and take the dog there and treat like there's no tomorrow if they do it there. Concrete is of course the preferred material for hosing down but since doggies don't really like doing a wee on concrete you may have to go for sand or bark chippings or similar.

I have tried pee posts in the past but they were met with total disdain.

TBH I just scoop the poop

god i wish i knew the answer to this. our lab does it all over the fecking lawn about twice a day despite being walked a(and also pooing then) and i hate it - ds is still toddling.
we did try when he was a puppy to get him to go in a particular fenced off bit of the garden by going out there with him and waiting but he got confused and just thought he was in trouble. he would sit there looking soulful for hours and as soon as he was released would run off and crap on the lawn. then i went back to work and didnt have time to spend hours in the garden with him.
wonder if it is too late to start again with all this (assuming i somehow miraculously had time?) would it work on an older dog (he is 18mo) or do you have to do it in puppyhood?

You can train a dog to poo in a particular place at any age of their life

My mum's dog used to just go on the bark, but they got rid of that so she needs reminding where to go and they'll start training the new dog to do it too (the new dog is 19m ish)

It takes time, patience and continuity but it can happen

our puppy LOVES peeing on concerate

hes a weird dog

so how do you make them poo in same place?

Dogs poo in the garden - you should clean up after them each day, then it is not a problem. It is a problem if dogs poo in the house...

ROFL at this thread.

Does anyone know what VT thinks about this?

I haven't pmsl so mumch in ages, thank you Vinegar....

we have a big garden and we might miss a bit,not a major problem now, but in the spring/summr, would HATE kids to tread in it

I don;t actually see what the problem is. dog poos on a walk. you clean it up. dog poos in your garden. you clean it up. why does it back a difference? wee makes a difference because it utterly destroys your lawn but poo is easy. ok, so you can get, if you'll scuse the pun, behind a bit (if it's cold and dark and you don;t go out in the garden much) and you end up ('nother pun coming) with a back log...but they still do the same amount of poo and you still do the same amount of clearing up.

I think you can train them to do it in the same place all the time by treating when they do it there but tbh I have never bothered. Mine do 90% of theirs out on walks and any back log (good one, hatwoman) is dealt with by popping on a pair of latex gloves and arming myself with a carrier bag.

My 2 dc's have never trodden in it either, and there have always been at least 2 dogs at home since the dc's were born. I worm my dogs regularly so I don't worry about that side of things either.

guess when you take dog fora wlak, you see where they poo

when our dog goes in garden after eating etc,he pooes,but i amnot there watching him,so therefore i dont know where he has pooed

does that make sense?

Yes, it does, Blondie

I pick up when I see them do it, but I also regularly do a 'sweep' of the garden to look for any I haven't spotted. DD loves to run ahead of me and say 'look, mummy, here's one!'.

Who needs TV, eh?

our garden isn't great at the moment. apparently some of it has been flattened into the grass by the rain.(dh informed me, looking out of the bedroom window). really must get into better habits...