Excessive pooping/normal? Any advice!

[mamagaga]

Im pulling my hair out with my youngster! He's a sweetie but he's trying my patience, ive been training him from scratch since he was neutered because he was aggresive and disrespectful. Things were going good despite still coming at me to bite (advice on this would be good too). But now he's pooping ALOT and i cant think why because he learned house training early, he'll ask to go out and i'll let him out even when he doesnt ask. This is not just one or two he will poo all over the kitchen and do this a few times a day i actually dont know where it comes from. I spend plenty of time with him and he rarely whines or barks when i have to shut him in. He poos on walks,his food hasnt changed, I dont think he's overfed, the only thing i can think of is that i bought him some chew toys to make sure he didnt get too bored when i went out. Can chewing cause pooping like this??

What is he fed?

Has he stolen cheese or anything when he was in the kitchen?

Can you expand a bit more on the "aggressive and disrespectful" What are you doing in your training now.

A trip to the vet is needed to check over his health and if there is no medical reason then I would say that this is quite a common stress reaction in dogs. (like us if we are nervous we need more trips to the loo!).

How long is he left?
When and what do you feed?
What type of training are you doing to deal with his aggressive behaviour?
When he come to bite you what are you doing and what is he doing at the time.

He is fed dry food 3x a day but only small ammounts which i put in water, i have cut down his meals because im using pieces of this to reward and he drinks plenty of water too.
In regards to the aggression he just comes at me biting, snarling type of thing but he is never precious about his space or food i can walk past him and give him a stroke fine. It will start with a nip maybe then when told no he will come at me.I try to be firm but he usually just comes at me repeatedly so i take hold of him until he's calm or i leave the room for a bit. Not really sure what to do when he does this though.
So im trying to train him in all areas just general respect and obedience training like sitting waiting for things not jumping up trying to show him whose the alpha as i read this could be the problem he seems to think he's the boss. Clearly i didnt do a good enough job when he was younger not sure where i went wrong though.

I was thinking he could maybe be stressed, thats why i bought some bordem breakers for when i do go out and leave the radio on quiet. I get to spend more time with him than alot of dogs get but we dont have any good places to let off steam near us, he does get the run of the garden in addition to walks though.

It does sound like you have some quite serious issues here.

How old is he? and what type of dog?

He is definitely NOT trying to be the top dog of alpha dog.

If he is over 6 months of age I would give him 2 meals a day unless there is a medical reason to give him three.

What type of dry food?

You must get some experienced help with his aggression - I have not seen him but to me I would assume it is fear aggression what with the pooing as well. Contact APDT or the APDC to get a qualified behaviourist.

DO not go near anyone who talks about dominance, pack theory or being alpha dog - this is outdated theory that actually causes more dog aggression than it cures. It is also harmful to the dog.

In the meantime I would get a clicker and clicker and treat your dog - he needs loads and loads of positive associations with you. He should not feel the need to bite you but with out knowing his past it is impossible to help via email.

Whereabouts are you?

Don't blame yourself - you are now doing the right thing in asking for help

Thank you minimu, im waiting to hear back from someone now.
Typical day today, jumping and nipping, got over excited and escalated into biting when playing fetch (although he wasn?t going for my hands when i went to pick up his ball, clicker training working somewhere at least), went for me all guns blazing because i put him down off my lap for nipping (this is a typical scenario) I cant remember the last time he was with me in the sitting room for more than 5 mins because of nipping/biting/lunging etc awful i know.
But for every bad thing there?s a thankyou lick when i put his food down, a tail wag, and a high five whenever he sits for a treat. Its like Jekyll and hyde!

Forgot to add he is only 7months, border terrier. Some people might see this behaviour as playful or over excited at his age but it?s not what i would consider normal and ive never encouraged it although nothing seems to get through

Oh ok I am a less worried now. It is only puuppy play but you are right it has got out of hand.

You need to attach a house line to him and when he has his crazy moments say nothing but take the lead and put him in another room for a calm down session. It is important to say nothing let him work out why himself. If you do this consistently he will learn very quickly.

Borders are very clever little things and will need something to keep them busy so clicker training at this stage would be great as it will give him something to think about but also not hype hi up too much

I am glad you have someone coming to help you - this is the teenage years for dogs it will pass with the correct handling!